People, Planet and Profit

Avenues 2009, the annual business festival of the IIT Bombay School of Management, will be held on October 31 and November 1. The theme for Avenues 2009 -- which will see management vents, competitions, workshops and seminars -- is 'People, Planet and Profit', a concept where social, economic and environmental considerations collectively appraise corporate performance.

Avenues 2009 will have a talk series, Alankar, which will feature Rediff.com founder and chairman Ajit Balakrishnan, actor and activist Rahul Bose, former Sebi chairman M Damodaran, founder of Genesis Film Productions Prahlad Kakkar, and others.

The sessions will be conducted over two days at the F.C Kohli auditorium at IIT Bombay. On the spot registrations are allowed.

The events lined up for Avenues'09, including HarIT -- the Green IT event -- and Ashwamedh -- The Championship Event, will focus on the green theme and sustainability of the people-profit-planet trilogy.

Navonmesh is the international entrepreneurship convention, which highlights the hurdles faced by start-ups with regard to sustainable business ideas.

Samvaad, the flagship consulting event of Avenues 2009, is a case study competition. This will be judged by Ness Wadia [ Images ], noted businessman and the owner of King's XI Punjab [ Images ] which goes beyond business to provide a strategic initiative to reach out to the masses.

Other events to watch out for include Mudra, the flagship finance event partnered by NCDEX, where finalists selected after rigorous initial rounds from all across India would be trained by the NCDEX officials to perform trading on their platforms for the finals being held at the IIT Bombay, Powai campus.

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