GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2019
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited
GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2019: Stages and Timelines
Case Study Submissions
The case study will be launched on 1st November. Teams are required to prepare a solution and submit a 6-slide presentation (in .ppt/.pptx format). The last date for submissions is 13 November.
Campus and Wild Card Rounds
5 teams will be shortlisted per college from the 5 main campuses. These teams will present their case-study presentation to a panel of esteemed jury as part of the Campus Round. Top teams from Wild Card campuses will present their submissions virtually.
Mentorship Round
The top 5 teams from the 15 Campus and Wild Card Winners will be shortlisted for the National Finale. Each shortlisted team will be assigned a mentor to refine their solutions.
National Finale
The 5 top teams shortlisted from the Campus and Wild Card Winners will present their solutions to GSK's senior leadership team as part of the National Finale, at GSK House in Mumbai.
All that you need to know about GSK E^3 - Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence 2019
GSK Pharmaceuticals Limited brings to you a unique strategy competition that tests your expertise and out-of-the-box thinking to connect with the target audience and grow the market.
GSK E^3 (Engaging and Exciting minds for Excellence) is a multi-level challenge, where you get an opportunity to work on a real-world business problem, meet business partners and senior professionals, and get a chance to earn yourself a pre-placement offer (PPI)*, along with 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
- Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
- S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
- National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
- Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
- Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
- Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
- Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
- Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali
- Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi
5 campuses (IIM Kozhikode, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, SIBM Pune, and MDI Gurgaon) will have campus rounds. All other campuses will fall under the category of Wild Card Entry, and teams from these campuses will present their submissions virtually, instead of a campus round.
Team Formation Guidelines:
- Students can register in teams of three.
- The participants can be from any specialization.
- They should be full-time students from the campus.
- Cross-specialization teams can participate.
- Cross-year teams are not allowed.
- One participant cannot be a member of more than one team.
- There is no restriction on the number of teams from an Institute.
- Any deviation from the above-mentioned guidelines will result in immediate disqualification of the entire team.
Competition Structure:
- Only registered teams can access the case study problem statement post 1st November'19.
- Each team will be required to submit a 6-slide presentation (in .ppt/.pptx format).
- The first slide should include all team details, while the other slides should contain the team's analysis/proposed solution to the problem statement.
- If any additional files (such as MS-Excel sheets, etc.) are to be submitted, all files should be zipped together (as a .zip file) and then uploaded. 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 12th November'19, 11:59 PM on the competition page itself.
Campus and Wildcard Rounds:
- Based on the case-study submissions, 5 teams will be shortlisted from each college, as Campus Finalists from 5 Campuses - IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, SIBM Pune, and MDI Gurgaon. These teams will then present their submissions to a panel of esteemed jury. Campus Winners will be declared the same day.
- Other campuses, under the category of Wild Card Entry, will have a virtual presentation round instead of a campus round.
- The top 5 teams from the Campus and Wild Card Winners will be shortlisted for the National Finale. This selection will be based on the presentation during the campus/wild card round.
Mentorship Round:
- Each shortlisted team will be assigned a mentor to refine their solutions. The teams will get approximately 1 week for the preparation and refinement of their solution during this stage.
National Finale:
- The 5 National Finalists will get a chance to present their solutions to GSK's senior leadership team at GSK House, Mumbai.
- The national finale will be held in Mumbai on 24th Dec'19. Travel and stay for this round will be arranged by the company.
- Further details of the national level round will be disclosed after all the campus rounds are complete.
What are the important dates & deadlines?
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8 Nov'19, 11:59 PM IST Registration Deadline
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12 Nov'19, 11:59 PM IST Case Submission Deadline
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24 Dec'19, 10:00 AM IST Grand Finale
Contact the organisers
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HeHelpdesk admin@dare2compete.com
Rewards and Prizes?
Winner
Pre-Placement Interviews (PPIs) from GSK Pharma, only for 2nd year students.
First Runner Up
Pre-Placement Interviews (PPIs) from GSK Pharma, only for 2nd year students.
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 India Workplace Equality Index