Students of JBIMS-Mumbai Strategise the Way Forward through "Strategym 2008"

Students of JBIMS-Mumbai Strategise the Way Forward through "Strategym 2008"

"Motivation is what gets you started, but perseverance makes it a habit," students at JBIMS, Mumbai have made winning their habit year after year as shown in Strategym 2008, JBIMS' Annual Business Convention. Strategym is a platform for the students of JBIMS to apply their knowledge and business acumen to find solutions to contemporary management issues. In-house researched papers by students are discussed by the best from the industry and in the past many have been adopted by renowned corporations like LIC, UTV & Birla Sun Life Insurance.

Winners of Strategym 2008 at Annual Business Convention of JBIMS

Strategym 2008 was conducted on 20th & 21st of October 2008 at ITC Grand Maratha, Mumbai. The theme for the year was "Hope: In Current Turbulent Times". Continuing with the tradition of raising the bar each year, this year too witnessed an array of papers from diverse sectors. Among the 8 finalists selected from the elimination round, papers like Social Security in India and Weather Derivates introduced new concepts to be implemented in India, while papers like Economic Footprint and Diagnosing Corporate Sickness provided newer methods to analyze a company. Papers like Reorganizing Indian Retail, Indian Railways, Home Equity Liquidation and Connecting Bharat, suggested improving and leveraging on the already present infrastructure.

The paper on Connecting Bharat, proposing to connect urban India with the rural India, won the top honours at Strategym 2008. Papers on Home Equity Liquidation and Social Security in India were the first and second runners-up respectively. The level of research and the maturity shown by the students presenting the papers were highly appreciated.

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Contributed by -
The Corporate Relations Committee,
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

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