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Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited presents Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication’s  flagship event - Fest-O-Comm 2015!

Lavale, Pune – 3^rd Feb, 2015: Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, PG, Pune is set to conduct its annual flagship event Fest-O-Comm 2015, presented by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. The academic, cultural and sports extravaganza will be held from 11th to the 13th February, 2015. It is a three day celebration that revolves around the theme, ‘The Art of Storytelling’. Every year, Fest-O-Comm brings students from over 100 colleges nationwide and has witnessed a footfall of over 4000 students in the past.

Speaking on the association Mr. Rajendra Mehta, Global Head HR – ZEE said “At ZEE, it has been our constant endeavor to give talent the right platform. We invest heavily in nurturing and developing talent by offering several career growth programs. Every employee at ZEE is considered as a partner and not just an employee. Being a truly Global Media Company we have more than 12 Nationalities of people working with us at our offices worldwide. With an objective to retain the ‘Best Media Company To Work For In India’ title and to achieve the right mix of talent from the field of Media we are confident that our partnering with SIMC will lead to prolific results.” 

With a host of events ranging from creating a TV show to grueling case study competitions, Fest-O-Comm 2015 brings together creativity and talent on a common platform. MIDIval Punditz, one of India’s leading fusion and electronica music groups, will enthrall the audience with their lively tunes. Participants get the opportunity to test their intellectual mettle with several academic events like digital strategy and integrated marketing communication competitions. Cultural competitions range from dance to filmmaking. Sports enthusiasts are not left far behind, with badminton, football and cricket keeping the excitement on the field high.

With every passing year, SIMC has outdone itself in every sphere it has ventured into. Prof. Chandan Chatterjee, the Director of SIMC (PG), Pune, elaborates, “Our vision for the future spans greater recognition as an institute with proven academic standards and higher industry interactions. Our dedicated effort is towards enhancing creative business acumen among our students to facilitate the growth of media houses and agencies in the domain of Brand Communication, Media Management, Public Relations,  Digital and Research and developing skills in creative content generation through our Audio-visual and Journalism programs.”

SIMC has created a fest that attracts participation from several renowned B-schools and media colleges across the country. In the past, the fest has also hosted industry bigwigs, like Madhur Bhandarkar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Sudhir Mishra, Anurag Kashyap and Karan Oberoi. Last year, the institute hosted SIMCinema Rewind 2014, a unique festival that celebrated talent and individualism through its theme of films. SIMCinema Rewind 2014 had Mr. Amitabh Bachchan presiding as the chief guest and received extensive acclaim.

This year, as a part of Fest-O-Comm 2015, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is presenting the Zee Entertainment Talent Platform, a stage that will host a variety of events that test innovative and critical thinking of the participants. Not only will they get a chance to showcase their exemplary work in front of a panel of judges from ZEE, the postgraduate winners of the Zee Entertainment Talent Platform events will be awarded an internship with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. Exceptional performers among the participants also stand to win a pre-placement interview with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited.

About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited:

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 120,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3500 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film starts, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 670 million viewers across 169 countries.

Pioneer of television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well known brands include Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Premier, Zee Action, Zee Classic, &pictures, &TV, Zee Anmol, Zee Smile, 9X, Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Ten Golf, Zee Café, Zee Studio, Zee Trendz, Zee Jagran, Zee Salaam, Zing, ETC Music, Zee Khana Khazana and Zee Q. The company also has a strong offering in the regional domain,  with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Telegu, Zee Kannada, Zee Tamizh and ETC Punjabi. The Company’s recently launched HD offerings include Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD AND Ten HD.

About Fest-O-Comm:

Fest-O-Comm (FOC) is an annual student festival hosted by Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), PG, Pune. FOC is a vibrant communication fest, with a spectacular mix of events, which range from media-related tasks to tasks that test one’s business acumen.

The fest boasts of performances by leading bands and musicians in the country every year, such as The Raghu Dixit Project. Events span across several spheres, which are Academic, Cultural, Sports, Gaming, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, and Literary Arts.

About Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication:

Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), PG, Pune is one of India’s premier media and communication colleges, renowned for its industry-relevant course structure and student excellence. The Institute boasts of outstanding faculty and are at par with industry standards.

Being one of the largest Postgraduate institutes in the media and communication space, SIMC aims to nurture and develop future leaders in the fields of creative content generation (MA - MC) and managing creative businesses- MBA (CM). The MA postgraduate program offers two specializations in the fields of Journalism and Audio-Visual (MA) while the MBA postgraduate program offers specializations in Brand communication, Public Relations and Media management.. Each one of its specialization areas is either ranked 1 or 2 as per published rankings.

For more information please visit:

Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/FestOComm

                      https://www.facebook.com/SIMConnect‎

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SIMC_Pune‎

Contact:  Prachi Pandey – Media Relations Cell,

                 Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication

Phone: +91 8975998577

Email: media@simc.edu

Website: www.simc.edu

Event Name Timing Venue(s) Coordinator/s Contact Nos. (calling) Contact Nos. (Whatsapp)

Ruchita Deshpande 9975294014 9975294014 Miloni Mehta 9921364291 9921364291 Pranjli Gupta 9730596711 9730596711
Krishna Kurup 9561762378 9981187327 Sejal Goyal 7720036793 7720036793 Nishtha Chawla 7722045734 7722045734

Football 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Main Field Amrutha Moorthy 7776881267 9739961873
Basketball 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Basketball Court Saurabh Patel 7666520627 8097875685

Amit Kumar Swechcha Kumar
8550953299 7720020344
8550953299 7720020344

Shikha Pathak Aashima Verma
9503568941 7720020312
9503568941 7720020312 Rucha Jadhav 7057868595 7057868595 Neha Gupta        Divya Thejaswi 7774027726 7057111766 9873935208 9966199771 Helly Thakkar         Ankita Saxena 9921804172 9561767405 9925019520 9910539405
Yagnesh Ravi Arushi Bedi 7387232863 8800106174 Mahek Chhaya 9921757216 9921757216 Ravia Rai 7720020400 8699024293

2:30 PM to 4:30 PM (Workshop)
Madhavi Pothukuchi 9860090079 9860090079 Priyanka T 9841275257 9841275257 Samarth Manocha 7722036793 7722036793
Benjie 8087676227 8087676227 Niteesh Jangid 7720020315 9829691641 Omkar Potdar 7276334069 7276334069 Purnet 7720020366 7720020366 Megha Ranga 7720020375 7720020375

11:00AM-6:00 PM Classroom 3 (SO3)
JAM
IMC Event
Classroom 4 (SO 4)11:30 AM
Classroom 4 (SO 4)

7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
4:30 PM to 7:30 PM (Event)
Scriptwriting/ Creative Writing
Battle of Bands Convocation Ground

DAY 1 - February 11, 2015
Showtime (Topics will be given)

11:00 AM Opening venue
Sneak Peek (Topics will be given)
11:00 AM Opening venue
Saurabh S Bhandari 9921367169 9921367169 Vivek Prashar 8378985304 8378985304 Rishma Kapur 9503324259 9503324259 Sharmishtha Mukherjee 9503324259 9003051877
Krishna Kurup 9561762378 9981187327 Sejal Goyal 7720036793 7720036793 Nishtha Chawla 7722045734 7722045734

Football (Ends) 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Main Field Amrutha Moorthy 7776881267 9739961873
Box Cricket 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Main Ground Puneet Bajaj 7057815785 9868922578
Basketball (Ends) 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Basketball court Saurabh Patel 7666520627 8097875685
Arjun K.K 9604494781 9604494781 Ashish Vaswani 9987397370 9987397370 Apoorva Dhemre 8180994749 8180994749 Bhavya Shah 9492841859 9492841859
IMC Event

12:00 PM to 2:30 PM (Final Presentation)
Ameya Sawadkar 7743875774 7743875774 Shashi Rekha 9767557524 9767557524 Sonia Kumar 7744880485 9654444256 Vichitra Dhar 7720020361, 8600237470 7720020361
Juhi Dewani 9767704407 9767704407 Rachana Chadha 9773810251 9773810251 Maheema Dutt
7743875774
Submission Desks

10:00 AM (Final Topics will be given)
Waterfall area (Near Convocation Ground)

3.30 PM to 6.30 PM
Classroom 3 (SO3) Ameya Sawadkar 7743875774
Street Play
Fashion Show 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Convocation Ground

10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Take 24 (Topics Given)
Sneak Peek (Entries Submission)
Amphitheatre
Quiz 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM Classroom 4 (SO 4)

DAY 2 - February 12, 2015
Nitasha Seth 9730506385 Same Nikita Mahipal 9604674624 9604674624 Disha Parekh 9831004321 9831004321
Saurabh S Bhandari 9921367169 Same Vivek Prashar 8378985304 Same Rishma Kapur 9503324259 Same Sharmishtha Mukherjee 9503324259 9003051877
Box Cricket 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Main Ground Puneet Bajaj 7057815785 9868922578
Ruchita Deshpande 9975294014 Same Miloni Mehta 9921364291 Same Pranjli Gupta 9730596711 Same
Anshuman Saxena 7720020355 Same Tanvi Pradhan 9920815662 Same
Maithili Kapileshwarkar 9561766637 7798578852 Mansee Zalaria 9763971387 Same Karishma Malpani 7720020359 7720020359
Sriram Madhavan 9561768135 9789013942 Vinod Arumugam 7776019671 Same
Neha Nandakumar 9021603652 Same Chitrangda Gupta 9604578754 Same

Showtime (Final Presentation)
Digi Strategy 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Classroom 3 (SO 3)

12:30 PM Classroom 4(So4)
Case Study

11:00 AM Submission desks
Take 24 (Entries Submission)
Classroom 4 (SO 4) DAY 3 - February 13, 2015

10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
*E-mail IDs are available on the website

Zee Prize Distribution
Group Dance Convocation Ground
Convocation Ground7:30 PM to 8:15 PM
*Prelim dates are displayed on the website

Band Performance - Midival P di
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Convocation Ground *Bus timings will be communicated 2 days before the event.(Departure from Symbiosis, Senapati Bapat Road 9:00PM to 11:30 PM