Case competitions are an important aspect of B-school life - they are not just avenues to earn lucrative prizes and pre-placement interviews from top firms but also a gateway to study and formulate strategies to solve current corporate problems across industries. Winning Corporate Case Competitions are a big plus on your CV and many firms shortlist students based on their performance in case competitions. Hence, do not get disappointed if you are not able to crack the first few. Instead, try to connect with seniors who have done well in case competitions and see what was their strategy. In a B-school setting, you will get plenty of such opportunities to prove your mettle so all you need is to keep your eyes open and identify the right opportunities. And how do you do that? We have covered it for you in this article!
o provide you with a starter kit, here is a timeline of case competitions to help you plan your schedule (there might be slight variations from college to college and in the upcoming batches):
Case Competitions Timeline (Bookmark this!)
July
- AB InBev - The BUD Challenge
- ICICI Lombard's ILLuminate
- Colgate Transcend
- RB Global Challenge
- TAS invicTAS
- Vodafone Vantage
- Amazon Ace
- P&G CEO Challenge
August
- HUL LIME
- Xiaomi Summit
- Infosys Ingenious
- Ninjakart Hustle
- Nestle 4P Challenge
- RBS Case study challenge
- Flipkart WiRED
- Mahindra War Room
- Airtel iCreate
- Asian Paints Canvas
- Google Case Challenge
- Bajaj Finserv Atom
- ITC Interrobang
- TAS TBLA
September
- L’Oréal Sustainability Challenge
- Accenture B-School Challenge
- Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. PCBL Challengers
- ICICI Beat The Curve
October
- Lodha Group - Soar For More
- Marico Over The Wall
- ReNew Power Re-lead
- HUL FinAce
- Myntra Stylbiz
- Capgemini L'Innovateur
- Everest National Case Study Competition
- EXL Acumen
- Elara Capital
- Optum Stratethon
- TVS Credit E.P.I.C
- Titan Elevate
- Acuvon Case Challenge
- Tata Steel Steel-a-Thon
- Aditya Birla Group Avant-Garde
- Samsung E.D.G.E
November
- RPG Blizzard
- Piramal Tangram
- Hero Campus Challenge
- HUL -TechTonic
- GSK E^3 Case Study Competition
- Udaan-Take-Off
- OYO -The Catalyst
- Meero Case Study
December
- Reliance T.U.P.
- Mondelez - The New Normal
- Tata Motors MindRover
Selecting the Case Competition
The strategy, in my opinion, to participate in case competitions should be based on what is the domain of the challenge, which firm is organizing it, how many slides/video submission is required at different stages, what is the prize money/ PPI offerings on clearing different rounds, how many teams are going to be shortlisted at campus / national level, etc.
These factors become important because there are numerous case competitions that will come your way and it may not be possible to attempt all of them. Clearly, you would want to put your efforts into the ones where your interests lie and where the chances of success are high.
Wish you all the best in your journey of cracking the case competitions!
