The MICAn Times: Recent Episodes
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Sushant graduated from MICA in 2019 and is probably synonymous to the sport of Ultimate Frisbee on campus. Being a sport that stands as one of the cultural aspects of MICA, Sushant has been one of the integral people who has passed on the sport the subsequent batches in its true spirit.
In this episode, he shares his times and insights of the sports.
Suhail Kapur, a MICA 2012 graduate, literally has sports in his DNA. Following the footsteps of his father, he has represented India in Squash. He has played every sport possible and has a way of getting into the mind of his opponent. After graduation he had a stint with Adidas in sports marketing. He swears by sports and continues his allegiance to it.
Manas Makani is a graduate of 2011 who is coveted SCAM member who has really really set a new dimension to sports at MICA during his tenure and after it. He is the part of the SCAM team that has founded Samar that stands as one of the most decorated B-School sports fests of India. In thi episode, he shares how Samar came into existence and how his sporting love played a vital role in it.
Abhigyan Anand graduated in 2018. When he came to MICA, he had an ACL injury in his right knee. During the course of his first year, he acquired another one in his left knee. Despite this, he continued to play sports -both old and new- and excelling at them. How did he manage this? In this podcast, he gives a sneak peek into his mind.
Siddharth Raman is a MICAn who graduated in 2012 with a determination to make a career in sports marketing and boy! How did he do that! 8 years later, his name is associated with RCB, PKL, Force India, ICC World Cup, FIFA u-17 World Cup and many more such brands in the industry of sports. He shares with us, his times of MICA and some noteworthy points of his career, in this episode.
Anindita, fondly called as Todi, who graduated from MICA in 2019 has been a sportsperson who has always pushed the boundaries not just for herself, but knowingly or unknowingly also for people around her. In this episode, she talks about how MICA gave her a new dimension as a sportswoman and how gender is a very negligible factor when it comes to performance.
Shaky is an enthusiastic footballer and a reluctant long distance marathon runner from the 2010 batch. In this podcast he talks about his stories from the MICAn football field, the inter hostel shenanigans, the first ever outstation MICA tournament and more.
Akshay Appu is a runner, football and a cricket player (who also manages to play other sports), who has graduated from MICA in 2009. He talks about his sports memories on campus, experiences with the alumni team and some inside stories we've unearthed through the conversation.
We bring you stories of MICAns in this series, especially from their sports books. As they take us through their lives at MICA, for us to relive, we hope they'll be something to reminisce.