Amongst the five teams, 3 had chosen to present in the domain of agribusiness, 1 in logistics and 1 in the used car market. The judgement day had arrived and we presented our business model to the panel. After an intense Q&A with all the teams, we were adjudged the Campus Winners – IIM Shillong of Mahindra War Room 2014 and we got the opportunity to represent IIM Shillong at the national finals. The glory was ours for the day.
After a short span of about 2 weeks we were flown to the financial capital (Mumbai) for the Grand Finale. It was our utmost pleasure and honour to represent IIM Shillong at the nationals of this competition in Mumbai at the Mahindra Towers which was being judged by a star studded jury comprising of Mr. Anand Mahindra, the Group Executive Board (GEB), and a distinguished guest list of eminent Mahindra managers. It was an experience of a lifetime to meet such personalities and exchange thoughts with them. Inspite of tasting failure at the national finals, we must say we did carry home a baggage full of experiences that would certainly help us in the future.
This article has been co-authored by Balakrishnan M and Yash Bhambhwani, students of IIM Shillong (Batch of 2015).
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