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‘Best B-School Project’ Award 2022

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 15th 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 finalists
the Official Tabulator

Awards trophies are given to Main event, where the

the winners and cash prizes finalists make a
transferred to their account presentation to the jury,
which decides the winners
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 2020

• Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder & CMD, Rediff.com

• Ambi Parameswaran, Founder, Brand-building.com

• Lloyd Pinto, President - HR, CG Power

• Rajkamal Vempati, Head - HR, Axis Bank

• Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner, McKinsey

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 31, 2022; 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 (or digitally signed or mailed from the official email
ID of, etc.) 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) The completed ‘Entry Form’, properly attested as mentioned above
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 Saturday, November 05, 2022
Winner Determination

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

• The finalists will make a physical or online presentation to the jury in January 2023, for the final winners to be
decided. The overall rigour of the project work and presentation skills will be used to arrive at the winners.
Additional Information

• 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 and response Handling questions, poise under pressure

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