Beginnings  define the journey and nothing proves it more than your entry into Armageddon – the adventure club at IIM Calcutta. To get in you simply have to run 5 kilometres around Joka’s famously scenic campus and come in top30. The three major things you experience in the race-  picturesque natural beauty, buggered up tendons and knees and tremendous satisfaction at the end -will continue through your stay in Armageddon.

Adventure Club was a brainchild of Malli Mastaan Babu  ( 39th batch IIM Cian)– the patron saint of all trekkers.  The man who achieved the incredible feat of scaling the highest peaks of the seven continents in 172 days, the fastest so far . Having begun under such able hands the club took it’s task seriously and    organized treks, hikes and camping trips for the students of IIM-Calcutta during vacations. And also a fair bit of on-campus activities like triathlons, crowd-runs (where a huge group of students jog together) , wall-climbing, etc.

This rich heritage has been given a structure, now the club comprises of three branches -treks team , on-campus team  and design team. The number of on campus events have increased like GMTs i.e. great mob runs where many members jog together for fitness awareness, Tour de joka – biathlon of running and cycling, wall rappelling workshop and many more.

All this hasn’t decreased treks and trips off course. In fact by using video promotions and marketing campaigns Armageddon has hooked up many more students in many more trips to more locations. Last year’s destinations include Susunia, Mathaburu, Sunderbans , Sikkim and other exotic locations which I can’t spell.

Recently the baton of command at Armageddon passed to junior batch students and looking at their enthusiasm adventure club will no doubt climb new heights. And who knows maybe even on all continents and faster than anyone else.