The Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) will host the prestigious
Hult Prize for the second time in its campus on
February 27th 2022.The
Hult Prize Case Competition is scheduled to run from 2nd January 2022 through 27th February 2022.
The HULT Prize Case Competition is a worldwide student competition in partnership with the United Nations that challenges university teams to solve the most pressing global issues with viable business ideas. It is one of the biggest entrepreneur competitions with over 2,000 universities from 130 countries participating in it. The theme for this year as revealed by the HULT Prize Foundation is: Creation of 2000 Jobs by 2024 by Thinking Global & Acting Local.
In the first round all the registered teams will have to submit their ideas, after teams have submitted their solutions there will be a preliminary round where the Top 8 teams will be selected. These selected teams will get a chance to pitch to a panel of judges in the Campus Finale. The Campus Winner goes ahead and represents the campus at the Regionals, clearing which they would be competing in the Accelerator round at "Hogwarts Castle." The top teams from the Accelerator round further proceed to the Grand Finale to compete for the $1,000,000 global start-up prize. There are other opportunities as an added advantage for the winners by the Hult Prize Foundation.
About XIM University
XIM University, erstwhile known as Xavier University, was established in accordance with the Xavier University Act 2013 and was inaugurated on 7th July 2014. The University is India's first digital University and an institution of higher learning for imparting professional and technical education. XIM offers its Masters in Business Management through its flagship school, XIM, Bhubaneswar. It also offers Masters in Human Resource Management through Xavier School of Human Resource Management, Rural Management through Xavier School of Rural Management, Sustainability Management through Xavier School of Sustainability and graduate programme in commerce through Xavier School of Commerce. Apart from these, it has proposed to set up other schools of higher learning in various areas like Public Policy, Sustainability, Media & Communications, Finance, Education and Centers of Research in Public Policy & others.
ABOUT XIM, Bhubaneswar
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, established in 1987, is acknowledged internationally as a world-class business school that provides quality management Programs and develops futuristic managers with strong ethics and values. XIMB is one of the premier b-schools of India with a rich legacy of over 33 years of grooming students. It has been ranked as the top 34th Management Institute of the Country in the Management category in the NIRF 2021 Rankings and 6th among the top 100 private B-Schools of the Country.
For more information, please contact:
Mriganka Mohapatra
Campus Director, Hult Prize at XIMB, XIM University
Email - um20341@stu.ximb.ac.in
Ph No - 9040830020