There was intense competition in this fiercely fought battle at Indigo this year. There was very little separating the winners from the ones who just missed. In the end, the team that kept its cool (in its ads) made it.  Participating colleges include NITIE, Medicaps, IITK, IBS-Hyd, Welingkar, VGSOM, IIMB, SIBM-B, MDI-G, PSG, MANAGE and IIML.  

The ads were evaluated on the criterias of: Novelty, Emotional appeal, Rational appeal, Execution and presentation, Relevance to product, Credibility and Backgroud Music.  

The ads were judged by an eminent panel of distinguished experts.  Congratulations to the winners as announced below: 

 
• First Place:
Abhijeet Jyotishi, Punit Kumar, Tushar Karande(National Institute of Agriculture Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad)

• Second place:
L. Ashwin, Harish, Harsha Gunda (PSG IM)  

Special mention for teams from Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research and the team from IIT Kanpur. You people just missed out by a whisker. Please keep up your good work.   

                                                   

 

 

 

Winning newspaper ad ->

 

 

 

 

 

 

  TV Ad: 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbzt2m_skin-darkening-cream-commercial-man_shortfilms

 

 

 

  <- Runners-up news paper ad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV ad: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sW7e-VDjuk

Due to repeated requests from the partcipants, the deadline for prelims of Naissance: The B Plan competition  has been extended to the 22nd January 2010. Entries have started coming in thick and fast.

So what are you waiting for? Hit the gas and send in your entries for the prelims rounds fast.

Keeping in mind the stream of holidays coming in due to Pongal/Sankranti etc and due to popular demand, it has been decided by the organizers to extend the deadline of Arco Baleno - The HR event, Candidate City 2020 - The consulting event and Varna - The IPL challenge (ops) to 20th January.

A lot of entries have already started coming in. So what are you waiting for? Rush in your entries for the prelims soon.

A global investor wants to invest either in a US stock or in an Indian stock. As an equity research analyst, you are expected to analyze stocks from the two countries and choose one between the two. Select an industry of your choice and two scrips from the same industry, one from US (Listed in NYSE or NASDAQ) and the other from India (Listed in BSE or NSE). Analyze the past performance, future expectations and use a valuation technique to arrive at a value. Based on your analysis, recommend to the investor a stock to buy.

This is a fundamental research analysis. No technical analysis is required. The winners will be selected based on the depth of analysis,the valuation technique and the originality of the content.

The report must be sent before 23rd January, 2009, 23:59 hours.

First Prize worth INR 7K
Second Prize worth INR 4K