SKILL CITY @ XIM, Bhubaneshwar

ahhhhhhhhhh, 3 days of games and more games thanks to ximb, we couldn't have bargained for more.

skill city:

was a 3 day event designed to test essential managerial skills such as leadership, negotiation, strategy, analytical abilities, drive and the like.

but it turned out to be a 3 day fun fiesta revolving around a theme of the lord of the rings, replete with games such as the ones shown on the popular television show takeshi's castle on pogo.

some of the games were:

1. A physical Scotland yard
2. games to test your analytical abilities (anagrams, puzzles)
3. global manager (languages, geography)
4. A wonderful negotiation game (bargain for hotel room rates, negotiate with builders to optimize building materials)
5. physical puzzles/mind teasers ( played out in the open with beer bottles)
6. a cross between a maze, hop skotch and minesweeper.
7. military style endurance games (crawling through ditches, obstacle races)
8. strong man contest kind of games (pulling a cart with your teammates in them)

Its been quite while since we had such a great time at a fest!!!

the management and the efficiency with which events were conducted were unbelievable. I have never seen such a large number of volunteers, all of whom were given equal responsibility and no one fought for the centre stage. events took place in clockwork like efficiency and the result was one Helluva well organized fest !!!!

heres to XIMB, one of the most cohesive and unified b-schools in recent times.