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