Merkle - The Blockchain Case Competition
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
Merkle - The Blockchain Case Competition: Stages and Timelines
Round 1
The first round would be an Online Quiz consisting of, but not limited to, trivia from the world of blockchain, cryptocurrency and the like. Regularly brush up on your trivia quotient to get past this stage. It would consist of mostly multiple-choice questions for not more than 30 minutes. This is an elimination round.
Round 2
The top teams from the previous round would be invited to the campus of IIM Ahmedabad. A blockchain related business problem in the form of a case would be provided for analysis for a duration of 3 hours. The teams will have to think in multiple dimensions related to the business aspects to come up with solutions for the given business problem. The teams will be required to submit a presentation on the solutions for the case at the end of the third hour. The submitted presentations will then be presented to the judges’ panel. The podium finishers will be decided by the judges of the event.
All that you need to know about Merkle - The Blockchain Case Competition
The Red Brick Summit 2019 in collaboration with CETKing Education Private Limited proudly announces the first edition of arguably the first blockchain based case event in India – Merkel 2019. The contest provides a great forum for B-school students to test their knowledge in the futuristic technology of blockchain and its applications in the current industries, present the same to a distinguished panel of judges, and win attractive cash prizes along the way.
Rules:
- Each team to consist of 2-3 members.
- Cross-college teams are allowed.
- No limit on the number of participants from each college.
- No limit on the number of events one can participate in.
- No registration fee.
- Only under-graduate, post-graduate and MBA students eligible to participate. School students and corporates are not allowed to participate.
- A person can register as part of only one team for one event.
- Violation of this rule will lead to disqualification of the entire team.
- Those who shall be going abroad on student exchange programme can participate so long as there is at least one non-exchange member in the team.
- The organizer’s decision shall be final in all matters.
- Following dishonest practices at any stage of the competition will lead to elimination. Dishonest practices are not only limited to plagiarism of any kind.
Prizes:
Total prizes worth Rs. 50,000
Winner: Prizes worth Rs 25,000
Runners-up: Prizes worth Rs 15,000
Second Runners-up: Prizes worth Rs 10,000
Certificates to all participants!
What are the important dates & deadlines?
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14 Sep'19, 09:59 PM IST Registration Deadline
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14 Sep'19, 10:00 PM IST Round 1 starts
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29 Sep'19, 05:00 PM IST Round 2 starts
Contact the organisers
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GaGaurav Das p19gauravd@iima.ac.in
Rewards and Prizes?
Winner
First Runner Up
Second Runner Up
About Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
- The decade following independence in 1947 witnessed a surge of innovative ideas to create a fledgling independent nation into a model democratic republic pledged to growth with equality. The establishment of the IIMA (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) was the result of one such innovative initiative.
- Led by eminent industrialist and philanthropist Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai and a space scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, and proactively supported by Dr. Jivraj Mehta, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, a group of enlightened individuals set up IIM Ahmedabad in 1961. This group ably wove together a coalition of five actors - the governments at the centre and the state, local industrialists, the Ford Foundation and the Harvard Business School, to establish the foundations of the Institute.
- IIM Ahmedabad was set up as an institution that would be managed by a Society, the IIMA Society, created under the Societies Act.
- A Board of Governors, constituted by the IIMA Society, was to run the Institute; the Board would have representation from all the relevant constituencies so as to reflect the multifarious needs of a developing nation. IIM Ahmedabad was therefore conceived as a Board-managed institution, free from the exclusive control of any one constituency. Thus, an integral part of the DNA of IIM Ahmedabad is operational freedom.
- IIM Ahmedabad has been consistently ranked as the premier management school in the country by several national agencies.
- IIM Ahmedabad programmes are also ranked highly in several international rankings.
- In 2008, IIM Ahmedabad became the country's 1st B-School to which EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) awarded EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation.