A team from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), has secured the third position globally at the Integrated Leadership Case Competition 2016, held at Yale University recently.

The IIMB team finished ahead of teams from Yale School of Management and MIT Sloan School of Management. The winning team was from the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines, while the one from University of South California, United States, stood second.

The IIMB team comprised Rajat Mangla, Nakul Sehgal, Nitish Ranjan and Kshitij Chaudhary. According to a release from the institute, in round one the teams were asked to submit a video/PPT/essay on integrated leadership and its impact on a real-life problem.

The IIMB team was shortlisted based on a written submission that focused on integrated leadership in the automotive industry in light of the massive disruption caused by autonomous driving and cab aggregators.

Fifteen teams from 11 countries qualified for the next round, which was held at Yale University in New Haven. The teams were given a case study to solve in seven hours. The case study was about solving the challenges created by palm oil production in Indonesia.

The team from IIMB presented an innovative solution, creating a comprehensive action plan for all stakeholders in the case study.

Based on these presentations, three teams were selected for the final round in which the teams presented their solution to a panel of judges comprising experts from both industry and academia.

The team finished ahead of those from many reputed international institutions

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Staff Reporter / Bengaluru – April 20th, 2016