Summary
The two-day Prism’21 was held by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of St. Xavier’s College
Freshers got an opportunity to test their business acumen and be industry ready
More than 800 young entrepreneurs participated in Prism’21, a two-day intra-college digital corporate simulation competition held by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of St. Xavier’s College end of last month.
The simulation comprised four rounds of challenges that needed the participants to engage in intellectual and strategic thinking.
At the end of the four rounds, first-year BCom students Kashika Goel and Wansh Agarwal, and first-year Bachelor in Media Science student Prashansha Rathi emerged winners.
“Prism’21 tested our capabilities in various fortes. The various rounds made me confident and taught me how to manage stressful situations. I learnt to think on my feet within the limited time frame,” said Kashika.
That’s also what the online competition wanted to achieve. “Prism aims at enhancing the business acumen of students, which will help them develop corporate abilities for the future,” said Isheeta Bajaj, a second-year BCom student, who is also the senior PR associate of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell.
The first round, Derby Side, was a group discussion on topics like ‘Are corporate jobs a new form of slavery?’ and ‘Women empowerment has led to male-bashing’.
Step Up, the second round was on marketing where the Entrepreneurship Development Cell panel auctioned companies to the participants. Two hundred students who made it to this round had to prepare and propose a pitch for a video commercial.
Thirty-two participants fought it out in the third round which had two segments, Investomania and Wanderlust. Investomania asked students to invest in different sectors by lobbying and strategising. In Wanderlust, they represented travel agencies, bought services through an auction and offered travel packages to the customers.
The fourth round, Cross Roads, was a test of strategic skills, business acumen, creativity and entrepreneurial abilities. “The last round was really challenging. We learnt how to handle pressure. We were given situations and had to immediately deliberate on that topic. There were many crises to which we had to find solutions,” said Wansh.
“This was a great relief from the online classes. It was refreshing because it made us think of new strategies. Each round had tasks related to topics like public relations, human resources, entrepreneurship and finance. I learnt that is how business works in real life. The cases were challenging and made us think like real entrepreneurs,” added Prashansha.
The fest also featured sessions by Ashok Ramachandran, CEO and president of Schindler India; Mikhil Innani, CEO, Apollo Finvest; and author Radhakrishnan Pillai.
Watch the sessions here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJbO8BlsqVIj473YDuiX2hg
Last updated on 24 Oct 2021
