IIMB News

PGPEM TEAM WINS THIRD PLACE IN NATIONAL-LEVEL B-SCHOOL CASE COMPETITION OPSWISE 10.0 CONDUCTED BY IIM TRICHY

Amit Pareek and Surabhi Muralidhara, both students of the institute’s two-year weekend MBA, the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), have won the third position in the national-level B-school case competition OpsWise 10.0, conducted by SigmaEta, the Operations and Supply Chain Management Club of IIM Trichy. SigmaEta concluded its final round of the contest on March 5th 2022.

The IIMB team emerged the second runners-up, going through an elaborate process of four rounds of competition. Of the around 1098 teams that participated in Round 1, only 87 qualified for Round 2, and seven teams qualified for the next two rounds. The award includes participation certificates and a cash component.


PGPEM STUDENT MAMATA ANURAG S IS AMONG THE FIVE DYNAMIC DELEGATES AT THE ‘MOCK INDIAN PARLIAMENT’ CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY IIMS IN BANGALORE AND UDAIPUR

Mamata Anurag Salakapurapu, student of IIM Bangalore’s two-year weekend MBA: Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), has been adjudged one of the five Dynamic Delegates (besides the top three winners) at the ‘Mock Indian Parliament’, conducted by the Public Policy Club of IIM Bangalore in collaboration with the Public Policy Group of IIM Udaipur, during February 22 to 27, 2022.

The first round of the contest was a quiz covering topics of Indian History, Polity, Economics and General Awareness. In the second round, participants were invited to submit a short video of about three minutes showcasing their oratory skills on any topic of general interest. The final round was the ‘Mock Indian Parliament’, an emulation of the workings of parliamentary processes, with the participants divided into two groups of Ruling and Opposition parties. It had a Question Hour discussing selected topics of national interest, followed by Bill Discussion on the recent 2020 Farm Bills.

Of the around 513 participants of the quiz, the top 100 qualified for video submission, of which 31 were selected for the final round of ‘Mock Indian Parliament’.


EPGP TEAM SECURES FIRST PLACE IN NATIONAL-LEVEL TECHNICAL ARTICLE WRITING COMPETITION ‘STRATEGIST’ HOSTED BY IIM SHILLONG

Renganathan Sekar and Dheeraj Velaga, both students of the one-year fulltime MBA, the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) Class of 2022, have won ‘Strategist: Call for Articles’, a national-level technical article writing competition conducted by ConQuest, the Consulting & Strategy Club of IIM Shillong. The winning entry was about different business models prevalent in the gaming industry with a comparison between developing and developed countries.


PGPEM TEAM WINS AD-MAKING COMPETITION ‘MARQAD’ CONDUCTED BY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Team ‘Icred’ comprising Mahalengam M H and Ashish Kishore Fatnani, both students of the institute’s two-year weekend MBA, the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), have won the ad-making competition ‘MarQAd’, conducted by Marquity, the Marketing Club of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon. The contest was held in February 2022. In the first round, participants had to create an innovative advertisement in a poster format for a selected product. The top 10 teams who qualified for the second round were invited to create jingles/videos for the advertisement they made in the previous round.