About contests

Hello all!

SIMC Footprints brings to you 3 exciting contests, the winners of which would win certificates and exciting gift hampers!

The contests are

1. 5 shot story

• Convey a story through just 5 photographs.
• The photos have to be clicked by you.
• Insert the photos in a power point presentation, one photo per slide.
• The sixth slide should specify your theme, your name, phone number and the name of school/college.
• Send in your entries to footprints.contest@gmail.com
• Send in your entries by 24-10-09
• For more info, contact Mrudhula - 9884746242

2. Shoot it up

• Shoot a short film on your mobile phone
• Duration between 1-2 minutes
• The given theme is 'Green Battle'
• Sebd your entries in avi/mp4 format only
• The winner's entry will be screened at the event
• Send in your entries to footprints.contest@gmail.com
• Send in your entries by 24-10-09
• For more info, contact Carmel - 9884059541

3. ICM - Write for us

• Participants are to write an essay/article/write-up about the media today.
• The three best articles shall be uploaded on www.indiancommunicationmanagement.com in the "ICM Write For Us" tab.
• Send in your entries to footprints.contest@gmail.com
• Send in your entries by 24-10-09
• For more info, contact Subadra - 9884300022

As mentioned already, there are a plenty of exciting gift hampers to be won. So rush in your entries SOON!

About guests and speakers

As promised in the earlier post. here go the details about what is going to be addressed in each session, who is going to come, and so on.

1. The Inauguration Session

The session would be inaugurated by Mr.Parithi Ilamvazhithi, Minster for Information and Broadcasting, Tamil Nadu. Young Communicator awards would be given out to Benny Dayal, Playback Singer and Suchitra, RJ and Playback Singer

2. Session on 'Green Battle'

This is the first session, where the speakers would talk about the current environmental situation and what we can do to help. The speakers for this session are:

• M.B. Nirmal, Exnora
• Supraja Dharini, Founder, The Tree Foundation
• Nityanand Jayaraman, Environmentalist/Journalist

3. Panel Discussion on 'The Emergence of New Media'

This session is a panel discussion that would see discussion on how new media is taking everyone by storm. Speakers will be speaking about topics such as animation, blogging, online advertising, internet radio, web designing etc.. The speakers for this session are:

• Kiruba Shankar, Blogger
• Prashant, Idea Spice
• Rajesh, Web Content Developer
• Shyam, Radio Shyam (an Internet radio station)
• Pradeep, Rage Communication
• Sukumar, Sanra Media

4.Theatre Workshop by Evam Entertainment

5. Interactive Session on the admission procedures of SIMC

Your free to get write back to us if you need any more details. Mail us at footprints09.chennai@gmail.com or call us at 9884300022/9952990298

Cheers!

Agenda for the day

Hello!

Here goes the agenda...

9.30 am - Inauguration

11.30 - 1.30 pm - Session on 'Green Battle'

1.30 - 2.30 pm - Lunch

2.30 - 4.30 pm - Panel Discussion on 'The Emergence of New Media'

4.30 - 5 pm - Tea Break

5 - 6 pm - Theatre workshop with Evam

6 pm onwards - Prize distribution and Interactive session on SNAP and selection procedures of SIMC

All participants will be given participation certificates and free Blur coupons worth 100 points each!

Look forward to seeing you there!

Some basics about Chennai Footprints '09!

When? October 26, 2009

Time - 9.30 onwards

Where? - Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Harrington Road

What's going to happen?

• Session on Green Battle
• Panel Discussion on the Emergence of New Media
• Theatre workshop by Evam
• Interactive session about the admission procedures of SIMC (Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication)
• And much much more!

So here is an opportunity to interact with some of the biggest media stalwarts of Chennai...take part in some exciting contests...and above all, getting to see the first glimpses of what it's like to be part of the Symbiosis family :)

Keep following the blog to get more updates on who the speakers are, what the contests are, etc. etc.

For more details, call 9884300022/9952990298 or mail us at footprints09.chennai@gmail.com

Cheers from Team Chennai!

Creativity by 'Nature'

Thanks to a very uncanny comment on the blog, i went in search of the perfect template that would complement my blog- not because design shows creativity- but just in search of presentability. The search proved useful in more ways than one. I was able to define, more clearly, the causes that this blog would stand for - Peace, the green battle and last but not the least, creativity. And that's what i found... there it was- staring at me right in the face...the perfect mix of the three. "Creative by 'nature' (pun intended!)".
Last week, the South Asian Youth Peace Meet (SAYPM) was held at the Symbiosis International University, Pune. The event saw the coming together of youth from different parts of the South Asian region, with emminant personalities like Kiran Bedi and Imran Khan gracing the occasion and sharing their perspective on the issue, with the students.
I was introduced, for the first time, to the concept of the Model United Nations. I think this is a very creative and fun way of learning about other countries- their culture, their trade policies, their foreign policies and the like. It inspired me to see youngsters as young as 19 years of age, so well informed about other cultures and savy with United Nations protocol.
I think more events like SAYPM are the need of the hour- creative but fun, appealing to the youth, yet productive.
I think our generation has already made a start. We use half the amount of paper our parents used at our age. Blogging is in... diaries are out! If youngsters do keep diaries, most of them are safely locked away on the net under uncrackable passwords!! With the advent of the internet, we've moved a step closer to victory in the Great Green Battle.
What about energy conservation, you may ask?? Well, we can only change the world a little at a time ;)

Look out! Here we come!

'Mathi yosi machan'.. three simple words... but the anthem of youth everywhere. Here's to all those creative souls out there! This blog is for anyone who believes in my philosophy of life- If you cant do it differently, dont do it at all!
So wat if you're wierd and spaced out all the time? That just means you think a lot more (yup! that's my excuse)..and what if you want a lot more than just what your parents want for u? What if u want to travel or advertise or write or RJ or even make movies for the rest of your life?? That just means you want a job that wont bore the living daylights out of u.
I speak for the breed of us who will not put up with being made to spend the rest of our lives behind a desk, where people are too involved with their own work to even try to have a little fun in their mundane monotonous lives.
So here's to all of us who are bold enough to break stereotype and wage the cognitive war against the conventionalists!
What are we waiting for?? Lets go out there, find ourselves some conventionalists and poke'em in the eye ;)