FMS and MNNIT alumni win Acumen 2006 Alumni North Quiz
Published: August 8, 2006
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Rohan Khanna of Accenture and Shubhendu Saha of DTZ cruised their way in the Business Today Acumen 2006 Alumni Quiz North Zone regionals to reach the national finals.
Shubhendu Saha is an alumnus of School of Management Studies, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, belonging to the class of 1999. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Physical Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He currently works with DTZ India, an International Property Consultant as a Senior Manager in the Investment Advisory group. His areas of responsibility include advising clients in identifying suitable investment avenues in real estate, undertaking due diligence, carrying out financial analysis of real estate projects, formulating project and financial structure and supporting clients in negotiations and deal closure. Shubhendu was part of the winning team of The Brand Equity Quiz 2001.
Rohan has a MBA degree from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi (batch of 2003) and a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering from the Delhi Institute of Technology (batch of 2001). Currently working as a Business Consultant with Accenture, Rohan advises clients in the areas of strategy formulation, business performance improvement and process reengineering. "For the Acumen Finals, there is no specific strategy that we have in mind. We would just keep ourselves updated and then ‘play it by the ear’," says Rohan.
IIFT duo takes Acumen North Zone Debate title
Published: August 8, 2006
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi beat MDI-Gurgaon in a battle of reason to win the Business Today Acumen 2006 North Zone Debate finals. IIFT's Arka Bhattacharya and Swarnim Bharadwaj (in the picture) will now compete with the teams from East, West and South Zones at the finals on November 4, 2006 in Mumbai. The debate that saw them through to the finals was on 'Amitabh Bahchan everywhere: Celebrity endorsements don't work'.
A little about the winners.
Arka Bhattacharya
A 2003 batch Metallurgical Engineer from College of Engineering, Pune, Arka worked for one year as a management trainee with ESAB India Limited, handling marketing and sales of specialised welding products in Mumbai. He then spent another two years with TIME Institute, Mumbai as Center Manager. Arka has in the past won quizzes and debates at Mood-Indigo (IIT Bombay), Verve, AFMC, Fergusson College and Limca Book of Records events.
Now in the first year of MBA(IB) at IIFT, he keeps himself busy outside of academics by being an avid reader, philosophy enthusiast and a maths and physics junkie. Besides debating and quizzing, he likes rock and Indian Classical music.
"Both of us are way too enthusiastic about speaking and we have a great understanding about exactly what we want to present as our viewpoint and our speaking gels together. We're hoping that this USP of ours holds us in good stead versus the much tougher opposition we will inevitably face at the mega finals," says Arka about his team's prospects in the Acumen finals.
Swarnim Bharadwaj
A St Stephen's product, Swarnim is Arka's senior at IIFT and is currently on seventh heaven after receiving a Pre Placement Offer from Hindustan Lever Limited. His interests besides reading and movies include partying, unplanned activities and collecting jokes and gags.
IMT Ghaziabad enters BT Acumen 2006 Quiz national finals!
Published: August 5, 2006 PIX 1
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Arjun Siva and Dr Vikram of Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad (in picture) won the North Zone regional Quiz of the Business Today and Aditya Birla Group Acumen 2006 National B-school Challenge on Saturday.
Hosted by Harsha Bhogle, the business trivia inclined quiz was contested besides IMT by MBA students from IMI-Delhi, TBS-Jammu and Delhi School of Economics.
(Watch this space for the complete list of questions bowled by Harsha Bhogle)
We take a look at profiles of the triumphant IMT Ghaziabad duo.
Dr Vikram
A Delhi Public School-RK Puram product and a Bachelor of Dental Studies graduate from KMC-Manipal University, Dr Vikram worked for 6.5 years as a dentist-entrepreneur, starting three clinics by himself.
A quizzer since schooltime, when he won the St Columba's School Quiz, he shone at the KMC-Open Quiz in 1999 and at IIM Lucknow in the recent past.
"Our best strengths are that both I and Arjun have been quizzers schooltime, as long back as 1991. Our team synergy is good and my being a debator helps," he says to justify why he would win in the Acumen Quiz NAtional Finals to be held in November in Mumbai.
Dr Vikram is an avid soccer player and fan, is passionate about the healthcare industry and is trying his feet at Salsa dance lately. He did his summer training at 4S Financial Services.
Arjun Siva
Arjun was the Editor and Marketing Head for www.bestofbombay.com for two years before he joined IMT Ghaziabad. an avid quizzer since long, Arjun started business quizzing while studying Bachelor of Management Studies at Narsee Monjee, Mumbai.
"Since we prefer to work out the answers to quiz questions rather than mug them up, we need to work on our memory if we want to win the Acumen national finals," he says. Arjun did his summers at Timesjobs.com.
MDI, IIFT enter Business Today's Acumen debate finals
Published: August 5, 2006
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MDI's Priyanka Todi and Saumya Mittal (in picture) and IIFT's Swarnim Bharadwaj and Arka Bhattacharya won the finals of the Acumen 2006 North Zone debate to enter the finals. The finals shall be held Saturday evening.
They shall debate on the topic 'Amitabh Bahchan everywhere: Celebrity endorsements don't work'
As this report is typed, the four Quiz finalists are fielding googlies from Harsha Bhogle in the IIFT Auditorium.
IMI, DSE, IMT-Ghaziabad and TBS-Jammu enter Acumen North Zone finals
Published: August 4, 2006
After a closely fought Acumen 2006 Quiz preliminary round, IMT-Ghaziabad, IMI-Delhi, Delhi School of Economics and The Business School, University of Jammu entered the finals of the North Zone regionals.
Meanwhile, FMS, MDI, IIFT and Amity Business School entered the semi finals of the Acumen Debate.
On Saturday, Ankush Trakru and Nishika Bajaj of FMS will speak for and MDI's Saumya Mittal and Priyanka Todi against the topic 'Market Rsearch is a necessary evil for business decision-making.'
The second round of semi finals will witness IIFT's Swanim Bharadwaj of IIFT speak for and Chandna Das and Ruchi Sharma of Amity Business School speak against the topic 'Leaders aren't born but made.'
FMS-Delhi, MDI-Gurgaon and IMI-Delhi among quarter finalists at
BT Acumen 2006 Debate.
Published: August 4, 2006
The Business Today - Aditya Birla Group Acumen 2006 National B-school challenge today kicked off its North Zone rounds at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
B-schools from around Delhi and Lucknow participated in the event, and several familiar names won the debate on the relevance of foreign brands to enter the quarter finals. The quarter finals shall be now held for two groups.
Group 1: Corporate Social Responsibility is just PR
1) Balaji and Ali Asgar from IMT Ghaziabad
2) Priyanka and Soumya from MDI, Gurgaon
3) Chhanda Das and Ruchi Sharma from Amity Business School
4) Ritesh Patel and Shivanku Misra from IMI Delhi
Group 2: FDI wil kill local industry
5) Ankush and Nishika Bajaj from FMS Delhi
6) Swarnim and Arka Bhatacharya from IIFT Delhi
7) Swati Gupta and Nandita Verma from ICFAI Business School
8) Akshat Tyagi and Divya Mohan from LBS, Delhi
Next update after the announcement of results!
ACUMEN IS HERE TO BOWL YOU OUT!
Howie! Acumen 2006, India's biggest and grandest B-school quizzing and debating event is here to push your brain-racking sagacity to the limits. Starting August 2006 first week, Harsha Bhogle shall host the most nail-biting battle of brains in four cities amongst the best and brightest talent from India's top B-schools.
So you think your business school has the sharpest managers in the making? Well, Acumen 2006 invites you to put your belief to test. The path-breaking brain-fest is brought to you by Business Today and Aditya Birla Group. There will be hard-to-crack Quizzes, stimulating Debates along with mega prizes and rare distinction. At the end of all, someone will emerge as India’s B-school champion. Is that going to be you?
And to make sure nobody misses a thing, PaGaLGuY.com Acumen Zone will bring you LIVE UPDATES from each leg of the event as it happens. Can't attend the event in person? Worry not, for on this space we shall bring you exciting videos of the event which you can watch streaming or download.
As the event prelims and semi-finals churn out the fittest B-school teams of the lot, we shall profile each one in detail and leave it to you to comment and vote for who you deem best. The team most favorite among you shall win the The PaGaLGuY.com Acumen People's Choice Award!
Meanwhile, take time out to know more about the event schedule, details, prizes and sponsors. Keep watching this space!
