A team of second-year students of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), from IIM Bangalore, has emerged as the global winner of the Yes Bank Transformation Series Grand Finale 2018, held recently. The team called ‘B-Squad’ comprised of Divya Wadhawan, Farhan Ansari and Swapnil Katiyar,
Yes Bank Transformation Series, India’s largest case study competition for students from B-schools and tech institutes, hosted the grand finale of its 7th edition in Mumbai on November 28, 2018.
For the finale, Yes Bank partnered with Invest India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the Government of India to provide the top student teams the challenge statement: ‘Promoting Cross-Border E-Commerce for Indian MSME Sector’.
The top 15 teams had presented innovative solutions for Invest India around: how to increase B2C exports from India; initiatives to promote India as a leader in MSME exports, and how Indian MSMEs can further leverage global opportunities. The initiative received more than 30,000 registrations from over 16,000 student teams across the country.
The team from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) was declared the first runner-up and the second runner-up was ‘Cryptonite’ from Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay.
The cash prize for the winners is Rs. 5 lakh, 3 lakh and 2 lakh for first, second and third places respectively.