A fruitful debate
With over forty teams on the opening day, the sixteen teams that made it to the subsequent round on day two of Words Worth in Idea Verve 08 expostulated in an intense debate session. The teams debated over a number of interesting topics including the right time to invest in the Indian market and whether or not good looks can be bought. The participants were engrossed in discussing the positives and negatives of every topic tabled for expostulation. The discussion involved an active participation on the part of the audiences too as they raised their hands, asking questions to the participants on the stage. Half of these sixteen teams would make it to the final round on day three of Words Worth, when the top three winning teams would be declared. But, all current teams, occupied with the preparation for the big day seem poised to win and there is no debate over that!

Mad mad world!
You've heard of a motherboard. But have you ever heard of a fatherboard? If you were a witness to the second day of Idea Verve 08, you would have seen some techno freaks talking about the invention. Bizzare Bazzar, the mad ad competition under Verve, proved to be an amusing platform for the channelising of the creative genius of college kids. The team from COEP won the first prize for their dual talent of innovation and salesmanship needed to think up and sell the 'fatherboard', " We sold the product taking films as the theme. What won us the prize was the punch line - Ek fatherboard ki keemat tum kya jano, Akbaar babu?", said Jayesh Patil, Sandeep Borse and Nitin Karle of COEP.