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IIFTians win the competition WINBIZ 2011 at GIM

Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi make IIFT proud at 'DARE' 2011

The following article was published in Business Standard :

The team from IIFT, India’s premier B-school, won the first prize at 'DARE' - an International B-School marketing Quiz hosted by bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The winning team comprised of two prodigiously talented students Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi who defeated participants from over 190 colleges across the country.

DARE’11, organized by IIPM is more than just another quiz as it is a perfect synergy of an international meeting ground for the very best of the planet’s business and management students to meet, ideate & vie for honors while challenging their marketing wits and acumen.

This intelligence combat was carried on through Zonal, National and International levels where top national and international teams from colleges like London Business School, Duke University and Booth University, California had to compete in the Pre- Quarter Final, Quarter Final & Semi Final at the IIPM International Campus in New Delhi. From which six finalists comprising of four National and two International teams made it to the Grand Final held on 23rd February 2011 at “Parkland Exotica” in New Delhi. Winners Vaibhav Srivastav and Aman Oberoi, who did wonders at the Quizzing Arena of IIPM, are first year IIFT Delhi students. The students were awarded with a cash Prize of Rs 2.5 lakhs, two Yamaha Motorcycles, two canon Printers, two Videocon LED televisions and two Nokia phones.

“It is a proud moment for IIFT to receive such recognition and I congratulate both the winners. This is just the beginning of their successful journey and I wish them greater success ahead. IIFT promises to provide all the support required to their students for setting another series of milestones,” said K. T. Chacko, Director IIFT on the team winning the DARE’11 Quiz award.

Gurcharan Das @IIFT in NDTV Mega Show ‘B-School Budget’

The Union Finance Budget 2011 is presently one of the most talked about issues with India growing at phenomenal rates accompanied with the evils of inflation and high fiscal deficit. To discuss, suggest and improve upon the measures that can be taken by the finance minister, some of India’s brightest minds from the top B-Schools and the stalwarts from the corporate and economy descended on the campus of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, India’s premier B-School in International Business in a B-School Budget show organized in association with NDTV. The Guests included Mr. Gurcharan Das, noted author, economist and a public intellectual and Mr. Sunil Godhwani, Chairman and MD, Religare Enterprises Ltd, who aired their opinions about the Budget.

NDTV, in its special series of shows on the Budget, came down to the IIFT campus to conduct the B-school Budget show. Manisha Natarajan and Siddharth Patankar were the anchors for the show and students from IIFT, MDI Gurgaon and other premier B-schools participated in an interactive discussion on what to expect from the budget. The show was broadcasted on both NDTV Profit and NDTV 24x7 on the weekend before the budget.

The first agenda to set the ball rolling was black money and corruption, one of the hot political potatoes in current times. They deliberated on the huge impact that it would have if corruption were to be completely wiped off the economy. In response to one of the questions asked on the corruption front, the speakers held the opinion that corruption was indeed a huge menace. “India grows when the government sleeps at night”, quoted Mr Gurcharan Das, depicting the potential that the parallel economy possesses.

The discussion then shifted to the other big concerns facing the economy i.e. inflation and fiscal deficit. The views of the student community to this end were amply reciprocated by the guest speakers who also felt that the measures were long overdue to tame the present rates of inflation and improve the efficiency in the distribution of the proposed benefits to the people at the bottom of the pyramid. Measures like UID and direct cash transfers were discussed so as to ensure that the intended benefits reach the target population.

Finally, the show came to an end with a wrap-up on what the students and the speakers felt was the one biggest expectation from Pranab Babu. While one of the students outlined his top priority to be the creation of ‘infrastructure of opportunity’ involving the 3E’s of education, employment and employability, another wished for better reforms for the real estate sector. Some wished for a reformist budget rather than a political budget while some wished for a more encouraging environment for retail and FDI investments.

All in all, the show was a grand success and both IIFT Delhi and NDTV look forward to many more such positive associations in the future.

You can watch the video here

New Dawn: Launch of Africa Business Cell

July 21, 2010 became a historic day for IIFT as it became the first B-School in India to have an exclusive Africa Business Cell. An entirely a student initiative, it aims at promoting Africa which is beyond war, genocide and famine. It primarily aims at

• Increasing awareness about the vast business opportunities in Africa among the student community of IIFT
• Enhanced interaction among IIFT faculty & students, and leading African & Indian businesses and government officials

The inauguration ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on the theme, ‘India as partner of Africa in growth.’ The panelists included The High Commissioner Designate of Rwanda, The Charge d’affaires, The Embassy of Ethiopia, The High Commissioner of Gambia, The Ambassador of Tunisia, The High Commissioner of Eritrea and The General Manager, The Triton Group.

According World Economic Forum Report (2009), between 2001 and 2008, growth in Gross Domestic Product of the continent of Africa pegged an average of 5.9% annually. This was accompanied by substantial inflows of FDI (foreign direct investment), leading to almost doubling of FDI stock between 2003 and 2007. The McKinsey Quarterly Report 2010 also speaks of how macroeconomic reforms have reduced inflation, improved regulatory environment and opened economies to international business and trade. In this context, Africa offers immense business opportunities in agricultural commodities sourcing and trading, consumer goods, oil & natural gas, automobiles, education, health care, etc.


No wonder such an initiative focusing on Africa is going to bring immense learning and growth opportunities.Kudos to the Africa Business Cell Team and IIFT.

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Its Raining Prize Money

Manvi bajpai and Varun goel hv won d 1st prize (cash prize of 8000 bugs :D ) at biz czar organized by IMNU also tanmoy bhattacharyya nd yogeshwaran secured d 4th position in the same event

Siddhartha mandal and Tanmoy bhattacharyya also bagged the 2nd prize at the white paper competition conducted by IFMR

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Congrats to them for being 1st Runners-Up in Lumiere - Nirma university Paper Presentation Competition on
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