Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ET in campus 2009 - Coimbatore Prelims

ET in campus quiz @ coimbatore saw more than 100 teams battling it out at GRD college. The prelims were easy and Pickbrain made it even more easier with his trade mark clues!

Prelims:

1. expand 3G with reference to telecom?

2. what is the browser that google launched recently?

3. logo - canara bank

4. What was formed as Newton Heath L & YR F.C in 1878?

5. What famous transport in US was started by a miner named, carl wickman to take miners from Hibbing to Alice?

6. logo - dlf

7. Samuel Lovell went into partnership with William Hawkins, Holyland and Edwin to form which consultancy?
(Giri's clue: it is know today for all wrong reasons)

8. Which Phrase by U.S president Franklin roosevelt in his April 7, 1932 speech was popularised by an indian management guru?

9. print ad - fiat linea

10. Question on Alex Ferguson

11. which corporate group owns 'more' retail store chain?

12. pic - kishore biyani (slightly deceptive)

13. What was launched by the indian railways with complete airconditioned coaches but at comparitively low cost?

14. With Which company can you associae the charecter HARI SADU?

15. pic - Piyush Pandey

16. A question on a book about Daimler&Chrysler merger.

17. pic - Rahul Bajaj

18. What was presented in the Indian parliament for the first time by Shanmuga Sundaram Chetty in 1947?

19. video Ad - Crocin

20. Video Ad - Tata AIG

Finalists:

PSG college of Technology(U.G),GRD college,Anna University(cbe),Amrita School of Business, Kumaraguru Coll of Tech & PSG college of Technology(MBA)

Finals had questions on Bryllcream, Religare, Toshiba, Lenovo, Roohafza & more...Questions of Finals to be posted soon!!!

Winners : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan, PSG Tech(MBA)
Runners : GRD College

Next up we have Tata Crucibles visiting Coimbatore on 28th February!

- Happy Quizzin!
PSGIM Quiz club

Thursday, February 12, 2009

TATA CRUCIBLES'09 - COIMBATORE EDITION

hi folks!!!

The TATA CRUCIBLES 2009 CAMPUS EDITION is scheduled on 28th. There was confusion regarding the dates....we called up giri and got the confirmation.

DATE : 28, FEB

VENUE : HOTEL RESIDENCY

TIME : 2:30 ONWARDS

pl register ur names in www.tatacrucibles.com

The registration is applicable to both the participants and audience....for other queries get into the website...


infact earlier ET IN CAMPUS 09 COIMBATORE EDITION was postponed due to the closure of colleges across tamil nadu in relation with sri lankan issue..

Date: February 18, 2009

Venue: GRD School of Commerce & Intl Business

Time: 12.30 pm onwards


Contact: D Muruganandan - 94452 96522

Masterminds'09 - The Champions league of Quizzing@ PSGIM!!!

Quiz Club -PSG IM invites all 1st yr IM students(in Teams of 2) to be a part of the quizzing Mega-Fest that will span over the next few weeks to crown the "Best Quiz team in Campus"!

Various genres(Sectors) of business will be covered in 3 primary editions followed by the "Grand Finale"! Each of the primary editions will consist of a prelim followed by the finals.

Six finalists from each of the 3 primary editions will automatically Qualify for the Grand Finale!

Is that the only way to qualify for the Grand Finale?
NO! All the participating teams are to be ranked (based on their prelim scores) and will be given wild card entry to participate in the Grand Finale. So Even if you don't make it to the final in any of the Three primary editions... you can still earn an entry for the grand Finale..

So, be Consistent all through the primary editions and earn your team a wild card!
The League of Champions starts on 20th February @ Convention Hall
Friday afternoons(3.30pm onwards...) have been chosen for conducting the event (This is subject to change.)

The Genres :-
20th Feb - Week 1: Let's kick start with the fun associated with Sports, Entertainment & Media
*Plz note that by sports, we do not mean sports per se, we mean business connections to sports
27th Feb - Week 2: It's time to test UR basics in Marketing & Finance( Communication and concepts). Not just concepts...but lots of fun in store with, Branding, Ad campaigns and Ad house&agencies , Financial institutions(banks, insurance companies, mutual funds…)
6th March - Week 3: Technology (It/IteS , Telecom .. etc) , Manufacturing (Auto , Capital goods.. etc) Pharma, Healthcare & Tourism
13th march - Week 4 - The Grand Finale at the Amphitheatre!
After the first 3 weeks, all the finalists of the 3 primary editions along with the wild card entries are eligible for the prelims and they will compete in the Mega finals which would be held at the Amphitheatre!

Note:
*Retain the same team name in all the primary editions
*Switching partners is not permitted once the event kicks off!

Remember....We have all the rights to question you!!!

For more Info and event updates.... keep checking this space!
Register your team TODAY!!

Mail UR entries to bq.psgim@gmail.com or bq.psgim@yahoo.com
Queries??? Mail it or post ur queries as comments.