GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2021
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited
GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2021: Stages and Timelines
Case Study Submission
Teams are required to prepare a solution and submit a 6-slide presentation (in .ppt/.pptx format).
Virtual Campus/Wild Card Round
5 teams will be shortlisted per college from the 5 main campuses. These teams will present their case-study presentation to an esteemed jury panel as part of the virtual Campus Round. Top teams identified from the rest of the campuses will likewise present their submissions as part of the virtual Wild Card Round.
Mentorship Round
The top 6 teams teams will be assigned a mentor and undergo mentorship to refine their solutions for the National Finale.
National Finale
The top 6 teams shortlisted will present their final solutions to GSK's senior leadership team.
All that you need to know about GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2021
GSK Pharmaceuticals Limited is back with its riveting strategy competition, Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence (E^3) 2021, which puts to test your expertise and out-of-the-box thinking skills in connecting with the intended audience and penetrate the market to tap potential stakeholders.
Through GSK E^3 2021, students get an opportunity to work on a real-world business problem, meet business partners & senior professionals, grab a PPI offer from GSK and earn attractive cash prizes!
Eligibility Criteria:
This competition is open to both 1st and 2nd year of the flagship programs of the following management institutes:
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore
- Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur
- Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
- Indian School of Business (ISB)
- Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
- S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
- Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
- Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi & Kolkata
The top 5 teams identified from the 5 main campuses (IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, SIBM Pune, SCMHRD Pune and MDI Gurgaon) will undergo a virtual Campus Round. All other campuses will fall under the Wild Card Entry category— top teams identified from these campuses will present their submissions as part of the virtual Wild Card Round.
Team Formation Guidelines:
- Students have to register in teams of three.
- The participants can be from any specialization.
- Participants should be full-time students from the same campus.
- Cross-specialization teams can participate.
- Cross-year teams are allowed.
- One participant cannot be a member of more than one team.
- All the team members are required to verify and confirm their details to form a team.
- Any deviation from the above-mentioned guidelines will result in the immediate disqualification of the entire team.
Competition Structure:
- Only registered teams can access the case study problem statement.
- Each team will be required to submit a 6-slide presentation (in .ppt/.pptx format, team details slide included) containing the team's analysis/proposed solution to the problem statement.
- Additional files (if any, such as MS-Excel sheets, etc.) are to be compressed along with the PPT and uploaded as a .zip file. References need to be mentioned and should be given due credit.
- Naming Convention: TeamName_CampusName
- Teams need to upload this presentation/zip file latest by 3rd November'21, 6:00 AM on the competition page itself.
Virtual Campus and Wildcard Rounds:
- Based on the case-study submissions, 5 teams will be shortlisted from each college as Campus Finalists from the 5 main campuses - IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, SIBM Pune, SCMHRD Pune and MDI Gurgaon. These teams will present their final submissions virtually to an esteemed jury panel.
- The Campus Winners will be declared on the same day.
- The top teams shortlisted from the Wild Card campuses will likewise present their submissions virtually as part of the virtual Wild Card Round.
- The top 6 teams so identified i.e., Campus/Wild Card Winners will advance to the National Finale.
Mentorship Round:
- Each shortlisted team will be assigned a mentor to refine their solutions. The teams will get approximately one week for the preparation and refinement of their solution during this stage.
National Finale:
- The 6 National Finalists will present their final solutions to GSK's senior leadership team.
- Further details of the national level round will be disclosed after all campus rounds are complete.
Important dates & deadlines?
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27 Oct'21, 11:59 PM IST Registration Deadline
Rewards and Prizes?
Winner
Along with a PPI offer
Runner-Up
Along with a PPI offer
About GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GSK Pharmaceuticals India) is one of the oldest pharmaceuticals companies, established in the year 1924 in India with a mission to improve the quality of life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. This mission drives GSK to make a real difference to the lives of millions of people with their commitment to provide effective healthcare solutions in both acute and chronic diseases.
GSK undertakes the quest of improving the quality of human life with enthusiasm and vigour. Their vision for the future is powered by their business drivers which find purpose and direction with their strategic intent. It is guided by their corporate culture that places people and capabilities as the pivot that changes and transforms situations.
Product Portfolio
The GSK Pharmaceuticals India product portfolio includes prescription medicines, non-prescription products and Vaccines. Their prescription medicines range across therapeutic areas such as anti-infective, dermatology, gynecology, diabetes, oncology, cardiovascular disease and respiratory diseases. The company is the market leader in most of the therapeutic categories in which it operates.
GSK also offers a range of vaccines, for the prevention of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, invasive disease caused by H, influenza, chickenpox, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, rotavirus, cervical cancer, streptococcus pneumonia and others.
- Prescription Medicines: Ceftum, Becadexamin, Lanoxin, Zyban, Betnesol, Phexin, etc.
- Non-Prescription Products: Oilatum Bar, Emollient and Kids Bar.
- Vaccines: Boostrix, Fluarix Tetra, Havrix, Priorix, etc.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
As a responsible corporate citizen, GSK continues to work tirelessly with its partners and stakeholders to address the needs of millions of people without access to basic healthcare in India. Their CSR approach supports their purpose to help people do more, feel better, live longer. Through their CSR programs, GSK strives to address identified national priorities, improve access and support people in vulnerable communities.
- Partnering with India to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) with a strategy consisting of two components - to stop the spread of infection (interrupting transmission) and to alleviate the suffering of affected populations (controlling morbidity).
- Child Nutrition - GSK has built partnerships to implement an integrated approach to tackle child nutrition in Mumbai, Maharashtra in partnership with SNEHA to improve the nutritional status of married women at pre and post-conception and after delivery and of children aged 0-6 years in vulnerable communities in Mankhurd area of M/E ward, Mumbai. The project addresses healthcare from two sides - on the demand side, by attempting to create informed users of health services who will expect higher quality; and on the supply side, by working with public sector health providers (MCGM and ICDS) to improve the quality of health services.
- School Sanitation - School is important for the cognitive, creative and social development of children. GSK has worked relentlessly to provide sanitation units, complete water and waste disposal systems, thereby providing access to clean sanitation to 10,000 students, teachers and staff from five schools in Nashik. They have expanded their work to additional schools and continue incorporating both the hardware and the behavioral change communication aspects to their work in addressing the sanitation challenge.
Awards and Accolades:
- GSK Head Office in Mumbai was conferred the ‘Safe Place to Work’ recognition
- GSK was recognised as 100 Best Companies for Women in India 2020 by Working Mother and AVTAR
- GSK is recognised as a Silver employer under the India Workplace Equality Index
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