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Spectrum On December 6, 2012 Spectrum – a Global Cultural event was organised by the International Exchange and Internship Committee together with the Cultural Committee to celebrate music, dance and life in SPJIMR Mumbai, transcending across invisible cultural barriers. From heart melting renditions of popular Bollywood songs and gleeful strums of the guitar to crooning voices, the event had it all. The international community was represented by participants from ESCP France, BEM Bourdeaux, USM Malaysia and ESB Reutlingen. And when the audience joined them in singing Waka Waka, disparate shades of humanity burst on a canvas of unity. An arrangement of international snacks followed as a perfect denouement for this magical night. GASP 2013 The Guild of Actors at SPJIMR (GASP) is a voluntary, non-classroom initiative of the PGDM participants that gives them the opportunity to create their own production. GASP was held on 4th Feb 2013. Lock Stock & Trade Lock, Stock & Trade, a simulated IPO game wherein investors bid for mock shares of actual startups, was held on January 27, 2013. LST is organized by the Entrecom Committee in association with NEN. The keynote speaker for the event was Mr. Dheeraj Gupta, founder of Jumbo King, the well-known chain of hygienic Vada Pav stores in Mumbai. 15 start-ups presented their business ideas to an experienced 8 person jury. The event was a one stop platform for the young startups to pitch their business models to VCs and mentors who have founded or are associated with venture financing & mentoring communities like Headstart Network Foundation, Indian Angels Network, Mumbai Angels, Ah! Ventures, India Social Fund and NEN. Astute investments by Bidhan Kumar Pradhan of SPJIMR made him the most profitable investor with the highest portfolio and LocalBanya.com bagged the award for highest Market Capitalization. EHSAAS “Ehsaas” is a forum where the participants of the B-school interact and mingle with differently abled children, not to sympathize with them or pity them but to learn from them the power of the human spirit/mind and will. DOCC committee participants organized Ehsaas- 2012 wherein it celebrated the spirit of more than 250 differently abled children. This event was jointly organized by NABARD, Tata Chemicals and Club of LEO. 42