User:Amaethon 2010

“Tamsoma jyotirgamaya” – From darkness, lead us to light. This ancient Sanskrit prayer is what Amaethon 2010 makes a humble attempt at answering. In its sixth year now, Amaethon has established itself as the biggest and the most reputed Agribusiness summit in Asia Pacific. It is a platform where the foremost thinkers and policy makers from the industry, academia and government come to interact with the eager, young students from some of the best colleges in India. Amaethon sincerely believes that the students, inspired by the thoughts and ideas of these luminaries, would be instrumental in shaping the future landscape of the agribusiness sector in India.

IIM-Ahmedabad, as a pioneering management institution with a commitment towards holistic development of Indian economy, has always recognized the crucial role of Agri-business sector and tried to remain at the helm of research, information and knowledge exchange to benefit its advance.

Amaethon, the largest Agri-business summit in Asia-Pacific today, is our effort to celebrate the increasing recognition of agri-business sector and sensitize tomorrow’s leaders about the new avenues, associated activities, hurdles evident and suitable reforms required for facilitation and enablement of the sector. Amaethon 2009, with its theme, “Identify, Innovate and Integrate”, was the fifth lap of our effort to celebrate the increasing recognition of agri-business sector and sensitize tomorrow’s leaders about the new avenues, associated activities, hurdles and suitable reforms required for facilitation and enablement of the sector.

In Amaethon 2009 we have had the honor of getting enlightened by eminent dignitaries like Mr. Piruz Khambhatta, MD & Chairman, Rasna; Mr. Ajit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of food processing industries; Mr. G. Srivatsava, President, Foretell; Mr. A. K. Bhagat, GM of Mother Dairy; Mr. R. S. Agarwalla, Senior Adviser at RIS and Mr. Praveen Kumar Laheri, Former Chief Secretary, Gujarat state, who, with their immense experience and expertise in the sector, sensitized all of us on the significance of this effervescent sector in realizing the holistic and swift socio-economic development of the masses. The Amaethon 2009 juggernaut has also presented participants with some immensely tantalizing Bidding Games, management quizzes, Management simulation games, Case Analysis Contests, and Talk show on Agribusiness: Avenues and roadblocks.

With the theme, “Identify, innovate and integrate”, there were three management games conducted as part of Identify. As part of innovate session, management simulation games were conducted which required participants to bid, buy and sell in a simulated market environment. Integrate session had its own quiz highlighting all the components of the agri-business sector through questions ranging from academic and current happenings to regulatory and market exchange bodies.

One of the highlights of Amaethon 2009 was to take the issues facing agribusiness to a larger audience through a talk-show by INX News. Aptly titled Agribusiness: The way forward

Amaethon 2010 will further explore the agribusiness sector post the dramatic events of the recent past, when some centuries-old financial behemoths have collapsed, when governments, industries and markets have all changed. It will look into the technologies that will define agribusiness in this changed world. It will discuss the industries that hold the most promise and how to meet their needs. Finally, it will look at the infrastructure that would need to be set up to achieve this transformation.

The event will enrich the experience of all the participants by providing challenging competitions, innovative games, stimulating discussions and many informal events over three days. Amaethon 2010 hopes to live up to the legacy of its previous versions and become the meeting ground of people and ideas that would go on to define the shape of agribusiness in India in the years to come.

Amaethon has evolved as a seasoned B-school meet and has witnessed growing participation in the form of a large number of student teams and eminent speakers. The event, currently in its sixth year has constantly strived towards excellence and continues to grow in stature.

IIM-A is proud to announce Amaethon 2010 scheduled for the 22nd-24th January 2010. The theme for Amaethon 2010 is - Breaking barriers: Avant-garde perspectives for a greener world

The future is upon us and we need perspectives which challenge our ways of running the wheels of progress, we need people who may bring forth solutions towards a greener cleaner world, yet a world which is more industrialized, more suited towards precise distribution systems, more effective marketing methods, better outputs and an economy readily prepared to stand behind these developments. Amaethon is an effort to sow the seeds of this emerging order, it is an attempt to get people to start thinking, to believe that innovation rises from ordinary minds with extraordinary belief....and we believe that this change is blowing our way.

Spread over three days Amaethon will have three sessions. “Aliquantis” meaning building the roads to prosperity, “Audeamus”, where we brew the scientific blend to agri-business and “Capax Infiniti”will talk about bringing business to agribusiness. A plethora of avenues available in Agribusiness sector for the industries will be discussed and debated in these three days of scholar gathering.

The Summit is open for all B-School participants and others varied audience through Management Development Module for Students (MDMS). MDMS is special designed certification program, tailored for students. The Program aimed to provide a platform for the students where they could groom and build on acquired knowledge through interaction with leading academia, industry chieftains and policy makers and from peers coming from distinguished B-Schools across the world. The MDMS witnessed tremendous participation from various National and International B-schools in past. The programs also allows participants to participate and prove themselves in Games, quizzes, Management simulation games, Case Analysis Contests, Paper presentation and lot more.

Amaethon will also launch its flagship events for the B school candidates nationally and internationally to test their business and leadership skills. “CommTrade” is the game for risk lovers where candidates will get to trade on a simulated version of the Commodity Exchange with virtual money. “Omniscient” aims to bring out decision making skills of individuals through a case study. “Strategia” aims to help an individual reflect on their potential of being a visionary. It offers the challenge that tests the temperament of the future leaders.

Come and be a part of Amaethon 2010 to delve deeper into existing and upcoming management concepts to bring out applications for enhancement in every aspects of life and the world around us. Soon the details and information about the three day event will be available widely.