Optum Stratethon

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Registration Deadline 22 Oct'19, 12:59 AM IST
Team Size 2 - 3 Members
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Eligibility
Engineering Students
MBA Students
Undergraduate

Optum Stratethon: Stages and Timelines

Preliminary Round (Business Track): Executive Summary Submission 

All registered teams from B-Schools need to submit an executive summary on the Optum Stratethon Case.

Start Date 14 Oct'19, 06:30 AM IST End Date 23 Oct'19, 03:29 AM IST

All registered teams from engineering colleges need to work on 2 online coding challenges in one sitting of 3 hours, during a specified window of 6 hours.

Start Date 22 Oct'19, 12:30 PM IST End Date 22 Oct'19, 06:29 PM IST

Second Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Idea Submission

The shortlisted teams need to submit three things: PPT-explaining the idea and the solution; 3-minute video-demonstrating the prototype; and the source code. Your video should be in .mp4 format and file size should not exceed 20 MB. Link to compress or convert your video to .Mp4 - https://www.ps2pdf.com/.

Start Date 24 Oct'19, 02:30 PM IST End Date 7 Nov'19, 06:29 PM IST

Second Preliminary Round (Business Track): Presentation

Shortlisted teams will present their ideas virtually to the Senior Management of Optum.

Start Date 6 Nov'19, 06:30 AM IST End Date 8 Nov'19, 12:30 PM IST

Mentorship Period

Every team will get an opportunity to connect with their mentor for 1 hour within the period of 5 days prior to the Grand Finale.

Start Date 11 Nov'19, 04:30 AM IST End Date 15 Nov'19, 12:30 PM IST

Grand Finale

The top 14 teams (7 Business Track and 7 Engineering Track) will be called to Hyderabad, to compete for the title.

Start Date 18 Nov'19, 04:30 AM IST End Date 18 Nov'19, 12:30 PM IST

All that you need to know about Optum Stratethon

World’s leading healthcare products and services innovation company, Optum brings to you Stratethon, a strategy competition for high performers! 

Eligibility Criteria: This challenge is open to full-time 2-year MBA students from a select list of B-Schools and full-time B.Tech, M.Tech and Integrated/Dual degree program students from select Engineering Colleges in India across specializations.

Team Formulation

  • A team shall consist of 2 to 3 students, one of whom would be the team leader, shall register either for the Engineering Track (Engineering colleges) or Business Track (B-Schools)
  • All members of a team should be from the same institute.
  • Cross year teams are not allowed.
  • One student cannot be a part of more than one team.
  • Only full-time B-School and Engineering students can participate in Optum Stratethon.
  • There is no restriction on the number of teams from an institute.

Competition Structure and Details

First Preliminary Round (Business Track): Executive Summary Submission 

  • All registered teams on Business Track will have to submit the executive summary of their proposed solution in a 1-slider prescribed format.
  • The last day to submit entries is 22nd October 2019, 23:59 hours.
  • We request the teams to upload their entries a few hours before the deadline as there could be high traffic around the deadline.
  • Teams would be able to view and change their submissions anytime before the deadline. Hence, we would recommend the teams to submit their solution at the earliest.

First Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Online Coding Challenge 

  • All registered teams have to code their way through 2 online coding challenges within 3 hours.
  • The task needs to be completed within a window of 6 hours from 22nd October, 18:00 hours to 22nd October, 23:59 hours.
  • The task needs to be completed in one sitting i.e. as soon as you start it, you'll have to finish the task before the time runs out.
  • Results for this round will be declared on 23rd October.

Second Preliminary Round (Business Track): Virtual Presentation

  • Shortlisted teams from the previous round will present their ideas virtually to the Senior Management of Optum.
  • Each team will be provided 8 minutes for the presentation followed by 7 minutes for Q&A.
  • All the relevant details will be shared with the shortlisted teams via email.

Second Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Idea Submission

  • Shortlisted teams from the previous round will have to build the prototype of an Idea on the given problem statement.
  • Teams need to submit the following three things: PPT (in the prescribed format attached with the case study), explaining the idea and the solution; a 3-minute video, demonstrating the prototype; and the source code. Your video should be in .mp4 format and file size should not exceed 20 MB. Link to compress or convert your video to .Mp4 - https://www.ps2pdf.com/.
  • The last day to submit entries is 6th November 2019, 23:59 hours.

Mentorship Period

  • There will be 14 National Finalists, 7 teams per track, from Round 2 moving ahead to the Mentorship Period and the Grand Finale.
  • Teams will be assigned one mentor respectively.
  • Every team will get an opportunity to connect with their mentor for 1 hour within a period of 5 days prior to the Grand Finale.
  • This will help the teams to further improvise and shape up their final presentations.
  • Further details of the Mentorship Period will be disclosed soon. 

Grand Finale

  • The National Finale will be held in Hyderabad on 18th November 2019 (tentative).
  • The National Finalists will get a chance to present to the Senior Leadership team.
  • Teams will be given 8 minutes to present followed by 7 minutes of Q&A. In total, each team will have 15 minutes.
  • Further details of the National Level Grand Finale Round will be disclosed soon.

 

Eligible Colleges: 

Engineering Colleges:

  1. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
  2. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
  3. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar
  4. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
  5. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad
  6. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
  7. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
  8. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
  9. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
  10. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (BHU) Varanasi
  11. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
  12. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
  13. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut
  14. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur
  15. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur
  16. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra
  17. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya
  18. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela
  19. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, Assam
  20. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, Karnataka
  21. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy
  22. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Telangana
  23. Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi
  24. Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur
  25. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  26. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad
  27. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi
  28. International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore
  29. Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad
  30. International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad
  31. Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi
  32. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Hyderabad
  33. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Mesra
  34. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
  35. Thapar University (TU), Patiala
  36. Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
  37. Jadavpur University
  38. College of Engineering (COE), Pune
  39. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women
  40. RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
  41. International Institute of Information Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar
  42. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida
  43. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar
  44. SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai

B Schools:

  1. Xavier Labor Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur
  2. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow
  3. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore
  4. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong
  5. Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
  6. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
  7. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
  8. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore
  9. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
  10. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Visakhapatnam
  11. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi
  12. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu
  13. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Nagpur
  14. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur
  15. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak
  16. Management Development Institute (MDI), Murshidabad
  17. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai(HRM & LR)
  18. National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
  19. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode
  20. S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
  21. Indian School of Business (ISB)
  22. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
  23. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
  24. Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
  25. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
  26. Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Mumbai

What are the important dates & deadlines?

  • 22 Oct'19, 12:59 AM IST Registration Deadline
  • 22 Oct'19, 11:59 PM IST Executive Summary Submission Deadline
  • 6 Nov'19, 11:59 PM IST Idea Submission Deadline
  • 15 Nov'19, 10:00 AM IST Grand Finale

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Rewards and Prizes?

Winner (Engineering Track)

Winners will get INR 2,00,000 along with PPIs from Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group

200,000
Certificate

Winner (Business Track)

Winners will get INR 2,00,000 along with PPIs from Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group

200,000
Certificate

First Runner Up (Engineering Track)

Runners Up will get INR 1,00,000 along with PPIs from Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group

100,000
Certificate

First Runner Up (Business Track)

Runners Up will get INR 1,00,000 along with PPIs from Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group

100,000
Certificate

Participation Certificate

Digital participation certificates to everyone who attempts the Preliminary Round.

Certificate

About Optum

Optum is a health services and innovation company. We’re powering modern health care by modernizing infrastructure, advancing care, and improving experiences for millions of people with more than 234,000 Optum employees collaborating worldwide to serve our customers and consumers.

Optum connects the brightest people, places, and ideas across the health care ecosystem to create better care. Our deep and long-standing relationships across the healthcare system allow us to support just about everyone — no matter where you’re at in your healthcare journey.

​Each day we strive to shape a health care system that works better for your whole health. Our aim is to:

  • Bring every aspect of health care together to give a complete view of your health
  • Provide you with personalized insights to help guide your decisions for easier health care experiences
  • Support you anywhere you need us by giving you affordable choices to meet your needs
  • Drive better options for your health care that help you live a healthy life

We combine cutting-edge technology, the world’s largest healthcare database, and vast expertise to improve healthcare delivery, quality, and efficiency for more than 130 million individual consumers.

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