VIT Vellore And SJMSOM IIT Bombay Crowned As The National Winners Of Optum Stratethon - Season 3

A chilly morning of December 9, 2021, marked the dawn of the finale of Optum Stratethon - Season 3. Expanding its reach globally, the third edition of Optum Stratethon casted a wide net to 202 B-Schools and E-Schools across 6 countries (as compared to 132 select colleges in the last edition). 

The door to registrations of Optum Stratethon - Season 3 flung open on 1st October and closed on 22nd October 2021 giving about 21 days to register for the competition. Open to both B-Schools and E-schools across India, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Malaysia, the competition spanned across 5 rounds. The teams had to go through the following rounds:

The challenge began with a 6-hour quiz round, where all team members attempted the quiz individually. Though it was not mandatory for all the members to take the assessment. The final score of the team was the average score of all the team members who took the assessment. 

The shortlisted teams in the engineering track then coded their way through 2 online coding challenges within 60 minutes. Whereas the B-School track went on to solve real-life challenges to move to the next round of executive summary submission. 

All the shortlisted teams from the previous round presented their solutions virtually to the senior management of Optum. Each team of both the tracks was provided 8 minutes for the presentation followed by 7 minutes for Q&A.

Next was the mentorship round, where all the 12 National Finalists (6 teams per track) were given one mentor each to help them further improvise and shape up their final presentations for the Optum Stratethon - Season 3 Grand Finale.

All the teams played their cards right by presenting the scalable solutions that have the potential to change the future of health care. To reward their grit and grace, the esteemed jury awarded the Regional winners and Regional runners-up of both the tracks with USD 6700 and USD 3000 each.

Apart from this, the company provided Pre-Placement Interviews to the finalists and certificates to all the college winners. To appreciate the bright youth marching ahead to leave an indelible mark in the health care industry, the jury also rewarded the Strength in Numbers Award to 1 college in each country with the most number of teams that register in Optum Stratethon - Season 3; Audience Choice Award for the most popular choice of participating team in the 1st round of the Grand Finale; Star of the Show Award for the best presenter from each track in the 1st round of the Grand Finale; and Living Our Values Award for the team who presented their case study showcasing Optum Values.

Winners of Optum Stratethon - Season 3 (E-Track)

Winners of Optum Stratethon - Season 3 (B-Track)

A big congratulations to all the winners of Optum Stratethon - Season 3. Stay tuned for its even more exciting and challenging Season 4!