Annual intercollegiate fest, Nirvaan 2024 on Thursday, 11th January, 2024 and Friday, 12th January, 2024 The event had an extremely Vibrant Theme "MUMBAI MERI JAAN". It was a platform for students across colleges in Mumbai to showcase their talents to assimilate elements of Mumbai through various performances. The Management members of the Institute Ms. Aruna Desai, Dr. Denis Desai and Ms. Dhara Desai and I/C Principal Ms. Swiddle D’Cunha rendered great support and guidance to organize and execute Nirvaan 2024. Mr. Rishabh Desai, Cultural Committee Convener and CA Diya Mukherjee, Cultural Committee Co-Convener took the lead to plan and hosting as many as 20 competitions in the fest, which were held flawlessly. Around 900 participants from 66 plus colleges participated in Nirvaan 2024 with the footfall of more than 1200 students in the campus. The event was entirely managed and executed by NIRVAAN 2024 Core Committee of students including 60 volunteers helped by teaching and non-teaching staff of Junior and Degree sections. This mega event was a grand success for us NIRMALITES. About Nirvaan NIRVAAN is an intercollegiate Youth Festival organized and ably managed by the students of the college. It acts as an ideal platform for students to showcase their talent, boosts their confidence and nurtures their personalities. It provides students with an excellent opportunity to come together, work and interact as a cohesive whole, thereby building their experience through participation and fair competition. NIRVAAN is one of the upcoming and very promising college festivals in Mumbai. After the brilliant response last year, we are delighted to present NIRVAAN in January 2024. An array of events based on Management, Fine Arts, Media, IT & E-Sports, Informals, Literary and Performing Arts have been cued. The competitions organized are unique, stimulating and challenging. We strongly believe that there is a bit of art in every heart and 'NIRVAAN' helps to unleash it!
Chief Guests Chief Guest of the Inauguration Ceremony of Nirvaan 2024: Mr. Raghunath Medge Mr. Raghunath Medge, the Founder and President of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association, is known for his contribution in making sweeping changes in the Dabbawala delivery system. With the Mumbai Dabbawala Association, over 5,000 dabbawalas have been in action for more than 125 decades, without any work stoppages. They deliver nearly 200,000 lunches every day on time. Their unique management & operational models have become subjects of management study beyond textbooks for international business schools. Mr. Raghunath Medge while delivering his speech motivated the audience by sharing his personal experiences being the President of Mumbai Dabbawala Association. His message for the students was “Life is all about Efforts” without putting efforts there is no success. The way Dabbawala makes tiffin reach each customer before 12.30 noon is amazing. Therefore he concluded by saying “Hardwork is the key to success”.
Chief Guest of the Valedictory of Nirvan 2024: Mr. Pradip Gogate Mr. Pradip Gogate is a profound Actor, Director and owner of Utkarsh Events & Production Events. He also manages shows of the renowned Celebrity, Orchestra Destination, Weddings, etc. He is a Planner of various well-known Shortfilm, Ads, Documentary Shoot., The director of various telecast shows during Valedictory ceremony mentioned that my Journey in life towards success is all because of consistency. Never give up attitude is the most important factor which must be followed by all the Youngsters. Mr. Gogate is also a winner of the prestigious Maharashtra “Kala Sanman Puraskar”
Judges at Nirvaan 2024 Well-known and expert personas were invited to judge the various competitions on both days. Judges were experts with extensive experience in their sectors. Some of the personalities who graced our event as judges are as follows: Ms. Dhaval Roy: A Creative content writer and OTT series reviewer for The Times of India. Ms. Roy also worked as Correspondent and copy editor for Stardust, Showtime, Bombay Times, PEOPLE Magazine & DNA After Hrs. Mr. Kishor Mohite: Music director, Composer and Singer. Have composed and done music arrangements for few regional (Marathi, Bhojpuri & Hindi) music albums. Played Benjo(Bulbultarnag) for songs in Marathi super hit movies, like Time Pass, Sangto Aika, Agabai Arrechya and many more. Performed as an instrumentalist on stage with well-known music directors Ajay-Atul in their shows. Ms. Asha Mhatre: An Award winning Teacher and Trainer at various institutions, Motivational Speaker, YouTuber, Social Worker, Poetess, Storyteller, Event Organiser Mr. Vilas Rahate: Sir holds the Champions Book of World Record, Asia Book of Records, IEA Book of World Records for small sized rangoli. Ms. Ashmita Dabholkar : Recipient of Manikarni Amrita Sher-Gil Award 2022, Craft and Origami specialist Mr. Ganesh Pandit: A Screen play writer and dialogue writer for movies like Hichkki, Balak Palak. Mr. Tushar Barad: Director, Applied Bioscience India Pvt Ltd Social Responsibility- a Key Objective Met Successfully Every year, the theme of Nirvaan is unique, and a social responsibility activity is also carried out with it. This year, Sneha Milan, an exhibition-cum-sale was organised on Saturday, 16th December, 2023 in which around 25 NGOs and Specially abled Social Entrepreneurs participated by putting 27 stalls. They displayed their products and set up stalls of food articles too. The entire proceeds of the sale went to all the participants. Our institute strived to give wide publicity to the event to ensure maximum visitors.