Additional Guidelines

• Last date for paper submission is the 7^th of September. However if teams wish to submit their papers on the day of the prelims, they may do so.
  If teams wish to submit papers on other days, they must inform the time they shall come to submit papers one day before they come (Contact no.s are provided at the end).
• If a college is selected for the final round of the event “So you think you can teach?” 3-4 students from that college must be present in the auditorium at the time as mock students.
  Colleges who shall be selected to present papers are requested to send students to support their presenters.
• Time for Eco Scribe:
                      3:30 PM (1^st day)
  Please note that this teams, the same participant cannot participate in “Eco Scribe” and “So you think you can sell?”
• Time for Eco cross:
                       9:30 AM (2^nd day)
  Registration time is at 9 AM
• Time for submission of entries for Eco reporter:
                         10 AM – 12:30 PM (1^st day)
• For any queries:
  Check this blog 
  E-mail us at confluence2010sxc@gmail.com
  Call Biswadeep – 9903684065
          Erik           - 9836609134

                          

Information about Preliminary Events

Date: 2^nd September 2010 (Thursday)

Budding Economist:

Time: 10 AM

Venue: Room 6

Rules

·         Each participant shall be given a sheet containing 20 questions

·         1 mark shall be awarded for each correct answer

·         Questions 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 are starred. In case of a tie, the one answering most starred questions will be selected.

·         There is no negative marking and minor spelling mistakes will be ignored 

So you think you can sell?

Time: 11 AM

Venue: Room 6

Rules

·         The participants will be given a product on the spot, which they must advertise.

·         Participants will be given an A4 paper, in which they must create an advertisement for the products.

·         Only pencils, erasers, felt pens and rulers may be used to create the advertisement.

·         Total time : 25 + 5mins

·         Only A4 papers will be provided for by the in-charges.

 Parley (Student debate)

Time: 1: 15 PM

Venue: Room 6

Motion: Boss’ Pay is none of the Government’s business

Rules

• Each college must send only one (their best) speaker.
• Speakers will get 3mins to speak either for or against the motion.
• The colleges of the speakers who qualify for the final round, will have to send a team comprising of two speakers, one of whom shall speak for and the other against the motion of the final debate(which shall be declared later).

So you think you can teach?

Time: 1: 15 PM

Venue: Room 114

• Participants should gather in room 6, from where they shall be escorted to room 114
• The mock teachers will get 5 +1mins to deliver a lecture on any one of the two topics allocated

Topics:

1. National Income Accounting (any one method)
2. Income and Substitution Effect (Derivation of Slutsky equation is not necessary)

Note:

Participants should carry their college IDs and arrive at the front gate. As they arrive, they shall be escorted to the venues by our volunteers

Representatives' Meeting Report

• There has been a minor change in the programme schedule. The revised programme schedule has been posted under Programme Schedule REVISED.
• Certain events will require prelims. This set of prelims will be held this Thursday, the 2nd of September in the college premises. 

• For colleges which did not attend the Representatives' Meeting:We shall require a list of participants from your college. The list of events and the no. of participants required is attached. We will be grateful if the names and contact details of the representative and the participants are given to us on the day of the prelims.
• The additional details and rules for preliminary rounds for various events are posted atAdditional Guidelines andinformation about preliminary events

Representatives' Meeting

A representatives' meeting for CONFLUENCE 2010 will be organised on Saturday, the 28th of August 2010 at 1.15 PM

All colleges wishing to participate are requested to send a student representative at the representatives' meeting.

The representatives are requested to submit the names of students from their college who wish to participate in the various events of CONFLUENCE 2010 at the meeting itself.

We also take this opportunity to request all colleges to participate whole heartedly and make our event a success...

For any specific queries email us at confluence2010sxc@gmail.com

Programme Schedule REVISED

Day One: 27th September2010                                      Day Two: 28th September 2010

TIME                        EVENT                                             TIME                                EVENT   

              

10.00 AM      Inaugural Addresses by                                10.00AM-12.30PM Economic Lectures                  

                         Convenor                                                                               Macroeconomics

                         Principal                                                                                 Microeconomics

                        Chief Guest                                                                             Development & Gender

                        Guest of Honour                                           12.30PM-1.00PM Lunch Break                                                                  

                         Launch of Eco Echoes 10   

                                                                                        1.00PM-3.00PM So You Think You Can Teach?

12.00 AM-12.30AM Lunch Break     

                                                                                            3.00PM-4.30PM Academic-Corporate Debate 

12.30AM-3.30PM Paper Presentations

                                                                                                  4.30PM-5.00PM Tea-Break     

3.30 PM-5.00PM So You Think You Can Sell?

                                                                                                  5.00PM-6.30PM Parley                               

5.00PM-5.30PM Tea Break

                                                                                               6.30PM-7.15PM Prize Distribution 

5.30PM-7.00PM Budding Economist                                                                  & Vote of Thanks

Off Stage Events:       Eco Scribe                                         Off Stage Events:   Eco Cross and Eco Reporter