IIM-Varchasva fest goes online this year

Lucknow: Manfest-Varchasva, annual business, cultural and sports fest of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, will be held online on February 27 and 28. Students from top business schools and undergraduate colleges will participate.

Bollywood singer KK and stand-up comedian Vipul Goyal will enthral the audience through online concert.

In the ‘Icons’ series, Infosys founder NR Narayan Murthy; chief economic advisor, GoI, KV Subramanian; managing director and CEO of Marico Ltd, Saugata Gupta; chess master Tania Sachdev; country director of the World Bank Junaid Kamal Ahmad; and former CEO, HCL Technologies, Vineet Nayar will share their vision in an online interactive event.

This year, the social conclave will see director, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (India) M Hari Menon; vice-president of international affairs, PETA UK Poorva Joshipura; and CEO of Save The Children Foundation, Sudarshan Suchi indulging in an online panel discussion. A panel discussion on policy making will see views being shared by IAS officer Armstrong Pame, IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nundy; founding partner, The Quantum Hub & co-founder, Young Leaders for Active Citizenship, Rohit Kumar. tnn