XIMB's excellence in 13th B-School Affaire

Kartik Subramanian of Xavier Institue of Management has been awarded the Best Student in Management contest at the 13th Business School Affaire concluded at the Taj, Land's End in Mumbai recently. The contest was has been sponsored by the Dewang Mehtha Foundation for the past three years. The foundation sponsored a cash prize of Rs. 75,000 for the same.

The road to success for Mr. Kartik came after much strife as students from all the top B Schools in India including the IIMs, XLRI, MICA and MDI vied with each other for the coveted title of the "Best Management Student of India". The elimination process included a shortlist of the resumes by the student's B School, followed by a second elimiation by the organising committee bringing the shortlist down from an
applicant list of 500+ to just 35 candidates. The candidates were invited to participate in the contest in Mumbai. The process included a presentation by the students followed by a vigorous round of questioning by the 30 member strong jury panel. The panel was chaired by Dr. Prasad Medury and included lumniaries from the industry including the ad guru Prahalad Kakkar.

Kartik Subramanian and Shikha Garg did the institute proud again by winning the runners-up prize for the best presentation contest for the Best Presentation Contest on the topic "The Retail Paradigm : Growth and Oppurtunities". The contest was again evaluated by a panel of 30 jury members with presentations being made by over twenty teams from various B Schools in India.

As a grand finale, the PGPRM brochure of Xavier Institute of Management also bagged the award for the Best Placement Brochure, in effect winning the top prizes in three of the four categories in the event.