Optum Stratethon - Season 2

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Registration Deadline 17 Nov'20, 05:15 PM IST
Team Size 2 - 3 Members
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Eligibility
Engineering Students
MBA Students
Undergraduate

Optum Stratethon - Season 2: Stages and Timelines

Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Online Coding Challenge

All registered teams from engineering colleges need to work on 2 online coding challenges in one sitting of 90 minutes, during the specified window.

Start Date 17 Nov'20, 06:00 PM IST End Date 17 Nov'20, 09:00 PM IST

Preliminary Round (Business Track): Online Simulation

All registered teams from B-Schools need to play the simulation game in this round.

Start Date 17 Nov'20, 07:00 PM IST End Date 18 Nov'20, 10:00 PM IST

Preliminary Round (Business Track): Guessestimate Quiz

All registered teams from B-Schools need to play the guessestimate quiz in this round.

Start Date 17 Nov'20, 10:46 PM IST End Date 17 Nov'20, 11:40 PM IST

Second Preliminary Round (Business Track): Detailed Presentation Submission

Shortlisted B-school teams need to submit a detailed presentation on the Optum Stratethon - Season 2 Case.

Start Date 18 Nov'20, 08:05 PM IST End Date 22 Nov'20, 11:59 PM IST

Second Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Idea Submission

The shortlisted teams need to submit the following: PPT-explaining the idea and the solution; 3-minute video-demonstrating the prototype; and the source code.

Start Date 18 Nov'20, 08:05 PM IST End Date 29 Nov'20, 11:59 PM IST

Virtual Presentation Round (Business Track)

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

Start Date 24 Nov'20, 10:00 AM IST End Date 3 Dec'20, 06:00 PM IST

Mentorship Phase

Every team will get an opportunity to connect with their mentor a few days prior to the Grand Finale.

Start Date 7 Dec'20, 08:00 PM IST End Date 10 Dec'20, 06:00 PM IST

Grand Finale

The top 10 teams (5 from the Business Track and 5 from the Engineering Track) will compete for the winning title in the Grand Finale.

Start Date 11 Dec'20, 10:00 AM IST End Date 11 Dec'20, 06:00 PM IST

All that you need to know about Optum Stratethon - Season 2

Optum, the world’s leading health care products and services innovation company, brings to you Stratethon - Season 2, an opportunity to innovate and change the future of health care.

Eligibility Criteria: This challenge is open to full-time 2-year MBA/PGDM students from a select list of B-Schools and full-time B.Tech/B.E. students from select Engineering Colleges, across specializations.

Team Formulation

  • A team shall consist of 2 to 3 students, one of whom would be the team leader, and 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 post-graduate B-School students and undergraduate Engineering students can participate in Optum Stratethon - Season 2.
  • Undergraduate business school students are not eligible to participate.
  • Students who have been offered admission but whose classes haven’t begun are not eligible to participate.
  • There is no restriction on the number of teams from an institute.

Competition Structure and Details

First Preliminary Round (Business Track): Simulation & Guessestimate Quiz 

  • All registered teams on Business Track will have to play the simulation and a guessestimate quiz round.
  • Teams will have to cross different levels to solve real-life challenges and race to the top of the leaderboard.
  • The Simulation Round will be activated at 19:00 PM, 17th November, to be played within a window of 3 hours.
  • The Guessestimate Quiz Round will be also be activated at  22:15 PM, 17th November, where teams will attempt 4 questions in 30 minutes.

First Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Online Coding Challenge 

  • All registered teams have to code their way through 2 online coding challenges within 90 minutes.
  • The task needs to be completed within a window of 3 hours from 17th November, 18:00 hours to 17th November, 21:00 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 18th November.

Second Preliminary Round (Business Track): Detailed Presentation Submission 

  • Shortlisted teams will have to submit a detailed presentation of their proposed solution.
  • The last day to submit entries is 22nd November 2020, 23:59 hours.
  • Teams are requested to upload their entries a few hours before the deadline to avoid high traffic closer to the deadline.
  • Teams will be able to view and change their submissions anytime before the deadline. Hence, teams are recommended to submit their solution at the earliest.

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.
  • The last day to submit entries is 29th November 2020, 23:59 hours IST.

Virtual Presentation Round (Business Track)

  • 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.

Mentorship Period (Both Tracks)

  • There will be 10 National Finalists, 5 teams per track, from the previous round 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 an hour a few days prior to the Grand Finale.
  • This will help the teams to further improvise and shape up their final presentations.

Grand Finale (Both Tracks)

  • The National Finale will be held virtually on 11th December 2020 (tentatively).
  • 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 closer to the event.

Eligible Colleges:

Students from the following engineering colleges and business schools are eligible to participate in the competition:

Indian 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), Ropar
  11. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (BHU) Varanasi
  12. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (ISM) Dhanbad
  13. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
  14. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani - Hyderabad Campus
  15. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut
  16. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur
  17. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur
  18. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra
  19. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
  20. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, Assam
  21. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy
  22. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya
  23. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal, Karnataka
  24. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Telangana
  25. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela
  26. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur
  27. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat
  28. Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi
  29. Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur
  30. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad
  31. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi
  32. International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore
  33. Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Surat
  34. Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad
  35. Delhi Technological University (DTU), New Delhi
  36. Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra
  37. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
  38. Thapar University (TU), Patiala
  39. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
  40. International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad
  41. International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bhubaneswar
  42. Jadavpur University (JU)
  43. College of Engineering (COE), Pune
  44. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), Delhi
  45. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida
  46. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar
  47. SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai
  48. SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
  49. Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar

Philippines Engineering Colleges:

  1. Adamson University (AdU), Manila
  2. AMA University and Colleges
  3. Asia Pacific College (APC), Makati
  4. Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU), Davao City
  5. Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)
  6. Bulacan State University (BSU)
  7. Cebu Institute of Technology – University (CIT-U)
  8. De La Salle Lipa (DLSL)
  9. De La Salle University (DLSU-D), Dasmariñas
  10. De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila
  11. Far Eastern University Institute of Technology
  12. First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities
  13. Lyceum of the Philippines University
  14. Malayan Colleges Laguna (MCL)
  15. Mapua University
  16. National University, Philippines
  17. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
  18. Rizal Technological University (RTU)
  19. Systems Technology Institute College
  20. Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP)
  21. University of San Carlos (USC)
  22. University of San Jose, Recoletos
  23. University of Santo Tomas
  24. University of the East (UE)
  25. University of the Philippines (UP)
  26. University of the Philippines Cebu
  27. University of the Philippines Los Banos

Other International Engineering Colleges:

  1. Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur
  2. Nanyang Technological University Singapore
  3. Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)
  4. Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)
  5. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Indian 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. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmaur
  17. Management Development Institute (MDI), Murshidabad
  18. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai(HRM & LR)
  19. National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
  20. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode
  21. S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
  22. Indian School of Business (ISB)
  23. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
  24. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
  25. Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
  26. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
  27. Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Mumbai
  28. Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Bhubaneswar
  29. T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
  30. Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
  31. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur
  32. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Delhi
  33. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata
  34. Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa
  35. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay
  36. Department of Management Studies (DMS), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

Philippines B-Schools:

  1. Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Philippines
  2. Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU), Davao City
  3. Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Cebu City
  4. Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Makati
  5. Central Philippine University School of Graduate Studies, Iloilo
  6. De La Salle Lipa (DLSL)
  7. De La Salle University (DLSU-D), Dasmariñas
  8. De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila
  9. José Rizal University (JRU)
  10. Lyceum of the Philippines University
  11. Miriam College, Quezon City
  12. National University, Philippines
  13. Philippine School of Business Administration (PSBA), Manila
  14. Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)
  15. St. Paul University (SPU), Manila
  16. University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P)
  17. University of Mindanao, Davao City
  18. University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
  19. University of San Carlos (USC)
  20. University of San Jose, Recoletos
  21. University of Santo Tomas
  22. Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan

Other International B-Schools:

  1. National University of Singapore
  2. Nanyang Technological University Singapore
  3. Singapore Management University
  4. INSEAD
  5. Hanoi School of Business (HSB)
  6. Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur

What are the important dates & deadlines?

  • 17 Nov'20, 05:15 PM IST Registration Deadline
  • 17 Nov'20, 06:00 PM IST Preliminary Round (Business Track): Online Simulation
  • 17 Nov'20, 06:00 PM IST Preliminary Round (Engineering Track): Online Coding Challenge
  • 18 Nov'20, 06:15 PM IST Preliminary Round Result (Both Tracks)
  • 22 Nov'20, 11:59 PM IST Second Preliminary Round Deadline (B-School Track)
  • 29 Nov'20, 11:59 PM IST Second Preliminary Round Deadline (Engineering Track)
  • 11 Dec'20, 10:00 AM IST Finale

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Rewards and Prizes?

Regional Winner (Business Track)

3,000

Regional Winner (Engineering Track)

3,000

Regional Runner Up (B-School Track)

1,500

Regional Runner Up (Engineering Track)

1,500

Finalists

Pre-Placement Interviews (*subject to t&c)

College Winners

Certificates

Certificate

Strength in Numbers Award

1 college in each country with the most number of teams that register in Optum Stratethon - Season 2

Audience Choice Award

Finale audience's pick of the most popular choice of participating team in the 1st round of the Grand Finale

Star of the Show

The best presenter from each track in the 1st round of the Grand Finale

Living Our Values Award

The team who present their case study showcasing Optum Values

Discover Wellness Award

The student who makes creative content on Social Media Websites (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) focused on health and wellness and gets the most social media traction, using the hashtags #DiscoverWellness, #Optum, #StratethonSeason2 and tagging social handles of Optum and Dare2Compete

About Optum

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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

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