ALL INDIA ADVANI MEMORIAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Standard Operating Procedures

A Sincere Tribute to Our Beloved Guru Prof. Rupchand M. Advani

Principal, MREC

1967-1974

Shri Rupchand Mansingh Advani, son of Devibai Advani and Shri Man Singh, Advani was born in Karachi, India, on May 4, 1922. He graduated from the NED Engineering College with a B.E. in 1944. Prof. Advani served as Lecturer at the NED Engineering College from 19461947, and later joined the University of Roorkee. From 1953 to 1963 he served as Professor of Civil Engineering at the MBM Engineering College in Jodhpur. In 1963 he was appointed Senior Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department of Malaviya Regional Engineering College in Jaipur. He was made Principal of the College in 1967 and continued in that office until his death. Prof. Advani was a visiting professor at the University of Western Australia in Perth in 1974. On his return journey he was invited to deliver lectures by various universities in Sydney, Singapore, Malaysia and Bangkok. Prof. Advani was associated extensively with the adjudication of Masters and Ph.D. theses of candidates from various universities. He published more than 80 research and review papers. He also published a text book on hydraulics and fluid mechanics with Prof. V. G. Garda. Throughout his career he traveled extensively, presenting papers at conferences and observing different systems of education. Prof. Advani was awarded the Union Ministry of Irrigation and Power Gold medal; the Prime Minister of India prize, and the Central Board of Irrigation and Power Medal. He was awarded, in addition, merit pay by the government of Rajasthan for his work in civil engineering. Prof. Advani was a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), a member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Geotechnical Society, Council of the International Technical Cooperation Centre, National Society of Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power, and the Indian Science Congress. In addition, he was on the editorial board of the International Technical Cooperation Centre Review Journal. He was also a member of the International Association for Hydraulic Research.

Prof. Advani died in Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 1974.

Vision
Organizing AIAMBT, seamlessly and continually, vowing reverence to their beloved guru Mr Advani the first principal of erstwhile MREC, now MNITJaipur, whole MNIT family intends to contribute to sporting India by providing an environment of adequate competence and to avail opportunity to the students of MNIT to assimilate the traits of leadership skills at very nascent stage of their career.

Purpose
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), detail the regularly recurring work processes that are to be conducted or followed for the long run uninterrupted go of the AIAMB Tournament. It further, document the manner activities are to be performed to facilitate consistent, seamless and successful execution and to avert the circumstances which derailed the almost stably running Tournament in the past.

Statement of Philosophy
All India Advani Memorial Basketball Tournament (AIAMBT), started exclusively by students of Malviya Regional Engineering College (Now, Malviya National Institute of Technology), in 1975 in the memory and reverence of their beloved Guru and Ex-Principal of MREC, Prof. R. M. Advani. This event is first of its kind in the World history, as completely owned by incumbent students of this premier institution, to pay reverence to their beloved GURU. The event had been organized and coordinated (starting from 1975 and continued for 17 years), in order to recognize, accommodate and promote the excellence at the highest level of performance and competition. A five days event, used to be a grand fair for students, was started with a philosophy to: 1. Promote and maintain the ideals of good sportsmanship spirit. 2. Provide opportunities for inclusive participation, so as to achieve maximum participation from students, and 3. To extend support/facilitation, whenever possible, to student, staff and volunteer leadership and involvement in sports activities.

The MNIT Alumni Association, after a vigorous brain storming, decided to reignite the fire on the eve of Golden Jubilee Celebration year of MREC/MNIT, by restarting this Basketball extravaganza with the same zeal, passion, and commitment to make the event perpetual and blissful.

Policy for Perennial Execution:

Proactive, identification of potential threats and reasons responsible for discontinuance of this event and thwart possibilities of re-occurrence of such circumstances responsible for putting this unique and prestigious event on holiday (adjournment), after a long history of successful and uninterrupted assimilation of the same for over two decades. Taking a holistic view, the organizing committee should focus on to the following factors a. Encouragement/Involvement of present MNITians along with the MNIT Jaipur Alumni Association. b. Arrangement of Proper Funding. c. Proper and Timely Advertisement and Promotion of the event. d. A Systematic and Disciplined Execution. e. Seamless integration of the event with academic calendar as now MNITs are working on Semester system f. Forming a playing team of present MNITians to participate in the event and garner a great experience in life which they must nourish forever Following strategic action points are devised in lieu of the above for implementation: 1. Set up of a Organizing Committee (OC), comprising of bare minimum MNIT Alumni for sometime only, MNIT Faculty including sports Incharge, Present Students, some experts from sports bodies, and if possible some of the staff members. i. An office should be located under the capacity of existing Officer for Alumni relations, in the institutes Alumni cell. ii. Focus must be given on the inclusion of students from all the categories and all the Years. A balance in number of each semesters representative as well as that in number of boys and girls should be respected. iii. Representation of Higher administration such as Director and Dean(s) as well as some departmental heads should be there.

2. The OC should be elected on the grounds of equal opportunity to all (principle of equanimity) but purely based on potential and leadership skills of individuals, and must be vested with the financial rights. i. For the selection of student representatives to the OC, the institute office of the OC must start the process every year akin to the way as it is being done for the establishment of various other student committees. 3. The role to be played by current students is vital in the success story or journey. As if they can give a grand success to events like BLITZSCHLAG etc., they can also make the AIAMB tournament a perennial event and an integral part of Institutes events calendar. i. The student body must be funded some amount for running various promotional sub-events throughout the year to seek subvention from market. ii. Students members should be encouraged to utilize different advertisement and promotional media such as website, blogs, and social networking sites besides other traditional methods. 4. Alumni Association, in coordination with the OC must arrange sponsorships from industry. The permanent recognition/funding/sponsorship from Government entities such as Ministry of Sports, Basketball Association, Sports authority of India etc., should be sought. 5. The OC must have, on the regular basis, talks to the Institute authorities so as to arrange the permissions. For this the OC should ensure the proper maintenance of the teaching-learning decorum of the Institute. The Tournament may also be organized along with the ongoing Annual Sports Meet such that resources multiplexing can be achieved in terms of promotion, accommodation of participants etc. Also OC should try to enjoy its strength, against the bugs, which can be attained through Institutes disciplinary cell. 6. The OC must ensure the adequacy in the events advertisement and promotional schemes, to maximize the reach and thus participation throughout India.

7. The OC must work in an inclusive democratic and transparent manner, keeping the emotional attachment of Institute with the golden history of Tournament, as its core value, and similar must be reflected out through its policies and functions. 8. The MNIT alumni association, Faculty members and the OC, should altogether propagate and establish a kind of enthusiasm which the current/coming MNITians can feel and connect with. This can be achieved through time to time intra-institute promotion of the event and its philosophy.

Administrative Structure
The Organizing Committee must be structured in a balanced manner with a quality representation of present MNITians, especially the students. The OC for its proper functioning may further be divided/extended, before the commencement of the Tournament, in, but not limited, to a. Coordination Committee To control and coordinate all the committees formed under the banner of the OC. b. Finance Committee It should look after the incomes and expanses with due transparency and responsibility. c. Advertisement and Promotion Committee It should always try to make the event AIAMBT, known to every sportsperson. This committee must ensure the proper reach of events so as to make the basis for a larger participation from all over country. It should prepare a solid base for Sponsorships and fund raising. d. Committee for Sponsorship and External Interface (i) It should work as an interface between the OC and industry. The committee should plan out various fund raising strategy and mechanisms of collaboration with external agencies, which can potentially be partnered with. (ii) It should work with other participating institutes (IITs, NITs, IIITs and others) for figuring out the dates for events. Also it

should encourage the potential participants to be a part of this event. e. The Disciplinary Committee Framing and employment of disciplinary protocols for the proper and fair execution of the tournament in transparent manner, should be done by this committee. f. The Execution Committee The committee should have sports experts, Aluminis (For few Yrs only), MNIT sports in-charge and other trained personnel to conduct an ethical, lawful and impartial event. Timings, Venues, should be decided by this committee after an agreeing nod from Institute, and Rules for the game and Eligibility Criteria for participation should be decided by this committee after rigorous compliance with sports governing bodies and internationally followed rules of the game.

Funding/ Subvention Arrangements

The monetary arrangements should be taken care by the Committee for Sponsorship and External Interface. The funding can be raised through following methods 1. The partnerships/sponsorships from Industries, Sports Giants (Reebok, Adidas, Nike etc.). 2. There are several schemes of Union or State Governments for the promotion of sports among youth, which can benefit the financial aspirations of the OC. 3. Institute may be agreed to fund (even partially) the event from its budget to sports. 4. Some nominal or token entry fees can be employed (in a justified amount) on the participants. 5. Voluntarily contribution from Aluminis of MREC/MNIT from each batch already passed out, now onwards in the Yr of celebration of their Silver Jubilee or valediction 6. Roping-in some NGOs working or inclined towards field of Sports

Code of Ethics

It is the bounding duty of all concerned with this sport activity to, pledge with: a. Emphasizing the ideals of true sportsmanship, ethical conduct, and fair play; b. Teach and exhibit the values of athletic competition and activities; c. Show courtesy to visiting teams, officials and clubs; d. Respect the integrity and judgment of sports officials and others in authority; e. Achieve a thorough understanding and acceptance of the current rules of the game, the standards of eligibility, and activity by-laws; f. Encourage leadership, use of initiative, and good judgment of all participants; There must not be any indiscrimination among all committee members based on caste/ creed or religion, if persists, shall qualify for disqualification or termination of that individual instant with zero tolerance. In case of heresy or different of opinions or conflict of interests on any issue among individuals or in various committees, decision of chairman of that particular group committee or OC shall be final and binding.

Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Policy

The Organizing Committee is committed to provide a safe and civil educational and sporting environment for all students, employees, volunteers and patrons free from harassment, intimidation or bullying. Harassment, intimidation or bullying means any intentional written, verbal, or physical act, including but not limited to one shown to be motivated by any characteristic ( as, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or mental or physical disability), or other distinguishing characteristics, when the intentional written, verbal, or physical act: -Physically harms a student or damages the students property; or -Has the effect of substantially interfering with a students education; or -Is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an intimidating or threatening educational environment; or -Has the effect of substantially disrupting the orderly operation of the school. This policy is not intended to prohibit expression of religious, philosophical, or political views, provided that the expression does not substantially disrupt the educational and sporting environment. False reports or retaliation for harassment, intimidation or bullying also constitute violations of this policy.