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Episode is an intra-college cultural event conducted by the Literary Committee (LitCom) of TAPMI. It happens during the month of August of every year shortly after the new batch joins, as a means to break the ice between the juniors and seniors.  This festival brings out the talent and skill hidden in each student through various games conducted during the period.

Committee and Pre- Episode games:

Episode is initiated by the 'Episode Committee' comprising of six LitCom members, four judges, one scorer and One treasurer. The Episode theme is decided (this year the theme is 'Civilization: The Age of Havoc') and the PGP 2 batch is divided into five teams each lead by one member.  Each team showcases its team name through a series of 'Pre-Episode' promotional games that start five days prior to the actual induction of juniors into each team.  During this, the juniors are kept unaware and surprised by the promotional activities that the seniors organize.

Episode week:

The juniors are formally inducted into the five teams on the day of Episode Induction.  On this day, Episode kick starts with games, with each team competing fiercely against one another. The games are designed so as to increase junior participation and the seniors motivate and help the juniors to display their talents. The students undergo a strenuous period as they have to cope up with the existing classroom sessions apart from the games and events which start after 6 pm and goes on till 1 am in the morning, throughout the week. The teams earn points as they win each game. There are also events in which the teams are encouraged to include faculty; certain games are also judged by the faculty.  Some of the most popular games include Signpost or Banner making, Dream Theme, Fasong, JAM, Ballroom dance, Innate Ornate or Room decoration, et cetera.

Valedictory Function:

The Episode week ends with a formal valedictory function planned at a well known Banquet hall outside the campus. Chief Guest and Judges, Faculty and their families are invited to take part in the function. The teams have their final chance to perform on the stage in front of a large audience. Finally, one team out of the five emerges out as a winner. Nevertheless, the cherished moments will remain in everyone’s mind as they wait for the next year Episode.

Episode 2011

EPISODE, the first major event of TAPMI, started off on a wonderful note. Six teams took part in EPISODE this year, namely:

          - Agents of Chaos
          - Avataar
          - FBI
          - Freaks
          - Mad Hatters
          – S.O.S

The teams were led by Mr Vivek Rathi, Mr Krishna Chaitanya, Mr Sandeep Nayak, Mr Gandharv Raj Sethi, Ms Rashmi Manani and Mr Karan Budhiraja respectively from the PGP 2 batch. The colours that the teams had chosen to represent them were Black, Blue, Green, Purple, White and Red respectively, bringing more colour to TAPMI than ever before. The cafeteria was enough proof of what a combination of these colours could do to the college during the pre-promotion week!

The presentations which were done with a mix of class, insightfulness and creativity to induct the juniors into one of the six teams, raised the expectations of all, and the way they surpassed all expectations was a sight to be seen and remembered!

Day 1 of Episode started at 12 in the night itself, with people rattling their brains out for the correct answer to the Cryptomania code. Come evening, and it was the war of words in the debate competition, dubbed the ‘Kurukshetra’. Next was the time to decide on the ‘Wordsworth’. With teams coming up with original poems and beautiful recitations, Wordsworth would probably have loved to witness the event! The Music lovers battled it out in the game of Antakshari, having rounds like dumb charades, Fill in the song, and the Block game. The much awaited event of the day was ‘Signpost’, the Banner painting competition, which started at 10pm. Each team was given a banner, representing their color, to paint upon. All put on their thinking caps and set their creative minds racing. 

Day 2 started off with Shipwreck, wherein participants had to assume different characters and explain why they had to be saved from the drowning ship. From a light session, the focus shifted to the Social Street plays. Domestic Violence and Female Foeticide were some of the themes that were enacted out.  It was then time to battle it out in the Marketing and General Management Quiz.

Day 3 saw events like Creative writing and Mock Press. Ad-Zap was next, wherein all teams were given products which they had to advertise in a creative manner.

Day 4 started with the much awaited Choreocom Dance event. Be it the impromptu rounds, or the choreographed sequence, the participants, both juniors and seniors, set a high standard for the other teams to match. Next up was Laurel and Hardy, the stand-up comedy competition. This one had the entire college in splits, as the students displayed their amazing comic talent!

Day 5 was highlighted by Fasong, the all-exciting Fashion show, wherein members of each team exhibited their fashion skills based on their respective themes. All participants were loudly cheered when they walked the ramp.

Day 6 saw a flurry of events, ranging from Face painting, to Kill Bill, to Innate Ornate; but the most exciting event of the day was the Dream Theme, in which each team had to sing a song composed and written by them.

The Valedictory function of Episode was held on the 31st of July. The chief guest for this event was our esteemed alumni Mr. Ganesh Remani, VP and Head of Business Strategy, Wadhawan Holdings. The event saw a glimpse of some of the most sparking performances of the past week, followed by awarding of the winners of Episode – Team FBI (Green) and the runners-up – Team Mad Hatters (White).

Episode 2011 Photo Gallery