Relevance: Corporate Recruiters flocking to B schools to induct the future professionals have high expectations from them. Conversely the curriculum is designed to correlate courses of study with the way industry or potential workplace operates its business using the latest technologies. Summer internships provide an opportunity to apply to the real work life situations the concepts & methods that they have learnt in the classroom. This contest is our endeavor to encourage students to achieve excellence in their first corporate sojourn.

Objective: To develop the B-school students’ research aptitude & encourage application of imbibed management education during his/her summer internship in a corporate house.

  
 

Guidelines:

1. The contest is open to students of all business schools who have done their summer training in the IInd Semester/ IIIrd Trimester, in the academic year 2008. There is no entrance fee for this contest.
2. The business project could be in any industry/sector.

3. There is no restriction on submitting the same summer project to other B-school summer internship contests.

4. Acknowledgement receipt mails will be sent to all contesting participants once their project synopsis is received.

5. Requests for revaluation of synopsis or extension of deadlines will not be entertained.

6. The Organizers are not liable for any failure of the e-mail provider/network in case of non-receipt of contest entries within the deadline.

 

 

Submission

1. A qualified entry should have a minimum of 1000-1200 words synopsis of the summer training project. The synopsis should focus on the relevant aspects of the research metholody for the project. More details are available under “Submission Criteria”.

2. Each entry must be authored by an individual. There is no limit to the number of entries from a single B-school.

3. All entries should be in the form of a Microsoft Word document in font Times New Roman (size 12) and single line spacing. The cover page of each entry should contain the name, institute name, e-mail address and phone number of the student.

4. These details should not be repeated anywhere else in the document. The cover page will not be counted against the word limit.
5. The last date for submission of synopsis is 22 nd August-All selected entries will be announced on the contest website & intimated individually by e-mail on 5 th September. Please refer to the “Submission Deadlines” for detailed timelines.
 
 


Finals Event

The ten selected participants will present their summer project to a panel of distinguished judges on 20th September. They will have 20 minutes (strictly maintained) to present their plans and another 10 minutes for questions from the judges.

The decision of the judges would be final and binding. Any dispute arising out of or in relation to this contest shall be governed by the laws of India and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts at Delhi .

   Submission deadlines

   30th August, 2008    Submission of project synopsis (Word limit 1000-1200) send in your entries
   to: niilmaristos@gmail.com
    19th September, 2008

    Announcement of selected reports on the website.

    26th September, 2008

    The final contest & Announcement of winner.
    27th September, 2008     Presentation by the Winners in the H.R Conference & Award Ceremony.

 

Submission criteria

For the open submission process (deadline August 22 nd , 2008) students will submit a Project Synopsis of summer project in 1000-1200 words .Numbers contained in financial tables or statements will not be counted in the word count, all attachments are included in the page count.

Below is a suggested template for students to use when developing their Project synopsis.

 
  Focus Area Key Questions to Address  
  A. Formulating the research problem Development of research design & working hypothesis with the limitations  
  B. Sample design & Data Collection Accuracy of sample design, validity & reliability of data  
  C. Data Analysis & Hypothesis Testing Appropriateness of the method of analysis, level of significance  
  D. Generalizations & Interpretations Key findings & recommendations  
 

All submissions will be evaluated in all equally weighted areas.

When evaluating, judges will be asked to consider (and provide narrative feedback for the selected participants) a variety of questions associated with each area.

For evaluation, following criteria will be judged:

  1. What is the study attempting to achieve? Will it provide direction for determining actionable steps? If not, is there a need for this project?
  2. Before conducting the research, has the student explored all available secondary sources? Has he thought through all possible hypotheses?
  3. Do the samples focus on the target consumers that study aims to reach?
  4. Are the questions based on sound qualitative knowledge of the market? Do the questions cover all aspects of the issues?
  5. Is the methodology logical?
  6. Do the findings & analysis appear logical and reasonable?
  7. Are the recommendations mentioned in the report feasible for implementation in the organisation?

Prize:
First prize:       Rs.10,000
Second prize:  Rs. 7,500
Third prize:      Rs. 5,000

Participation certificates for all the entries.
Certificate of Merit to all selected entries