Case-a-Blanca, Solve a Live Business Problem
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
Case-a-Blanca, Solve a Live Business Problem: Stages and Timelines
Online Quiz Round
The online quiz, conducted on the Unstop platform, will test your knowledge about strategy, finance, marketing, and operations in the domains of management, entrepreneurship, sustainability, technology and business. Solve 20 questions in 20 minutes with accuracy and speed to qualify for the next round. Only the team leader can play Round 1.
Case Submission
The top teams from Round 1 will qualify for the case submission round. Teams will be required to make a 4 slider submission (excluding introduction, closing, and appendix slides) proposing solutions to the problem statements posed.
Final Presentation
The top 5 teams from Round 2 will be required to present their case submissions to a panel of judges in the final round.
All that you need to know about Case-a-Blanca, Solve a Live Business Problem
“What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone. Know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.” – Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy’s
Get ready to ignite your intellectual spirit and unleash your business brilliance as part of Case-a-Blanca, a case competition hosted by Forum for Industrial Interaction (FII), IIM Bangalore in association with IIM Bangaloreʼs International Business & Entrepreneurship Summit Venix 2025, where you will be presented with a real-life problem to analyze and solve.
The case study will compel the participants to reflect on an existing idea or problem for the company to devise a feasible and scalable solution by probing into the benefits as well as repercussions of the actions.
Round 1: Quiz (Elimination)
- This will be an online quiz conducted on Unstop
- Participants have to be from the same college
- The Round 1 quiz will have to be taken only by the team leader
- Quiz duration: 20 minutes
- Total number of questions: 20
- You will not be able to modify your answers before submitting the quiz
- There will be no negative marking for wrong answers in MCQ-type questions
- Toggling between questions will not be allowed during the quiz
Round 2: Case Submission
- The shortlisted teams from Round 1 will be able to access the case brief on the Unstop platform itself.
- Teams should submit their solution in the form of a PPT (no. of slides is 4, excluding introduction, closing and annexures).
- Please make all your submissions well before the submission deadline to avoid any last-minute hassles.
Round 3: Case Presentation
- The top 5 teams from Round 2 will be required to present the 4 slide solution submitted in round 2(no re-submissions will be allowed)
- The selected teams will be presenting their case solutions in front of a panel of experts from business and academia.
- This round will be conducted virtually on Zoom.
General Rules:
- Each team must register only once. If multiple registrations are done, the team will be disqualified.
- A person can be a member of only one team. Multiple registrations by the same person will lead to the disqualification of all teams.
- For each round, only the team leader can submit the solutions. More than one submission from the team will be disqualified.
- Cross-college teams are not allowed.
- Evaluation of submissions is governed by the rules and regulations set by the organizing committee of Case-a-Blanca.
- The organizing committee and the jury reserve the right to reject or withhold any submission or participation without assigning any reasons. In this regard, the decision of the organizing committee is final.
Important dates & deadlines?
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13 Jul'25, 10:30 PM IST Registration Deadline
Contact the organisers
Send queries to organizersRewards and Prizes?
Winner + Runner-ups
Prizes worth INR 35,000
About Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
- A leading graduate school of management in Asia, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) was set up under the IIM Act of 2017.
- With around 107 full-time faculty members, more than 1200 students across various degree/diploma granting programmes and nearly 5000 annual Executive Education participants, IIM Bangalore is an institute of national importance.
- IIM Bangalore's logo carries a proclamation in Sanskrit, तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु (tejasvi navadhitamastu), which translates as ‘let our study be enlightening’.
- It is located in close vicinity to some of the leading corporate organizations in the country, ranging from IT to consumer product companies. This gives IIM Bangalore the added advantage of integrating classroom knowledge with practical experience.
- IIM Bangalore's degree/diploma granting programmes comprise the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM), the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), the one year full-time Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), the Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), and the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP).
- IIMB offers the NS Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral (NSR Pre-doc) Fellowship programme with the aim to increase social diversity of management academia in India. All these programmes are very highly rated and IIMB alumni occupy senior managerial and academic positions around the world.
- Along with 11 disciplinary areas, IIMB has 7 centres of excellence that offer courses and conduct research on fascinating questions facing various sectors of industry.