Article Contest Results June 2013

MBASKOOL ARTICLE WRITING CONTEST JUNE 2013

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The MBASkool Article Writing Contest June 2013 saw a great competition where students from the

finest MBA Institutes participated!

Over 303 articles were submitted with students from 59 B-Schools participating in the article contest.

The three parameters on which the articles were evaluated were idea/topic, quality of the content of

the article and the language & writing style.

After a series of plagiarism checks for originality of content, quality of the language and evaluations on

the basis of the above parameters, 80 articles have been short-listed for being published in the articles

section on MBASkool.

The Winners of the contest, Special mention articles and other articles which have been selected

for publication on MBASkool, are mentioned below:

WINNERS

1st PRIZE: Aneev Davis and Akhila Kakani (IIFT)

India And Apps

2nd PRIZE: Pradeep Krishnakumar (IIM Ahmedabad)

Banks - A Necessary Evil

3rd PRIZE: S. Priya (Lal Bahadur Institute of Management)

Poaching Or No Poaching?

3rd PRIZE: Dheer Kapoor (XIMB)

Venturing Into The Urban Appetite

* The judges decided to give a combined 3rd prize.


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TOP B-SCHOOL RECOGNITION

We have also recognized the top 5 B-Schools on the basis of overall participating entries, quality of

submissions and final selection for publication.

S No Institute Coordinator

1 IIM Ahmedabad Alok Agarwal

2 LBSIM Neha Khanna & Surbhi Bhardwaj

3 MDI Gurgaon Mayur Srivastava

4 XIMB Shweta Rajput

5 SIMSR Kopal Agarwal

We would like to emphasize the efforts of these MBASkool coordinators and also all other coordinators

who have made this contest a magnificent achievement!

SPECIAL MENTION ARTICLES

The Special Mention Articles are those articles which have been appreciated by our panel of experts

and are recognized by our panelists. Since the competition was extremely close, and the winners could

be only few, we appreciate and honor the efforts shown by these participants.

Name Institute Article

Agrim Verma University Business School Celebrate Celebrities Or Create One- The Indian Advertising Arena

Arushie Mangla, Urvi Agrawal

IIM Ahmedabad, A.T.Kearney

Cause Related Marketing: Giving More Than Just Spare Change?

Neha Srivastava, Geetansh Sawhney

Indian Institute of Management Indore & IIFT Delhi

Lets Bank On Women: India'S First Women-Only Bank Proposed - Do We Really Need One?

Ishitabhuyan IIT ROORKEE Marketing Ethics

Komal Agrawal Schneider Electric Pulp Fiction And Internet

Ananya Rath IIM Ahmedabad Overcoming Ethical Issues In Network Marketing

Rahulverma IIMU Go GlocalThe New Success Mantra!

Abhinavbhatia IMI Delhi SME Exchange

Sanal Nair University of South Wales Reindustrialization Of The US, So Long China As The World'S Factory

Debarun Chatterjee IIM INDORE Advertising During Recessions

Manan Shah LBSIM World Is Getting Small


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Hemanth Crpatna Google India Pvt. Ltd Is Online Shopping Booming In India? - An Empirical Study

Sarat NMIMS Addressing Income Inequality In India

Sangramkm IIMAhmedabad Pie In The Sky Aakash

Sinjana Ghosh, Chayan Roy

VGSoM & IIM Calcutta Disembarking The Camels To Walk Inroads

Shubham Shukla NMIMS MUMBAI I Agree I Am Child-Marketing

Shubham Singh LBSIM Impact Of Technology On The Investment Process

Saket Joshi IIM-A Social CRM

Ayush Kanwar IIM Ahmedabad Shale Gas: A Revolution In The Making?

Rananjay, Preetham MDI Gurgaon The Biggest Marketing Gimmick Ever:Religion

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

The other articles which were brilliant and have been recognized as value addition are mentioned

below, and would be published in the forth coming weeks.

Name Institute Article

M S Pavan Kumar IIM Ahmedabad Growth Of Energy Service Companies (Escos) In India

Richard SIES Cause Marketing & Brand Activations

Niloy Roy & Pakki Lakshman Vivek IIM Ahmedabad

Will FDI In Multi-Branding Retail Improve The Condition Of Indian Agriculture?

Huma Shaikh, Rajiv Parwani

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Evolution Of Film Marketing In India

Tejas Parekh And Parth Mehta SIMSREE

Impact Analysis Of Inflation-Indexed Bonds In India

Moiz Shujaee SIMSR Mumbai Disruptive Innovation

Abhilasha Lunia Torrent Pharmaceuticals HR - Facing an identity crisis

Richard SIES Cause You Got The Power

Utsav Sharma FORE School of Management

9 Engagement Essentials For Social Media Success

Manan Shah LBSIM Amul In Bakery Segment, The Name Is Not Enough

Jayesh Hariyani NMIMS Mumbai How To Become An Employer Of Choice

Ms. Charu Modi JSSGIW BHOPAL Micro Finance An Instrument To Encourage Women'S Entrepreneurship Development.

Vatsal Sethi Keshav Mahavidyalaya Back In Black How Honda Amaze'D The Car Market

Miguel Nava UIALeon Real Opportunities As Obvious As The Air


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S N Panigrahi AGI Glaspac Un-Leasing Innovation In Value Chain A Driver For Growth

Swetali Kar XIMB WhatS Your Promotion Mantra -Paper Media Vs. Social Media

Sujoy Das XLRI,Jamshedpur Rebranding Workplace With High Potential Programs For Talent

Soumen Samanta XLRI Fast Tracking Sales Performance Of Hypermarkets

Rishabh Sehgal/Achintya XIMB Interview Or Selection- Myth & Reality

Tushar Sharma TA Pai Management Institute Leveraging Automation At Fuelling Stations

Jnika Tuteja XIMB All That Glitters Is Gold (Etfs)

Santoshkumar Pradhan NMIMS Sports Branding-The Next Big Thing In India

Siddharthchaturvedi IMI Delhi Visume-A Solace To HR Proessionals

Manish Arora DoMS IIT Roorkee Big Data Is It Big Deal For Market Research Industry

Rajesh Choudhary MDI Gurgaon Strategic Management And Its Processes

Rohankrishnan DOMS IIT Roorkee Competency Based Compensation

Harishmohan

K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studeis&Research Will the BRICS be engulfed in MIST

Diwakar Yadav SIBM Bangalore Indian Telecom Trying To Win Customer Heart Through Social Media

Sabornee Jana IIM Indore Big Data- What,Where,Why And How

Payal Pathak XIMB Wireless Marketing: No Strings Attached

Kunal Sanghvi SIMSREE Demystifying Cyprus Bailout

Aayushi Tulsiyan SPM Senior Citizens As Target Group

Nilaya IIT-Roorkee(DoMS) Good Governance

Arvind Vishnoi TAPMI CGTMSE Scheme

Arvind Vishnoi TAPMI Laggard Indian Manufacturing Sector

Abhishek Chandra LBSIM Why The Illusion Of Dress Code

Vaibhav Maheshwari LBSIM Conveyors At The Roads

Abhijit Parekh, Soham Vaghela MDI Gurgaon Media Investment Management

Ashishaggarwal IIT Roorkee Mobile Money

Surya Pokhrel Pokhra University Attitude Towards Television Advertising In At Pokhara Valley ,Nepal

Mayank Jain - Financial Planning

Vaisakh IMT Ghaziabad Social CRM from luxury to necessity

Avaneesh KJSomaiya IT Recruitment

Rahul Agarwal T.A.PAI Management Institute WorldS Most Traded Commodity Intelligence


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Arnab Bassi&Manan Saxena SIBM PUNE 100 Minutes Of Non Stop Marketing

Chirayu Gandhi MDI,Gurgaon Direct Cash Transfer (Fertilizer Subsidy)

Manoj Hariharan IIM Raipur Social media and SCM

Amber Vasudeo And Rhythm Minhas

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Emerging market IPOs

Gautam Salunke

SMT. K.G. MITTAL INSTITUTE OF MGMT., IT & RESEARCH

My First Online Purchase: The Pros And Cons Of Online Buying

Satarupa Banerjee SIMSR Statistical Analysis-A Powerful Tool

Vatsal Sethi Keshav Mahavidyalaya Gamification Playing In The Real World

Soham Vaghela, Abhijeet Parikh MDI Gurgaon Intermediation In Global Sourcing

Lakshit Kumar Mahajan IMI Delhi Advertising And Promotion

Sherry Symbiosis centre for information Technology IT security-Dissipation or neccessity

Rahul Radhakrishnan LIBA Inflation Indexed Bonds

Rahul Verma SCIT Aspects Of Hr In TodayS Emerging Era

Note: The articles mentioned above would be published in the sequence mentioned above in the

coming weeks. As and when the articles are published on MBASkool, the author of the article would

be informed by the MBASkool editorial team

To all who submitted their entries, your efforts are recognized, and thank you for your contribution.

MBASkool would again like to give its best wishes to all those who made the MBASkool Article

Writing Contest June 2013 edition a remarkable accomplishment!!

MBASkool Team

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Article Contest Results June 2013