TATA Business Leadership Award (TBLA) 2017 | B-school Track

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If there is another prestigious thing after Indian Administrative Services (IAS), it is TAS (Tata Administrative Services). TAS is a program which trains novices to blossom their business and leadership potentialities.

The TAS program has a vibrant history behind it. It was established by one of the highly skilled visionaries that India has ever seen, Mr J.R.D Tata in 1956. However, the entry to the TAS program is as difficult as clearing the Civil Service Examination. The aspiring candidates have to win the TATA Business Leadership Award (TBLA), launched in 2002, to gain access to this prestigious course.

The objectives of TBLA are:

• To strengthen the TAS and Tata group employer brand across premier business schools and group companies.

• To identify talent by means of a compelling competition that is strongly aligned with the values and business challenges of the Tata group.

• • Engaging group leadership in selecting talent and enhancing the co-ownership for the process within the group companies.

TBLA is imbued with the virtues of creative thinking, business acumen, and entrepreneurial spirit to bring about a complete transformation in the Aspirant.

TBLA 2017 was open to both 1st and 2nd-year students pursuing MBA program from the following institutes-

IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR
TISS Mumbai, XLRI Jamshedpur

The interested students were asked to form teams of 3 members, all from the same campus including students of the foreign exchange programme.

Rounds of TBLA

Case Assigned: Teams from various campuses got an opportunity to work on challenging live business cases important to the house of TATA. The theme for TBLA 2017 was ‘Waste to Value’.

The solutions given by the teams were judged by a panel of the eminent jury on the campus level and the winners got an opportunity to take part in Pre-finals.

According to the jury, the solution to the case had to make a business sense, contemporary and in line with the Tata Code of Conduct.

Pre-Finals: Teams shortlisted for pre-finals presented their ideas to the panel of judges. The solutions were judged on their creative and innovative approach, business acumen and dexterity followed by how viable is it to implement? The winning teams then proceeded to take part in the national round to win an entry into the coveted TAS program. View the complete details of TBLA 2017 here.

National Finals: Winning teams from each campus were invited to present their detailed case study to the panel of jury in the National Finals.

Winners and Awards

Campus winners received INR 1,00,000 as Prize Money and were shortlisted to TAS Presentation Round. The 1st Runner Up teams received INR 50,000 as Prize Money and were shortlisted to TAS Leadership GD Round and the 2nd Runner-Up teams were awarded INR 25,000 as Prize Money and were shortlisted to TAS Leadership GD Round.

After striving through the fierce competition the team from SPJIMR comprising of Isha Shroff, Abhratanu Dutta and Aninda Basu grabbed the first position followed by the team from XLRI, Jamshedpur as the first runner-up and the team from IIM Bangalore secured the second runner-up position.

The winning team was awarded INR 5,00,000 as Prize Money, followed by INR 2,00,000 to the first runner-up and INR 1,00,000 was awarded to the 2nd Runner-up team. All the winners were shortlisted to the TAS PPI (Final Interview). View the list of Winners here.

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