Bacwaters 2006
Preparations are on, for IIMK's annual Management-cum-Cultural Festival "Backwaters" scheduled for Jan 21st and 22nd 2006,at a hectic pace. Things are gradually falling into place and the individual teams are operationalizing the events and the logistics. The excitement is palpable and i hope we have a rocking fest this time. Right now, i am in Banglaore meeting companies and trying to convince them for sponsorship money. Its exciting, frustrating and overall a huge learning experience.

Check out http://iimk-backwaters.blogspot.com for a slice of all the action.

Wheni joined the Backwaters committee as a coordinator, i could never imagine what all goes into making a fest. The amount of preparation and planning that is required is huge, and the scale of everything is larger than anything i have handled so far. WE are 13 coordinators and yet each one of us is just racing against the clock trying to meet his/her deadlines. There is so much for me to do :-

1. Run around for sponsorships
2. Help operationalize the events
3. Search for a script for the Backwaters + Theatrix play
4. Get the rock show to happen
5. Help the creative team design the collateral (3 cheers for Aditya, JC and Vishak here)

The key here is to keep motivation levels up and not lose focus. I am trying so hard, and my team members in the academic projects are tearing their hair out in frustration that i am hardly contributing to anything. Oh well, some amount of studies had to suffer when i took up this responsibility and its probably good that it has happened now when i am better equipped physically, mentally, emotionally and placement-wise to handle the responsibilities. Anyways, i gotta run now. Today is abig day as i got a lot od work to finish. Do check the aforementioned blog for updates on BW '06 and wish us luck.......and of course, don't forget to be there !!