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‘Best B-School Project’ Award 2019

About the Award

• We, at Business Standard, celebrate visionaries from the past and present, and believe those of tomorrow will
emerge from our own budding managers. With this thought, the Business Standard ‘Best B-School Project
Award’ was instituted to honour excellence among management students across India.

• In the 13th year now, it is the leading award in India for summer internship projects by B-School students

• We receive an average of 200 entries every year, across specialisations, and from most of the top B-Schools

• With each college sending us just their best projects, the entry set is made of the best-of-the-best summer
internship work in India

• A rigorous screening process, deliberated with our Official Tabulator EY, and further by an eminent jury from
the corporate world, ensures quality and objectivity

• We wish to see young leaders raise the bar in entrepreneurship and hope that the Business Standard ‘Best B-
School Project’ Award is a step towards that
The Process Flow

A preliminary jury shortlists

Each management institute The main jury, drawn from
the entries, based on pre-
nominates 2 summer eminent personalities in the
defined and published
internship projects done by industry and academia,
parameters designed with
its students meets to select the final few
the Official Tabulator

The jury decides the Main event, where the

winners, and the awards are finalists make a
presented at the event presentation to the jury in
front of an invited audience
Role of the Official Tabulator - EY

Helps frame the

evaluation process and
criteria – parameters, Facilitates the jury meet
weights, etc.; and ensures
consistency throughout

Conducts a
Facilitates the final event communications
in terms of process workshop for the finalists,
integrity a day before the main
event
The Prizes
The Jury in 2018

• Ajit Balakrishnan – Founder & CMD, Rediff.com

• Ambi Parameswaran – Founder, Brand-building.com

• Nishi Vasudeva – Former CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

• Dr. Hasit Joshipura – Senior VP and Head, Electrical & Automation, L&T

• Rajat Gupta – Senior Partner, McKinsey

• Kinjal Medh – Marketing Head, NSE

The Process
Eligibility Criteria

• Students of MBA/ PGDM or equivalent in all AICTE/ NAAC/ UGC affiliated Business Schools in India

• A project being entered should be the original work of a student of the institute

• All projects that are entered should have been done between January 01 and October 15, 2019; as summer
internship projects – a part of the curriculum and academic evaluation process
How to Enter

• The Entry Form and Executive Summary template can be downloaded from www.business-
standard.com/bschool/projectaward

• Direct nomination from students will not be accepted. The B-School will nominate projects done by its
students, with individual Entry Forms for each project signed by the Director/ designated signatory.

• All entries to be submitted as soft copy only, mailed to mansi.singh@bsmail.in. If the file(s) are bigger than
4MB, the entry should be mailed as a Google Drive/ WeTransfer link

• Each entry will have

a) A scanned copy of the completed Entry Form
b) An Executive Summary of the project – Word file only, in the given format
c) The complete project report – Word file only

• Only two nominations will be accepted from each B-School. It is desirable that institutes enter the best project
work done by their students.

• The last date for submitting entries is 24:00 hours on November 04, 2019
Winner Determination

• An independent jury appointed by Business Standard will evaluate the entries and determine the winners for
the Awards

• The overall rigour of the project work and presentation skills will be used to arrive at the winners (details on
evaluation criteria in slides ahead)
Additional Information

• The finalists will have to come to Mumbai to make a presentation to the jury and invited audience. The cost
of travel and lodging in Mumbai will be borne by Business Standard

• Business Standard’s employees & their relatives, employees of its advertising agencies or employees of
sponsors will not be eligible to participate

• Detailed Terms and Conditions of the competition can be read on www.business-

standard.com/bschool/projectaward

• For any query, please write to mansi.singh@bsmail.in

Evaluation Criteria – for written case study

Parameter Details

Problem(s) or issue(s) being Complexity of issues/ problem being addressed. Framing of problem statement.
addressed Bold or unconventional hypothesis.

Quality of research Comprehensive research/ due diligence.

Thoroughness in drawing inferences. Backing assertions with data; use of

Quality of analysis
frameworks to aid and crystallise analysis; uncovering insights, critical thinking.

Looked at solutions that are not conventional in design; recommendations

Recommendations
challenge the status quo of existing processes, business model.

Persuasive, clear, engaging, reader friendly, meaningful flow of ideas, transition,

Business writing
formatting, basics: agenda, intro and summary.
Evaluation Criteria – for presentation

Parameter Details

Persuasiveness Demonstrating command over content, compelling point of view.

Articulation Delivery, clarity, fluency.

Engagement with audience Handling questions, poise under pressure

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