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Elpida – Entrepreneurship Competition

Businesses and organizations encounter numerous challenges and setbacks throughout their journey and ‘hope’ is one of the driving forces that makes them fight those challenges, traverse through unchartered waters, and build a brighter and successful future for themselves and the society. Elpida tested the innovative and entrepreneurial mindset in the contestants through an Online Quiz, Case Study and Final Presentation of Solutions.

Elpida Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Aces – Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
• 2^nd Prize: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• 3^rd Prize: Team Heroes of Kashipur – Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur

Stratos – Strategy Competition

In an era where startups are increasingly challenging the products of larger business houses and conglomerates to capture market with a business model questionable in sustainability. Strategist, the strategy and consulting club of Great lakes Gurgaon conducted ‘Stratos’, aimed at analysing the stiff competition between startups and behemoths in leading the market share leaderboard and devising sustainable business plans for the market.

Stratos Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Caseace – Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• 2^nd Prize: Team What’s In A Name – Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
• 3^rd Prize: Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Arete – Boardroom Simulation

Arete – a game depicting the nitty-gritties of the functioning of a typical Board of Directors of a company, was the representation of changing business management practices with changing times. With technology getting incorporated into every business practices, Arete was specially curated as the integration of technology and the domain of operations and supply chain.

Arete Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Optimisers – Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik
• 2^nd Prize: Team Phoenix – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon
• 3^rd Prize: Team Dynamites – Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Brand Meraki – Marketing Competition

Brand Meraki offered a complete brand storytelling experience in its first round, brand repositioning strategy in the second round and an ultimate war room experience in the finale round. Brand Meraki was a challenge for future marketers not to think big but to think creative and succeed in the marketing world.

Brand Meraki Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Pal – Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
• 2^nd Prize: Team Oh God – Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
• 3^rd Prize: Team Amchi NM – Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

Plutus – Finance Competition

Plutus was a 'Shark Tank' themed event that tested the business acumen and ability of the contestants to pitch their business idea to investors. The participating teams had to go through an online quiz followed by an elimination round where they gave a preliminary presentation of their business idea. The teams that made it to the final round had to pitch their business ideas to the judges focusing on the financial statistics and models

Plutus Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Hansraj – Hansraj College, Delhi University
• 2^nd Prize: Team 3 Idiots – University Business School, Panjab University
• 3^rd Prize: Team Noor – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Analytos – Analytics Competition

We generate roughly 2.5 quintillion bytes of data daily. Understanding all this data and generating meaningful insights to create business strategies for business growth is the real goal in the world of Analytics. Analytos by Inquivista, the analytics club, tested the knowledge and ability of the contestants for understanding the fundamentals of Analytics through an online quiz followed by case study presentation round for top analysts.

Analytos Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Bisheshogyo – Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur
• 2^nd Prize: Team Espada – PGS College of Technology, Coimbatore
• 3^rd Prize: Team Pineapple Potato – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Archon – Human Resources Competition

Every organisation needs human capital to build itself and sustain in the long run. Without people, any institution is nothing and with ‘Archon’ which symbolizes the epitome of leadership, Harmony – the HR club of Great Lakes Gurgaon – established the importance of this through 3 rounds – Quiz, Caselet and Presentation.

Archon Winning Teams

• 1^st Prize: Team Taskforce – Indian Institute of Management, Jammu
• 2^nd Prize: Team Noor – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon