VAUDEVILLE’11

Bigger, better and grander as it was expected to be this year, Vaudeville, the annual inter-college fiesta organised by IMT-Dubai and Student hub, DIAC in association with Puranmal, Bank of Baroda, Dare to Compete, Creme 21, Amara, Gulf technical, UAE Exchange, Kaya Skin Clinic, Soy To Chutney and Jenny Flowers on the 8th March, 2011, did reach the celestial point. The dawn to dusk extravaganza comprised of a plethora of events, both academic and cultural.
The astounding footfall of around 600 and 380 participations from 18 universities from all over UAE is evidence big enough for its victory. We are thankful to various participating universities - BITS Pilani – Dubai; Canadian University of Dubai; Murdoch University; American College of Dubai; Heriot Watt; MAHE Manipal; SP Jain Center of Management; London American City College; Winchester; Hult International Business School; Western International School; SZABIST; Wollongong University; BIT RANCHI, RAK; Middle Sex University; Emirates Aviation College; Preston University; Middlesex University – for their cooperation and support.
The academic events kick started the morning with a huge turn up and included events such as Impossible Marketing, Jeopardy, Eclectique and Money Machine which not only tested the wits of the students but made them put their business skills to practice as well. The buzz in the campus was unmatched. The winners of Impossible Marketing were IMT Dubai and BITS Pilani.
IMT Dubai won the trophy for Eclectique and University of Wollongong Dubai was the runners-up. Jeopardy was won by Western College, BIT Ranchi, RAK being the runners-up. The events were appreciated and enjoyed by all the participants and the audience owing to their thought provoking structures.
In the afternoon, “FraGgeD” a LAN Gaming event was held which brought together all the gaming enthusiasts, competing for top honours in the games of Counter-Strike which was won by Heriot Watt and Age of Empires, won by IMT Dubai.
The heart throbbing cultural events commenced in the evening with the lighting of the auspicious lamp which was graced by the presence of Mr. Ibrahim Jamel, Director of Operations Education Cluster TECOM who was the Chief Guest; Dr. Farhad Rad-Serecht , Director , IMT Dubai; Mr. Ashok Gupta, CEO, Bank of Baroda,the guest of Honour; Padmashree Smt. Geeta Mahalik, Padma Shri & Sangeet Natak Academy awardee and Dr. Abhilasha, Head of Office of Student Services, IMT Dubai. The lamp lighting was followed by vandana presented by Dhanashree Warrior through her graceful Bharat Natyam moves.
The crowd in the amphitheatre was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Smt. Geeta Mahalik’s performing art which was followed by various inter collegiate competitions. Sound of Music, the singing competition was won by BIT Ranchi, RAK. Talent Station, which grabbed a lot of appreciation, was won by BIT Ranchi, RAK again and so was Dance O’ Mania. Mahe Manipal bagged the runners up trophy for dance. Cest’ La Mode saw the sizzling Guys & Girls from IMT Dubai walking the ramp with their ‘to die for’ attitude. Loop De Ville, war of the DJs, which was the USP event of Vaudeville’11 was won by DJ Nitesh of the university of Wollongong Dubai. Apart from the competitions, the food stalls were a hit amongst the students.
There was close competition in almost all the events, hence making judging the toughest job of the day. However, with their outstanding performance in all the events and five trophies in their kitty, BITS-Ranchi, were adjudged the overall winners of the day.
We are grateful to our media partners– 106.2 HUM FM, Dare to Compete and Wazzup? for their constant support.
It feels great to declare Vaudeville’11 a huge success after all the running around and constraints that were confronted during the various phases started from planning. Apart from the pride that we IMTians take in being able to organize something at this level, we aspire to grow every year with new ideas and unrelenting hard work.