CASSM's two-day festival Lumina on 'Go Green, Pollute Less' held at IDC ( Watch Video )
Babushahi Netowrk Bureau
Chandigarh,November 5, 2026: The Centre for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences and Management (CASSM) opened its annual two-day festival, 'Lumina', on Tuesday at the Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), on the theme 'Go Green, Pollute Less'. The emphasis was on adopting an eco-friendly approach to life and the correct method of waste disposal.
Day one was dedicated to hands-on exercises in sports management. Holding that learning should not stop at the classroom door, organisers used an IPL-inspired template: students formed teams, ran player auctions and bid against one another for their picks.
The games themselves doubled as lessons. Badminton turned into a test of negotiation, leadership and teamwork. Chess pushed students to plan several moves ahead and weigh risks before committing. Carrom asked for precision, patience and the ability to adapt on the fly.
The point was less about winning than about watching how decisions get made: how teams pull together, how resources are spent, and how plans change when things go wrong.
Day two brought several inventive ways to underline the importance of eco-friendly habits and responsible waste disposal.
A poster-making competition set the tone. Students laid out the consequences of air, water and noise pollution, and made the case that keeping the environment clean is also a personal responsibility, not something to be left to the government alone.
What made the event work was its setting. There were no classrooms here. The action spread across the IDC lawns, where students put up stalls selling eco-friendly products such as handmade candles and jute bags, while the food stalls offered several organic delicacies.
November sunshine did the rest. Students and teachers came dressed for the occasion, conversations spilled across the lawns, and a few students sat off to the side, absorbed in their Diwali rangolis.
For Utsav Tyagi, a CASSM student, the fest was a refreshing break from the usual academic routine, bringing a welcome sense of fun and energy to campus life.
This wasn't just a celebration but a practical lesson in event management, sales, sourcing from vendors, and convincing 'customers' to buy. In short, a slice of the management course, made fun.
For Aastha, a first-year MBA student on the event team, the day taught her something no lecture had: how to manage time when things actually have to happen.
That, more than the colour and the food, seemed to be the point of Lumina. The students weren't guests at their own event. They planned it, built it, ran it and hosted it, and picked up lessons in teamwork, resourcefulness and responsibility with every hurdle.
All the money collected at Lumina will be used to spread awareness about adopting eco-friendly habits and better waste management.