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FIIB-Walton College Acculturation Program Day 2 – Case Challenge
May 16th, 2015

FIIB Campus, New Delhi: A day full of learning and interaction during the FIIB-Walton College Acculturation Program! Each defined team had to present an assigned case study after rigorous brainstorming, mind-mapping and mind-boggling discussions at the college campus. The Case Challenge activity was guided and mentored by Faculty from FIIB and Sam Walton College of Business, but it was thoroughly MBA student driven.

Brainstorming the Harley Davidson case in the classrooms and syndicate rooms gave immense opportunities to management grads to understand each other and create team bonding. Teams not only solved the challenges but went through tremendous learning experience necessary for management.

For the Case Challenge, the entire group of 40 MBA students were divided into 10 teams. The preliminary round had 2 panels of Judges. 5 teams presented to each panel. The best team adjudged by each of the panel made it to the finals. The winner of the final face-off was the overall winner of the case analysis and presentation competition and the team won a cash prize of Rs.5000.



The Acculturation Program provided opportunities for management graduates to present their Case Challenge interpretations and solutions to the college faculty in the auditorium, and seek their expert guidance on the same. The presentations showcased some remarkable interpretations and well-defined procedures to the solutions, and this really influenced the teams and the Faculty. The full day learning experience during the Acculturation Program at the college campus, build a strong foundation for various team challenges and activities lined up for the participants.

The judges for the competition were:

Preliminaries

Panel 1 -

1. Dr. Ajay Pradhan - MD for CH2M HILL
2. Ms. Diviya Wahi - GTC Management, California
3. Prof. Arun Sangwan – Professor, FIIB

Panel 2 -

1. Mr. Pankaj Dubey - MD of Indian Motorcycles LLC
2. Prof. Alan Ellstrand - Walton College
3. Prof. Deepankar Chakrabarti – Dean, FIIB

Finals

Panel -

1. Mr. Abhishek Bhartia - Head of Sitaram Bhartia Hospital
2. Mr. Purushottam Vashisht - Soros Fund Management, California
3. Mr. Manish Kheterpal - Chairman, FIIB
4. Prof. O P Wali - Professor, IIFT
5. Prof. Alan Ellstrand - Walton College

Another significant event of the day was the address by:

1. Mr. Prashant Tandon, Founder & Managing Director at HealthKart New Delhi, discussing about the growing internet and e-commerce industry in India.
2. Mr. Manish Kheterpal, Chairman, FIIB Delhi, concluding the session for the day and discussing about the Indian business sentiments and the attractiveness of India as an investment location.

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