Atharva -- the three-day annual b-school festival of T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal, will be conducted in Manipal from January 20-22.

A press release by the institute said here that TAPMI and Manipal University are coming together this year for the event with a vision to give a single platform to the academia and the industry.

This year Atharva has the participation from b-schools across the country. This provides a competitive ground for the best minds in the country to battle it out, it said.

Some of the major events in Atharva are: Polemic (the corporate debate) and the ‘Quiz on the Beach’.

The topic for ‘Polemic’ this year is: “India in the 21st Century: Vision, hopes and aspirations.” The ‘Quiz on the Beach’ would be held at Kaup Beach in Udupi.

It said that the online preliminary rounds have been successfully conducted for most of the events. These events have witnessed overwhelming participation from students of top b-schools in the country, the release added.