If You Are On The Lookout For Core Finance-based Competitions, TVS Credit E.P.I.C Finance Challenge Is For You (Read How To Win It)!

Winning the TVS Credit E.P.I.C Season 3 Finance Challenge was an unreal experience! To see several weeks of efforts and hard work manifest into the perfect moment of glory made us deliriously happy. We were very delighted with the fact that a prestigious company like TVS actually liked our ideas and presentation! It was a moment that we'll cherish for a really long time! Here is an account of our journey to becoming the National Winners.

TVS Credit is one of the most coveted and premier corporate B-School competitions. The primary motivation for us was the honor and recognition of winning this competition. It is one of the few competitions during the year which is focussed on core finance research and real-life problem, hence we were really looking forward to it, and registered as soon as the applications opened up!

The e.p.i.c strategy 

Although the problem statement was simple yet it was quite challenging. Hence, it took us a significant amount of time to ideate all the possibilities in order to arrive at a comprehensive solution. We took a considerable amount of time to understand the problem statement and the situations around it because we thought that is the most important aspect of generating good insights.

We actually had a proper roadmap of how we will approach the problem and divided the work according to the expertise of our team. We set up proper milestones during the entire time given to us and did not wait for the end days to start preparing for the deck and our presentation, so it was a smart and steady approach all along!

However, fleshing out the main solution details into several key components in a manner that would convey our ideas within the allocated time limit was the most challenging part of the process. 

Apart from that we respected each other's opinions and discussed all ideas presented by both of us, so we never faced any major conflicts ever! Healthy discussion and respectful arguments placed in front of each other helped us to generate better insights. It truly was a synergistic team effort and we are very proud of it!

Because learnings should never stop...

The competition provided us with a sharp learning curve and a deep insight into the world of finance and banking. Major learning was to see a problem from multiple angles and be open to other ideas as well. When you start to collaborate for an idea which the two people are equally motivated to work upon, the results can be tremendous! 

How can we not mention the special moment in our journey? It was when the TVS Credit CFO addressed us after the PPT and commended our hard work. He even mentioned that he felt he was hearing a pitch from consultants and not college students! That remark will definitely be with us during tough times!

Overall, the level of the competition was absolutely top-notch. The CFO, and his team, spending an entire day, for the competition, and even sharing valuable insights at the end of each PPT was truly commendable. The facilitator, as well as the coordinator, always kept us in the loop with what was happening, and we were very grateful for that. Kudos to the entire setup, and the quality of the event which took place at the end!

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