Friday, July 1, 2011

Bits Pilani


The six teams that qualified for the national finals are NMIMS University, BITS Pilani - Goa Campus, Stella Maris College, Christ University, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce and IIT Delhi.
This year, more than 400 teams from all over India participated in the competition. The finalists went through a rigorous selection process, which include a case study report submission and a regional final before they made it to the India Final. For the second in a row, BITS Pilani Goa Campus was declared the winner by a panel of eminent judges such as Ms. Deepa Dev, Financial Controller GRBC India; Mr. Ranbir Singh, COO, JP Morgan; Mr. Anoop Sharma, Director Finance, Kellogg's; Mr. Sharat Bansal, Advisory Leader, PWC & Mr. Muthu Manickam
The winning team will represent India and compete with teams from countries such as UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, U.A.E, Bangladesh and Australia at the global final to be held on 23rd and 24th July 2011. The 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge is sponsored by Barclays India who is the official partner for this competition.
"The CIMA Global Business Challenge is part of CIMA's endeavour to prepare the student community for the world of business. It presents participants with real life business problems and challenges them on a number of parameters such as problem solving abilities, leadership and communication skills. The winners have shown remarkable confidence and ability in their presentation and we hope that they go ahead to win the Global Finals" said Arati Porwal, Chief Representative, CIMA India.
Finalist teams and Colleges:
  • Team Name College/University
  • Horizon NMIMS University
  • Tatva BITS Pilani - Goa Campus
  • Cogitators Stella Maris College
  • Samukh Christ University
  • Easy Solutions Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce
  • Corporate Czars IIT Delhi
The 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge is an international business management competition designed to bring out the best in potential business leaders among students. The competition is open to full time undergraduates of public and private colleges and universities. Teams from 17 countries viz. Australia, Bangladesh, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, the Middle East, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the UK, will participate in this year's Global Final at Chengdu in China.
The international competition provides students with a great opportunity to test the depth of their financial knowledge, try out their business management skills, expand upon their competitive ability, and has even led to internship opportunities from well known organisations. Teams will be expected to analyse, report and present on a CIMA case study.
The inaugural CIMA Global Business Challenge was held in 2009 in the city of Singapore. Considering huge response from students in the first competition, CIMA broaden its scope and invited entries from across the India by divided them in north, west and south zones.

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