Eligibility

Redefine is open to bona fide first- and second-year students currently pursuing a two-year flagship PGP/PGDM/PGDBM/MBA program from the following business schools only:

1. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
2. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
3. Indian Institute of Management, Indore
4. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
5. Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
6. Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli
7. Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur
8. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
9. XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
10. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
11. Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
12. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
13. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
14. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune 
15. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resources Development, Pune
16. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
17. Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi
18. S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

Please Note: Students from other streams such as the Part-Time Program, Management Development Program, Executive MBA Program, and those not from the above-listed schools are not eligible to participate in this competition.

 
Team Constitution

• Participants are expected to form teams consisting of four members from within their campus and only from the programs cited above.
• As Cummins is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we greatly appreciate gender-balanced participating teams, as well as the representation of different cultures.

 
Registration Process

• Registration of the team will be open from October 8, 2023, and will close at 6:00 PM on October 23, 2023. No teams will be entertained after the cutoff time.
• Teams that comply with the eligibility criteria mentioned above must duly register themselves by filling out the online registration form available on the contest website "link" and complete the registration process.
• Please note that it is the team's responsibility to ensure that the members are eligible to participate in the contest.
• Members with multiple nominations through different teams will result in the disqualification of both teams.
• Violation of the eligibility criteria will automatically disqualify a team and bar it from moving ahead in the contest.

  Competition Timeline

• A quiz event, along with the case study launch, will be hosted virtually on October 13, 2023.
• Students will have 14 days, starting from the date of case launch to the evaluation round, to work on their entries.
• The deadline for uploading the solutions is October 29, 2023, not later than 6:00 PM. Entries received after the cutoff time shall not be entertained.
• Every entry uploaded will be reviewed by a panel comprising Senior Business Leaders from Cummins. The shortlisting of entries for the campus evaluation round will be at the sole discretion of the panel.
• The teams for the Evaluation Round will be shortlisted basis the quality of the uploaded presentation.
• The top five teams from each college (subject to receiving more entries) will be shortlisted for the campus evaluation round, which will be held at the respective campuses.
• Teams will be required to be present virtually in full strength at the Campus Evaluation Round if they are invited to present to the Jury unless their members are on the official International Exchange Program of the Institute or have received prior permission to be exempted from this round due to emergency situations.
• Shortlisted teams for the campus evaluation round are expected to make a 20-minute presentation, followed by a maximum of 10 minutes of Questions and Answers.
• The jury evaluates entries based on the following criteria.
  • Conceptualizing and Analysing the Case
  • Ability to defend a particular position or strategy
  • Innovation and creativity in the presentation
  • Overall structure and quality of the presentation
  • Presentation skills
  • Team-work dynamics and balance
• The top team from each campus will receive a Campus winner award, and 6 teams across all campus winners will get a chance to participate in the Grand Finale round, which will be held at Cummins India Office Campus, Pune. The shortlisting of entries for the Grand Finale will be at the sole discretion of the panel.

Working on The Caselet

• Participating teams are expected to upload their presentation entries in Microsoft PowerPoint with speaker notes and supporting material that explains the solutions presented in detail to the Jury.
• The presentation to be uploaded has to be less than 10 MB. The first slide should introduce the team members.
• Each data point mentioned in the case must be supported with source details.
• If the entries have audio-visual content that makes the presentation size too heavy, the team can use an online drive and share the link on the corresponding slide with an indicative comment to view the file. Once the team is shortlisted, they can play the file while presenting the case in person.
• Entries must be submitted before the deadline.
• These pages may receive high traffic around the deadline. Hence, we request the teams to take due care and upload their entries a few hours before the stipulated time.

Grand Finale

• The Grand Finale of Redefine will be conducted on November 20 and 21, 2023.

Logistics

• The event will be hosted offline. Students participating in the Grand Finale will receive all logistics and accommodation facilities from Cummins India. All communication pertaining to details of this will be communicated to the teams post the Campus evaluation round.

Questions and Comments

• For any queries or clarification, please write to us at [email protected].
• All decisions pertaining to Redefine will be final and binding on all participating teams and stakeholders.

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