QUEST- The flagship Inter-collegiate fest of XIME Kochi

The 7^th edition of flagship intercollegiate fest -'QUEST' was held on October 11-12, 2019 at Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kochi. This year the fest positioned the events to students from all Undergraduate programs (Engineering/ Arts/ Science/ Commerce/ Management) and Business schools across South India. The event marked the presence of over 210 students from over 20 colleges across South India. The fest featured domain specific events for the Post graduate students that included Best Manager, Best Management Team and CSR event, and events such as Photography, Face painting, Choreo Night, Futsal, Table Tennis and PUBG for the undergraduate students. 

The sponsor partners of the fest were South Indian Bank, Bharat Petroleum, Habitat for Humanity, Hotel Sea Park, Oriental Timbers, IEDC, Kochi (Kerala Start up mission). Red FM 93.5 was our official Radio partner.  

The Inaugural ceremony of the fest was chaired by chief guest Mr. RJ Sambhu from Red FM, Prof. George Paul, Dean (Academics), Capt. K C Cyriac, Dean (External events), Mr. Rahul R Lexman, (Faculty coordinator, QUEST 2K19) and the student core committee members of the event- Ms. Neena Soman, Mr. Rohit C V, Mr. Akshay Varma, Ms. Garvita, Mr. Akshay Dikshit and Mr. Muhammed. The energy and the spirit brought in by Mr. R J Shambhu gave a pulse to kick start the event with high enthusiasm.

The management events lasted for two days, leaving the participants tested and evaluated throughout their stay in the campus through various challenging rounds. The fest’s valedictory ceremony was conducted on the eve of the second day, October 12^th in the presence of Chief Guest Vice Admiral M.P Muralidharan, Former Director General of Indian Cost Guard. The ceremony progressed with the Chief guest’s address to the gathering, followed by the prize distributions for the winners of various events. The overall championship for PG Events was bagged by Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore and the title of the overall Championship for UG Event was bagged by NUALS, Kochi.  The curtain to the fest was drawn for the year with energy and passion to meet and participate for QUEST 2020!

Editorial Team
XIME Kochi