Consulting Consortium 2025
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
Consulting Consortium 2025: Stages and Timelines
Round 1: Case Quiz
Participants are put to the ultimate test with real consulting-based quiz questions.
This quiz will consist of 40 questions to be completed in 15 minutes. Only the team leader will be attempting the quiz.
The top 100 teams will proceed to the next round.
Round 2: Initial Case Solution
Shortlisted teams will be sent a case to which they will be required to send their solution in a PPT.
Note: Please find the question required on the last page of the case. Time to put those MECE skills to good use! This will be a 3 slider presentation solution submission. (1 slide of appendix allowed). Further details and criteria for evaluation will be made known in due course. The top 20 teams will make it to round 3.
Round 3: Final Presentation Submission
The selected teams are to submit detailed solutions to the case. Format: Full-length 8 slider plus 3 slide appendix presentation submission by the top 20 teams. A detailed version of the same case will be made live on 28th September
Round 4: Final Case Submission and Presentation (Virtual)
The final round will feature a detailed case submission followed by an online case presentation, where the top 10 teams will showcase the brilliance of their solutions to an elite panel of judges. Part 1 (10:30 AM – 2:00 PM): Top 10 teams present (10 minutes per team + 5 minutes Q&A). Part 2 (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM): Top 3 teams battle it out in the grand finale.
All that you need to know about Consulting Consortium 2025
Consulting Consortium – Third Edition
- The consulting clubs of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and the Indian School of Business (ISB) are excited to present the third edition of Consulting Consortium in partnership with Samagra
- Young entrepreneurs will get an opportunity to step into the shoes of CXOs and solve real-life business situations
- This prestigious event serves as a beacon for aspiring business leaders, offering a platform that melds intellect, teamwork, and creative acumen to solve the nuances of the problem
Round 1: Case Quiz
- Participants are put to the ultimate test with real consulting-based quiz questions
- This quiz will consist of 40 questions to be completed in 15 minutes
- The top 100 teams will proceed to the next round
Round 2: Initial Case Solution
- Shortlisted teams will be sent a case to which they will be required to send their solution in a PPT
- This will be a 3 slider presentation solution submission (1 slide of appendix allowed)
- Further details and criteria for evaluation will be made known in due course
- The top 20 teams will proceed to the final round
Round 3: Final Presentation Submission
- Teams selected for the final round will be required to expand and elaborate on their solutions
- The selected teams are to submit detailed solutions to the case
- Format: Full-length 8 slider plus 3 slide appendix presentation submission by the top 20 teams
- A detailed version of the same case will be made live
Round 4: Final Case Submission and Presentation (Virtual)
- The final round will be a detailed case submission followed by an online case presentation
- The top 10 teams will battle it out to showcase the brilliance of their solutions to an elite panel of judges
- The presentation will be 10 minutes followed by a Q&A session of 5 minutes
Rules:
- Registration is allowed in teams of 3-4 members
- Registration is open for all undergraduate and postgraduate students from all domains
- A person can be associated only with a single team
- Multiple registrations by a particular team or person shall lead to disqualification
- In case of any discrepancy, the decision of the organizing team shall be binding
- Cross-year & cross-college teams are allowed.
Terms and Conditions:
- All decisions regarding eligibility, authenticity, and final judgments will rest with the organizing committee comprising the consult clubs of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and ISB
- The format, structure, and schedule of the events may be modified prior to the commencement of the competition at the discretion of the organizers
- The decisions of the organizers shall be final and binding on all participants
Important dates & deadlines?
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23 Sep'25, 08:00 PM IST Registration Deadline
Contact the organisers
Send queries to organizersRewards and Prizes?
Prizes mentioned include a cash sum of INR 1,75,0000. The cash reward component for the winner is ₹85K, the first-runners-up is ₹55K & the second-runners-up is ₹35K.
Winner
First Runner Up
Second Runner Up
About Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
- Established in November 1961, IIM Calcutta is the 1st national institute for post-graduate studies and research in management set-up by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), and Indian industry.
- Many prominent faculty including J. K. Sengupta, Jagdish Sheth, among others, constituted a part of its nucleus during its initial years.
- Over the years, IIM Calcutta has grown into a mature institution, playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its doctoral and postgraduate level programs, executive training programs, consulting, and research activities.
- Today, IIM Calcutta serves as an autonomous body, continually growing to meet its goals in an ever-changing business environment.
- IIMC has the vision to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all aspects of management education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values.
- Over the past 4 decades, it has become one of Asia's finest B-Schools. Today, it attracts the best and brightest talent in India.
- A foundation of the IIMC culture is its residential experience, which includes teamwork and building enduring relationships. Social events and shared activities become a way of life as students and partners live on or near campus.
- IIM Calcutta's students have exceptional access to a preeminent faculty of thought leaders who teach in the MBA program.
- To students, IIMC offers intellectual depth, individual attention, and abundant resources. To alumni, IIMC provides a lifelong connection to excellence. To the world, IIMC has a commitment to responsible and ethical leadership.
- IIMC strives to develop and sustain the following values to provide the context for all its programmes and activities:
- Academic Freedom;
- Commitment;
- Creativity;
- Diversity with Synergy;
- Excellence;
- Openness; and
- Responsiveness to Societal Needs