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FMS, Delhi Wins the Prestigious TATA Business Leadership Award 2006 FMS, Delhi won the coveted Tata Business Leadership Award (TBLA) 2006 in the grand finale at Mumbai on January 4, 2006, beating the teams from IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, SP Jain Mumbai and XLRI Jamshedpur. The winning Team 'Abhudaya' comprising Abhijit Shetty, Manuj Ohri, Vidisha Mehta and Aditya S V won the coveted Tata Business Leadership Award Rolling Trophy and a host of other prizes by presenting their business plan to create significant businesses that address 'Bottom of the Pyramid' through rural kiosks. The challenge this year was to create an opportunity through innovation in crafting a value proposition,by developing corresponding business model and strategy that will enable the creation of value in new ways in the emerging area. Organized every year in Select Business Schools, the Award brings the best student minds together to take up a business challenge. This is usually a strategic problem or situation relevant to the house of Tata. TBLA offers first and second year students in the selected Business Schools a unique opportunity to compete with the brightest and display their business acumen. For the TBLA 2006, the Tata Group has invited participating students to present path breaking ideas and a plan of action on the business opportunities that have been less explored. The 'Bottom of the Pyramid' constitutes an opportunity space that challenges innovation in crafting a value proposition, corresponding business model and strategy that will enable the creation of value in new ways. TBLA 2006 was open to FMS Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, SP Jain Mumbai and XLRI Jamshedpur. The Regional Campus rounds of TBLA 2006 was held between Dec 17-29, 2005 at FMS Delhi, IIM Lucknow, IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, SP Jain, Mumbai, XLRI Jamshedpur and IIM Kolkata respectively. Winning teams from each campus round participated in the national Finals of TBLA 2006 at Tata Management Training Centre in Pune. Contributed by - |
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