Student Achievers
Jan 2011 – March 2011
Nikhil Shah
Dilip Talerja PGDM - BD
Vivek Agarwal

Mind2Market Case Competition
Venue - ISB Hyderabad (Indian School of Business)
The live case given was on stoves( Chullahs) being used in the rural india and
   they were device a complete executable plan around it.
Date of Contest – 21st March 2011

Defeated - ISB,IIM Bangalore, Calcutta, Shillong, Indore, SP Jain,
   MICA, IIT Delhi, NMIMS
Prize – Rs. 25,000 & Certificate
Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDM E-Biz)

CIRCUMLENS- "Shoonya- The world of endless possibilities“- Photography competition

Organized by - K.J Somaiya College

Date of Contest – 5th Feb. 2011

Defeated - XIMB

Prize - Prize worth Rs. 2000 (Gift Vouchers)
Nikhil Ghare - MMS 2010-12
Kumar Gandharva Mishra - BD 2010-12
SIBM Colossus MadAd event
Venue – SIBM, Banglore
They were given 15 minutes to come up with whacky ideas and make an ad for the
    product GPS Sunglasses.
Date - 27TH Feb 2011
Defeated - SIBM Bangalore
Prize - A gift vouchers worth Rs 1000
Nikhil Ghare - MMS 2010-12
 Kumar Gandharva Mishra - BD 2010-12
 Pranav Bathi Math - BD 2010-12
Event - Callidus
Organised By – SIBM
Nature of contest –
Rounds 1,2,3: These rounds tested our interpersonal skills through the medium of Facebook.

Final round: The presentation would involve two components:
o A sales pitch, explaining the business case and relevance of your module to the organization.
o A demonstration of the training module itself.

Date of contest – 23rd Feb 2011
Prize - cash prize of Rs 12000 and certificates
Mentor – Prof. Anjali Joshi
Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDM E-Biz)
Business standard award - Best B-school project award 2010
Open paper-writing contest
Topic - Music, Memes and me which studies the impact of music in all its forms
   from English songs, trance, rock, regional songs, national anthem, the secret by
   rhonda bryne, quotes etc on human behavior.
Venue – Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Pawai.
Date of Contest – 1st Feb’11
Defeated – IIM A, FMS, Great Lakes
Prize - Rs. 50,000 + Certificate + trophy
Mentor – Prof. Deepa Dixit and Prof.Kaustubh Dhargalkar
Chinmay Athaley,RohanMenon,Romil Khare,Ashwath Rajan,
Praful Khurana
- PGDM Batch -2 , 2010-2012

EVENT -R IDEA

Organiser - RAISONI Group, NAGPUR

Award:- Judges Choice Award

Details of event :-
The biggest Business Plan competition in the central India. Their b plan 'saaf safai' for residential
    housekeeping service

Topic :- B plan on using mobile for payments. Various scopes & real scenarios across industries &
    sectors are tapped in detail by Mobile wallet concept.

Event dates 4-5 FEB 20111

Prize :- Plan has been sent for Incubation of business from IIM A in Incubation centre.
Mentor – Prof. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
Uday Muthe – PGDM B- 2, 2010-12

EVENT -R IDEA – B-Plan contest

Organiser - RAISONI Group, NAGPUR

Award:- Judges Choice Award

Topic – ‘M-Paisa’ which is a mobile money & cashless transaction system

Date of contest - 4-5 FEB 2011

Prize – Certificate + B plan forwarded to CIIE for possible incubation.

Mentor – Prof. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
Vishal Maheshwari, Amulya Tadimeti, Janice Aarora -
PGDM 2010 - 2012 | 3

 PRAYAAS

 Event - Perspective 2011

 A marketing campaign where we had to promote a social cause

 Date of Contest – 12th Feb 2011

 Defeated - IIM Ahmedbad, JBIMS, NITIE(2), MICA, IRMA & NIRMA.

 Prize – Certificate + Rs.10,000/-
Nikhil Khemani
Sai Mandlik              PGDM batch 3 Batch 2010-12
Ritesh Sapre

SIMSREE's Movie making Competition

Promotion Plan Contest

Other Winners - Sydenham college

Prize - A cash prize of Rs.1000/- and Certificates
Ankur Shrivastava & Saket Bihari -
PGDM BD 2010-12


Event: Orion-Mercurise 2011

organizer B-school: SIMS Pune

National Level B-Plan competition

Topic - Manufacturing of ethanol for biofuel

Date of Contest- 30th Jan 2011

Prize – Certificate + Rs. 10,000
Saket Bihari - PGDM BD 2010-12


Pragati 2011

Innovation challenge competition

Amrita School of Business, coimbatore, Tamilnadu

Topic – Ethanol ‘ The fuel future’

Date of contest – 5th Feb. 2011

Prize – Certificate + Rs. 5,000/-
Rahul Manerikar
Dhaval Mehta                    PGDM Ebiz
Darshan Salgia
Rohit Kshirsagar


HP smart color contest

A promotion plan for HP printers

Theme – ‘color your kismet’

Date of contest – 26th Nov 2010

Prize- Certificate, trohpy + Goa trip
Akhilesh Shenoy, Kartikey Seksaria - PGDM B - 1

                  IIM Shillong – Niveshak – Feb 2011 Issue

Article on Islamic banking & its impact on india published in Finance Magazine
Yogeeta Raisinghani - PGDM -1

Business World Infocom Future Leadership Awards 2010-2011
Venue- Kolkata at ITC, Sonar
This year’s theme was – Moving towards Convergence – in which she focused on 3 aspects
    of convergence: Social Media, Cloud Computing and Good to Great organizations – its
    impact and challenges and the future ahead in the field of business and technology and
    its impact on human life.
Date of Contest – 17th Feb 2011
Position- 6th position
Prize –500 USD along with the trophy and certificate
Other winners – ISB, Hyderabad, TAPMI, Manipal ,IIT,Madras,SPJain, Mumbai
Mentors - Prof. Vijayan, Prof. Deepa Mam, Prof Kaustubh.
Chetan Gupta - PGDM EBiz 2009-11

DNA Best Student in Management Award
Date of contest - 12th Feb 2011
Prize – Trophy + certificate
Glenda D'Souza - PGDM -BATCH 2 (2010-2012)

•   Article published in Bizbook - Jan 2011 issue of Newsletter of G.D Goenka World
    Institute.

•   Theme of the newsletter was Social Media.

•   Won Best entry in VAAD VIVAAD Section - Are social networking sites
    responsible for increase in social and psychological problems among youth?
Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDM E-Biz)

Event - the SOIL - Inspired School of Leadership's "Print D Peace" competition
Date of Contest – 15th Feb 2011
Prize – Rs. 2,000/-

Student Achievers Jan2011 - March 2011

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Nikhil Shah Dilip TalerjaPGDM - BD Vivek Agarwal Mind2Market Case Competition Venue - ISB Hyderabad (Indian School of Business) The live case given was on stoves( Chullahs) being used in the rural india and they were device a complete executable plan around it. Date of Contest – 21st March 2011 Defeated - ISB,IIM Bangalore, Calcutta, Shillong, Indore, SP Jain, MICA, IIT Delhi, NMIMS Prize – Rs. 25,000 & Certificate
  • 3.
    Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDME-Biz) CIRCUMLENS- "Shoonya- The world of endless possibilities“- Photography competition Organized by - K.J Somaiya College Date of Contest – 5th Feb. 2011 Defeated - XIMB Prize - Prize worth Rs. 2000 (Gift Vouchers)
  • 4.
    Nikhil Ghare -MMS 2010-12 Kumar Gandharva Mishra - BD 2010-12 SIBM Colossus MadAd event Venue – SIBM, Banglore They were given 15 minutes to come up with whacky ideas and make an ad for the product GPS Sunglasses. Date - 27TH Feb 2011 Defeated - SIBM Bangalore Prize - A gift vouchers worth Rs 1000
  • 5.
    Nikhil Ghare -MMS 2010-12 Kumar Gandharva Mishra - BD 2010-12 Pranav Bathi Math - BD 2010-12 Event - Callidus Organised By – SIBM Nature of contest – Rounds 1,2,3: These rounds tested our interpersonal skills through the medium of Facebook. Final round: The presentation would involve two components: o A sales pitch, explaining the business case and relevance of your module to the organization. o A demonstration of the training module itself. Date of contest – 23rd Feb 2011 Prize - cash prize of Rs 12000 and certificates Mentor – Prof. Anjali Joshi
  • 6.
    Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDME-Biz) Business standard award - Best B-school project award 2010 Open paper-writing contest Topic - Music, Memes and me which studies the impact of music in all its forms from English songs, trance, rock, regional songs, national anthem, the secret by rhonda bryne, quotes etc on human behavior. Venue – Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Pawai. Date of Contest – 1st Feb’11 Defeated – IIM A, FMS, Great Lakes Prize - Rs. 50,000 + Certificate + trophy Mentor – Prof. Deepa Dixit and Prof.Kaustubh Dhargalkar
  • 7.
    Chinmay Athaley,RohanMenon,Romil Khare,AshwathRajan, Praful Khurana - PGDM Batch -2 , 2010-2012 EVENT -R IDEA Organiser - RAISONI Group, NAGPUR Award:- Judges Choice Award Details of event :- The biggest Business Plan competition in the central India. Their b plan 'saaf safai' for residential housekeeping service Topic :- B plan on using mobile for payments. Various scopes & real scenarios across industries & sectors are tapped in detail by Mobile wallet concept. Event dates 4-5 FEB 20111 Prize :- Plan has been sent for Incubation of business from IIM A in Incubation centre. Mentor – Prof. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
  • 8.
    Uday Muthe –PGDM B- 2, 2010-12 EVENT -R IDEA – B-Plan contest Organiser - RAISONI Group, NAGPUR Award:- Judges Choice Award Topic – ‘M-Paisa’ which is a mobile money & cashless transaction system Date of contest - 4-5 FEB 2011 Prize – Certificate + B plan forwarded to CIIE for possible incubation. Mentor – Prof. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
  • 9.
    Vishal Maheshwari, AmulyaTadimeti, Janice Aarora - PGDM 2010 - 2012 | 3 PRAYAAS Event - Perspective 2011 A marketing campaign where we had to promote a social cause Date of Contest – 12th Feb 2011 Defeated - IIM Ahmedbad, JBIMS, NITIE(2), MICA, IRMA & NIRMA. Prize – Certificate + Rs.10,000/-
  • 10.
    Nikhil Khemani Sai Mandlik PGDM batch 3 Batch 2010-12 Ritesh Sapre SIMSREE's Movie making Competition Promotion Plan Contest Other Winners - Sydenham college Prize - A cash prize of Rs.1000/- and Certificates
  • 11.
    Ankur Shrivastava &Saket Bihari - PGDM BD 2010-12 Event: Orion-Mercurise 2011 organizer B-school: SIMS Pune National Level B-Plan competition Topic - Manufacturing of ethanol for biofuel Date of Contest- 30th Jan 2011 Prize – Certificate + Rs. 10,000
  • 12.
    Saket Bihari -PGDM BD 2010-12 Pragati 2011 Innovation challenge competition Amrita School of Business, coimbatore, Tamilnadu Topic – Ethanol ‘ The fuel future’ Date of contest – 5th Feb. 2011 Prize – Certificate + Rs. 5,000/-
  • 13.
    Rahul Manerikar Dhaval Mehta PGDM Ebiz Darshan Salgia Rohit Kshirsagar HP smart color contest A promotion plan for HP printers Theme – ‘color your kismet’ Date of contest – 26th Nov 2010 Prize- Certificate, trohpy + Goa trip
  • 14.
    Akhilesh Shenoy, KartikeySeksaria - PGDM B - 1 IIM Shillong – Niveshak – Feb 2011 Issue Article on Islamic banking & its impact on india published in Finance Magazine
  • 15.
    Yogeeta Raisinghani -PGDM -1 Business World Infocom Future Leadership Awards 2010-2011 Venue- Kolkata at ITC, Sonar This year’s theme was – Moving towards Convergence – in which she focused on 3 aspects of convergence: Social Media, Cloud Computing and Good to Great organizations – its impact and challenges and the future ahead in the field of business and technology and its impact on human life. Date of Contest – 17th Feb 2011 Position- 6th position Prize –500 USD along with the trophy and certificate Other winners – ISB, Hyderabad, TAPMI, Manipal ,IIT,Madras,SPJain, Mumbai Mentors - Prof. Vijayan, Prof. Deepa Mam, Prof Kaustubh.
  • 16.
    Chetan Gupta -PGDM EBiz 2009-11 DNA Best Student in Management Award Date of contest - 12th Feb 2011 Prize – Trophy + certificate
  • 17.
    Glenda D'Souza -PGDM -BATCH 2 (2010-2012) • Article published in Bizbook - Jan 2011 issue of Newsletter of G.D Goenka World Institute. • Theme of the newsletter was Social Media. • Won Best entry in VAAD VIVAAD Section - Are social networking sites responsible for increase in social and psychological problems among youth?
  • 18.
    Ashwini Vasudevan (PGDME-Biz) Event - the SOIL - Inspired School of Leadership's "Print D Peace" competition Date of Contest – 15th Feb 2011 Prize – Rs. 2,000/-