MINDZ…… a name very close to my very heart, a name which has not only given me fame but also motivation to think BIG. This name has achieved the things which were far beyond from our imaginations. Not even in our wildest dreams, we had ever thought that we will be able to accomplish this & that too in our college days.
Before I start let me tell you what MINZ is & what it had achieved. MINDZ is a group of 7 people namely Aashish Pareek, Rohit Singhvi, Saurabh brahmi, Sunny Manghnani, Tanush Gandhi, Vishal Mittal(me) & Yogesh Gupta in alphabetical order. We were college students when this group was found.
This group was found to organize some State level programmes exclusively for engineering students. So, we planned to organize a Job Fair, a Seminar followed by a Fashion Show. Out of all these three events, fashion show was exclusively for engineering students.
So let me elaborate how it all began & how our lives took a 90 degree turn. This all started in last week of Aug’03 when all the MINDZ member except me went to a marriage, where they met Nagendra(Naggi) bhai. He gave an idea to organize some event. He had a plan in his mind which he shared with them. That idea clicked the members & they agreed to join the Naggi bhai. He said to make it BIG & to attract the people, we will organize it in BIRLA AUDITORIUM (biggest auditorium of Rajasthan).He then asked the team to come with a proper plan.
Interestingly, these guys had not revealed anything to anyone as they wanted to keep it under wraps. They were silently working on it. But eventually, they realized that they need me & that’s when they had explained the idea to me. This whole concept sounded thrilling to me so the same moment I joined the bandwagon & coined the name “MINDZ” to our group. As it usually happens everywhere, 1-2 people are against you but…...This all happened on 4th Sept 03, so this is the reason of posting it today.
That night, we had to work hard as we had to plan out the things for the events like target sponsors, how to lure them & get sponsorship, how to sell entry tickets, get contestants for fashion show. This all was not so easy because nobody will trust us as we don’t have any brand or name associated to us. We were just college going students without any experience in this field. Only thing which can be used to attract the people was Birla Auditorium.
As this was basically for engineering students, so we decided to initially target the people related to engineering fields. For sponsorship we made a list comprising engineering colleges, computer institutes, English speaking classes & food stalls. For entry tickets we decided the entry fee as 100 bucks & to lure them we agreed to offer a free bollywood movie in a multiplex. Then we form groups & assigned tasks to ourselves according to our skills & contacts. As now individual contacts will help us in making the event a huge success.
Then we went to Naggi bhai & shared the whole plan with him. There we calculated the total expenditure for the event including bits & bytes required for the show & which came around 2Lakhs (0.2 million sounds better) & the best part was we didn’t have 2Rs in our pocket but we were expecting that it will earn around 3-4 lakhs. But it was just our confidence & enthusiasm to do some thing BIG which was constantly motivating us to move forward.
Naggi bhai also informed that Auditorium is being booked in the name of MINDZ for 6th October 2003. This information came as a boost for us & each & everyone has only one thing in mind & that was 6th October. From the very next day our life was totally changed. The journey had just begun….
To be continued….
Love,
Vishal
Zindagi ki asli udaan abhi baaki hai, Apne iraadon ka imtehan abhi baki hai.
Abhi to langha hai parwaton ko, langhna abhi aasman baki hai....
Before I start let me tell you what MINZ is & what it had achieved. MINDZ is a group of 7 people namely Aashish Pareek, Rohit Singhvi, Saurabh brahmi, Sunny Manghnani, Tanush Gandhi, Vishal Mittal(me) & Yogesh Gupta in alphabetical order. We were college students when this group was found.
This group was found to organize some State level programmes exclusively for engineering students. So, we planned to organize a Job Fair, a Seminar followed by a Fashion Show. Out of all these three events, fashion show was exclusively for engineering students.
So let me elaborate how it all began & how our lives took a 90 degree turn. This all started in last week of Aug’03 when all the MINDZ member except me went to a marriage, where they met Nagendra(Naggi) bhai. He gave an idea to organize some event. He had a plan in his mind which he shared with them. That idea clicked the members & they agreed to join the Naggi bhai. He said to make it BIG & to attract the people, we will organize it in BIRLA AUDITORIUM (biggest auditorium of Rajasthan).He then asked the team to come with a proper plan.
Interestingly, these guys had not revealed anything to anyone as they wanted to keep it under wraps. They were silently working on it. But eventually, they realized that they need me & that’s when they had explained the idea to me. This whole concept sounded thrilling to me so the same moment I joined the bandwagon & coined the name “MINDZ” to our group. As it usually happens everywhere, 1-2 people are against you but…...This all happened on 4th Sept 03, so this is the reason of posting it today.
That night, we had to work hard as we had to plan out the things for the events like target sponsors, how to lure them & get sponsorship, how to sell entry tickets, get contestants for fashion show. This all was not so easy because nobody will trust us as we don’t have any brand or name associated to us. We were just college going students without any experience in this field. Only thing which can be used to attract the people was Birla Auditorium.
As this was basically for engineering students, so we decided to initially target the people related to engineering fields. For sponsorship we made a list comprising engineering colleges, computer institutes, English speaking classes & food stalls. For entry tickets we decided the entry fee as 100 bucks & to lure them we agreed to offer a free bollywood movie in a multiplex. Then we form groups & assigned tasks to ourselves according to our skills & contacts. As now individual contacts will help us in making the event a huge success.
Then we went to Naggi bhai & shared the whole plan with him. There we calculated the total expenditure for the event including bits & bytes required for the show & which came around 2Lakhs (0.2 million sounds better) & the best part was we didn’t have 2Rs in our pocket but we were expecting that it will earn around 3-4 lakhs. But it was just our confidence & enthusiasm to do some thing BIG which was constantly motivating us to move forward.
Naggi bhai also informed that Auditorium is being booked in the name of MINDZ for 6th October 2003. This information came as a boost for us & each & everyone has only one thing in mind & that was 6th October. From the very next day our life was totally changed. The journey had just begun….
To be continued….
Love,
Vishal
Zindagi ki asli udaan abhi baaki hai, Apne iraadon ka imtehan abhi baki hai.
Abhi to langha hai parwaton ko, langhna abhi aasman baki hai....
