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Then and Now: Team Med-chem

March 23, 2019

by Vidya Shree H N with No Comment MC Events

Vidya Shree H N

Team MedChem

There is a saying ‘The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give’. Isn’t the sentence so true?

We once went on an outing and something that kick-started as a game, became our custom. And it is……

“Then and Now”

What is it and how do we play it?

The game is played by guessing the younger self of a colleague. Once the picture is displayed on the screen, all of us scream out guessing whose picture it could have been in their childhood. More than guessing the right person, what we enjoyed is the fun we have on how the person has changed over time. Sometimes we fail to find out the person and laugh and sometimes we guess correctly with a great rejoice.

Wish we all moved back in time, reminiscing our childhood!!

Introducing a new employee to a team is a very formal way, so we have now begun using this game as a platform to introduce new members to our family. This kind of helps bring the new comers get mingled with the team fast.

This game is nothing new but has brought a cheer to all of us.

Here are few pics we have played on…….

: Here is Everyone’s favourite Kamesh sir

: She is Ms. Evercool Divya

: Here is Mr. All time smiley Kalyan with his father

: And it is Ever-calm Prabhakar

: Here is our warm-hearted Supriya

: Here is easy-going Vishwa

: And he is our Artist Vignesh

: And our smiley queen Chaitra

: Here is ever-busy Kavya

: It’s cool-headed Neethu

: And it’s lovable Nishchitha

: Here is well-rounded Rekha shree

: It is Zehwa and yes it’s difficult to guess

: And it is joyous Bhanuprakash

: And it’s friendly Mamatha

: It’s Ever-silent Anandhi

: It’s Ever-grinning Rahul

: And it’s cool Sneha

: And next is charming Divya

: It’s benign Anwesha

: And it’s lively Harika

: Next is gentle Sushma

: And finally it’s me Vidya

Republic day celebrations:Team MNP

March 23, 2019

by Aparna Sajeendran with No Comment MC Events

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Aparna Sajeendran

Team MNP

Growing up listening to stories of early India and sitting through history classes learning about our freedom struggle has built up an underlying patriotism and love for our country. Somewhere along the line, we as millennials tend to unconsciously diminish this feeling amidst a rat race. A rather appropriate chance the MNP team including CCS and WCP got to bring out the patriots within us, was the “Musical Blast from India’s Past” event held on 25^th January. What started out as just an active participation eventually turned out to be one of the most memorable and cherished experience for all of us.

It began with deciding a relevant and inspirational portrayal of India’s early struggle; which after a considerable amount of contemplation came down to Rani Chennamma of Karnataka, one of the earliest queens to fight against the British rule. The next challenge was to compose an original song during which we discovered a new-found respect for music directors and lyricists out there. Following a lot of so-called Beethovan moments, out-of-box brain storming and theatrical ideas, we created a short enactment showcasing a timeline of India’s strive for freedom, up to the creation of our very own constitution. As a team we decided to polish our collective sense of creativity by making all our props from scratch including swords, shields, guns, scrolls, the constitution book and even the British uniforms.

The days leading to the 25^th were packed with a series of post-5 pm art work, round table and singing sessions (few hilariously off-pitch instances), hunt for the right Rani, B.R Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru and so on, practice sessions with couple of failed attempts at maintaining straight faces alongside obvious goof-ups, inner jokes and laughter; in simple words: PURE FUN !

When it came to the “big” day, we surprised ourselves as we pulled off a performance beyond our expectations. More importantly we came to realize that having each and every person including the manager, QAs and curators be an integral part of the whole experience had unknowingly brought us so much closer as a team. The day ended with posing, photos and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment enabling all of us reminisce and take back a bit from it.

Team Outing to Park Resort

March 23, 2019

by Prajaktha Murali with One Comment MC Events

Prajaktha Murali

Team MNP

7^th Feb 2019 was a day of relaxation for the MNP, CCS, WCP, Genego-BC and Genego-MI teams at Molecular Connections, BSM branch. After all, ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY, right?

The day started off with all the enthusiastic employees assembling at the office and looking forward to the day ahead. We headed to Park Resort at Banerghetta road. On our arrival at the resort, we were greeted warmly with a refreshing drink by a hospitable member of the resort. We could already see some picking up the badminton rackets or a volleyball and playing teams were already being formed. Photosessions commenced and everyone was seen taking advantage of the picturesque green landscapes. There were a variety of activities to try out like water zorbing, high rope activities, ziplining, archery, rifle shooting and some indoor games as well. There was an epic tug-of-war with the teams giving it their best possible strength.

Amongst the outdoor activities, water zorbing and high rope activities were particularly fun, refreshing and challenging as well. Groups of 3 each went zorbing at a time and this tested the co-ordination amongst the group. There were a lot of falls, giggles and laughter.

High rope activities required quite a bit of focus as the path to tread on wasn’t that easy. We were required to walk on ropes (with a harness of course) and this tested the act of balancing in us. After a quick yummilicious lunch, the activities resumed for some while it was a lay back and relaxing time for others.

It was pool time by 3 p.m and there was a hilarious water polo face-off game in the pool with the players trying their best to score goals and wade their way in the wave pool. Just when people thought that it cannot get better than this, the rain dance started with people rocking the dance floor to the latest music hits. After being served delicious hot tea/coffee and snacks (soothing after the water activities), the teams headed back with a lot of memories to cherish.

Republic Day:The melodic Saga

March 23, 2019

by Annapoorna Bhat with No Comment MC Events

Annapoorna Bhat

Team Thumps Up

Republic Day: It is commonly the first event celebrated in the workplace consistently every year with a special touch of its own. And this year, the Fun D’ Mentalists (people who try hard to trigger fun @ workplace – fun team 🙂 ) decided for it to be a musical saga.

I’ve been part of Molecular Connections family for 2 years now and I’ve been a part of most fun gatherings. Be that as it may, something changed for me this year. I received a mail from the fun team – that I am now a formal member of the committee. I was elated and thrilled. It implied two things to me. One, I would be involved in the organizing front. Two, keeping up with the work and fun (ooh! The struggle is real and I know it now ;))

The official mail for Republic Day participation had rolled out. I and Shruthi (both being fun team members of KM unit) knew that we needed to set up one act from our group while additionally driving other colleagues to partake. We just had one contender whom we frequently observed working on their act, playing the guitar and getting ready with the props on the terrace. Setting up the act was as easy as warm butter sliding down hot toast. The dubious part was composing the song.

I had asked Prathamesh (the real enthusiast of the group) to compose something as I thought he played the guitar. He said ‘I can attempt, Annapoorna yet composing verses isn’t my thing’. I said alright, back in the time, I used to write lyrics for fun, so I’ll try my hand at this and compose the verses and we shall work around it. We were short on time. The clock was ticking quicker than expected. It was 24th of January and the event was scheduled for 25th January.

I was fidgeting because we didn’t have a base yet. But the next thing I knew is that he comes up to my work area and says ‘check your WhatsApp and let me know if it’s any good’. He’d sent me a composed song. I just needed to add two additional lines to it. I forwarded the same to Shruthi and said we have the song prepared. We shall gather more colleagues and get going. She is the superwoman of our team and had shaped the group in a matter of seconds. I needed the newbies to take part and they were glad to be a part. What’s more? We began prepping up for our first group action of the year. I’ve known this for a reality that my teammates take their jobs very seriously! Motivating them to take part in the events is a real deal breaker. Anyway, when they realized a large bunch of people is needed for the show, they only wanted to know what their roles were in the show.

I and Pratham initiated song practice and Shruthi dealt with the act. Thus, this occasion was an all out stress buster. We rehearsed the song a few times and voila! our song was ready. But that was not it. We needed to enact based on a historic event. Be that as it may, my teammates were more keen about enacting terror attacks and troubles of the current day. And that’s how we decided to showcase the terror attacks and the lives lost during the war and that we can endure any downfall when we join hands.

I was honestly astonished to know that people who often shy away, had put in all their best effort to make this show a successful one without a doubt! I had goosebumps towards the end of the act. I suppose it proved that we rocked! We did not win. We did not receive the rolling trophy. But the memories we made through the little rehearsals, preparations and office decorations are etched in our hearts. And that’s what matters most. It was super fun and brought back all the old memories from the school days. It was nostalgic indeed.

This is about the performance of team Thumbsup. How were your performances? Did you have a great time as well? Do drop in your experiences in the comments section below 🙂

2019……..Here we come !!

March 23, 2019

by Aparna Sajeendran with One Comment MC Events

Aparna Sajeendran

Team MNP

The start of a new year is always an exciting time generally packed with mixed emotions, resolutions, decisions and at times inevitable changes. My resolution, however, was to embrace these changes and step out of my comfort zone to try new things. Being selected to be a member of the Fun D’ Mentalists could not have come at a better time. Meeting new people, managing events and inculcating a little fun into everyone’s busy schedule turned out to be a satisfying yet ironically challenging experience.

As a newbie to the Fun team, our very first event of the year was bidding 2018 goodbye and ringing in 2019 with a gala evening blast on 4^th January filled with awards, fun and the icing of the cake is “The Rooftop January Jam”. To kick start the evening, our CEO Jignesh Bhate addressed the MC family, taking us down memory lane as to how much we have achieved and grown as a company. We then went onto our quarterly R&R award ceremony acknowledging and appreciating the immense contribution by our outstanding colleagues.

A new quotient of “Fun awards” was introduced for the first time for certain individuals and project teams who kept their energy pumped and never let go of the child within them; not to mention we managed to include a comic presence of characters well-suited to the awards.

As cheers to 2019, the CEO along with the Fun team and other members of MC cut a cake marking the beginning to an eventful year.

As we wrapped up the semi-official part of the evening, the Fun team broke into a flash mob to a peppy song; making our way into the audience and ushering the crowd to get onto their feet.

Coming down to the most awaited part of the evening, the MC crowd made their way onto the dance floor letting loose and allowing nothing but the lights and exhilarating range of music take the lead till the end of the evening.

Looking back at 4^th January and the week that led up to it, I think I speak for the entire Fun D’ Mentalists when I say the process of organizing, prop making, dance practice with our blooper moments and watching it unfold into an evening of bliss bringing together the entire MolCon family was definitely the highlight; because here at MC fun is just as important.