The Department of Management organised Innovatio 2021 on April 19th 2021 for the final year students of the department. Innovatio 2021 is a business plan competition where the entrepreneur and creative skills of the students are put to test. This is the first time Innovatio has been conducted virtually. The inauguration of Innovatio 2021 began at 9.15 am. The Chief Guest was Dr. K.P. Najeemudeen, the founder and CEO of Crea Insights – Business Research & Creative Solutions. The welcome address was given by Ms. Megha Subramanian, Student Coordinator Department of Management. The main objective of the event conducted was to remould the students into business professionals and provide a platform for students to showcase their innovative business ideas. The business plan competition was a team event with three students in each team. The Covid-19 pandemic posed the challenge of conducting such an event but the power of digital era beat this challenge.

The faculty coordinator of Innovatio 2021 was Prof. Manjunath. S who gave the prelude of Innovatio 2021. Dr. K.P. Najeemudeen, the Chief Guest in his address he gave the example of the company FedEx and how their business idea also came out through a similar business plan competition. He shared his wisdom and thoughts from various experiences in his life and gave ten points about how one should begin their entrepreneurial and business journey. He explained the points in great detail with examples from his own life. His words definitely enlightened and inspired the audience on how to go about their career and professional life in the right way was highly appreciative of the manner in which the event was organised by the department and also said that such competitions are essential because it is an opportunity for new business ideas to be formed. Finally the event was conclude by Ms. Samantha Morris with the vote of thanks. Overall it was very informative for the participants