IIM Nagpur Team Reigns Supreme At ICICI Beat The Curve 2022 Grand Finale!

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IIM Nagpur Team Reigns Supreme At ICICI Beat The Curve 2022 Grand Finale!

It all starts with an idea! And transformative ideas lead to innovation. So, to spur young minds to come out with transformative ideas and tap their inventive streak, India’s leading private sector bank, ICICI launched the coveted case study competition - Beat The Curve 2022.

With ambition and innovation as the cornerstones of the company, ICICI has always believed in harnessing the potential of the young generation and their creative ideas. Furthering this thought, Beat The Curve was conceptualized and launched in the year 2018 as a B-school competition that had participation from 23 institutes from across India. Gradually, the competition burgeoned into a sought-after event as more and more campuses joined the bandwagon.

This year, Beat The Curve saw over 5500 registrations from campuses across the country. To expand its reach further, Beat The Curve 2022 was open to not just MBA students but BA and LLB students as well, providing a creative platform for students from 76 eligible campuses to think beyond the curve. Let’s take you through a quick recap of this enthralling competition.

Competition Structure and Major Highlights

Beat The Curve 2022 had the following rounds that helped to reach down to the 12 national finalists. Here is a quick round-up:

Round	Details & Highlights
Campus Round	All the participating teams had to select one case and share their solution for the same. The submission included an executive summary presenting the solution of the case and an optional, 2 minutes video. 66 teams made it to the next round.
National Round Submission	Campus winners had to submit a detailed presentation for their cases.
National Round Presentation	Campus winners presented their detailed presentation to a jury comprising senior leaders from ICICI Bank. The presentations were given in virtual mode. The jury evaluated the performance of the participants on the basis of a 7-minute presentation and a 3-minute Q&A Round. 12 teams made it to the National Finale.
Mentorship Period	Each national finalist team was assigned one mentor to help them shape up and improvise their presentations. The finalists got to connect with their mentors for a few hours over the span of a week prior to the grand finale.
Grand Finale	Teams submitted their final presentation before the grand finale. The Grand Finale was held in the corporate office of ICICI Bank at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.

As the competition progressed from one round to another, brilliant ideas were brought forth. Every successive round witnessed a tough fight between innovative and promising solutions but finally, only 12 teams secured their slots in the mega event i.e the Beat The Curve Grand Finale. The finalist teams presented their solutions under three categories namely Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Analytics, and MSME and for each category, there was a separate jury of experts to assess the feasibility of the solutions.

The Power-Packed Jury

The grand finale jury at Beat The Curve 2022 consisted of all the who’s who of ICICI. Let’s have a look.

ESG
Anindya Banerjee, Group Chief Financial Officer Rajesh Rai, Business Head, West & South

Analytics
G Srinivas, Chief Risk Officer Sumit Sanghai, Head-Large Clients Group, Capital Markets, TXB, CRFG, AEM, SCF, Custody & Financial Sponsor Vyom Upadhyay, Head-Data Science & Analytics


MSME
Ajay Gupta, Head-Retail & Business Credit, Policy & DSMG Anuj Bhargava, Head-Customer 360, Branch Banking, Marketing & Alliances, SES & SME

The jury punctiliously assessed each case solution and arrived at the final decision.

ICICI Beat The Curve 2022 Grand Finale Winners

True champions are made of dreams and vision. So with strong ambitions, clear objectives, and unique ideas in their quivers, the top 12 teams battled it out in the final round!

The teams were given 8 minutes to present their solutions to the senior leadership of ICICI Bank followed by 7 minutes of Q&A session. Here are the ones who made it to the grand finale and pitched their ideas in front of the esteemed jury.

ICICI Beat The Curve Finalists 2022

Every team gave its best. However, the team that reigned supreme was Team Phantom from IIM Nagpur. Team PASSed out from IIM Shillong and Team Sine Wave from XLRI Jamshedpur bagged the first runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively. All the grand finale, national round, and campus round winners were offered exciting rewards & prizes by ICICI.

ICICI Beat The Curve Winners 2022

And it's a wrap to a zestful journey of ICICI Beat The Curve 2022. The competition not only provided a great learning platform for emerging innovators but also gave them an opportunity to learn from the best. Look forward to the next season!