Equinox ’12 Graced by Xploryze

Xploryze, the case study competition organized by Abhijeet Srivastava and Vishal Singh, members of the OPEP club and PGP 2011-13 students, proved to be a huge success.

The case presented to the candidates, written by Abhijeet, raises questions regarding the ethical dilemmas in medical profession – whether doctors should work for charity or for profits. It also asks the candidates to prepare a strategy for building and successfully running a hospital, while providing some details about the founders. The case is given below. 

Case Study: Xploryze

View more documents from opepiimraipur

In the first round of the competition, students from all over the country were invited to form teams of two and submit a short presentation on their proposed solution for the case. The event was a phenomenal success as entries were received from IIM Bangalore, IIM Rohtak, IIM Indore, IIM Raipur, NITIE Mumbai and SP Jain to name a few. The best four entries were selected and the teams were invited to IIM Raipur campus to present their case analysis and solutions in the presence of a judging panel and the students participating in Equinox ‘12. The members of the panel were Dr. Manish Mattoo, an ISB Hyderabad alumnus and Director of Fortis Escorts Hospital and Prof. O. S. Vaidya, Faculty of Operations & Supply Chain Management, IIM Raipur.

The presentations by the finalists reflected very meticulous research and in-depth analysis of an otherwise alien field (medical) with respect to management students. Each presentation was followed by a rigorous Q&A session where, along with the judges, other participants and students too got involved in the discussions. The first position was bagged by Team Chanakyas from NITIE Mumbai.

The judges lauded the OPEP club and the organizers for the successful completion of the event, which attracted such wide participation.

The winning presentation by NITIE Mumbai is given below.

Xploryze Case Solution by NITIE

View more PowerPoint from opepiimraipur

IIM Raipur students win Second Position in Video Making Competition organized by NITIE

Chain to Excellence (C2X), The Supply Chain Interest group of NITIE Mumbai organized Optitude, a Video Making Competition. The participants were required to make a video on ‘Role of Supply Chain in Disaster Management’.

3 Students from IIM Raipur, Akshay Agarwal, Navjeet Sidhu and Rohit Bhagat participated in the Competition and won II Prize.  The winning team was from NITIE Mumbai.

This video starts with a description of the Disaster Profile of India and emphasises the need for effective Disaster Management using facts and figures. For instance, it has been found that according to the then UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs (Jan Egeland): “In Niger in 2005, it would have cost $1 a day to prevent malnutrition among the children if the world had responded immediately. By July 2005, it was costing $80/day to save a malnourished child’s life.”

It is important to plan beforehand as during a disaster, Infrastructure is destabilised, Demand and Supply are unpredictable, last – mile connectivity is hampered and there is lack of coordination and training amongst the Relief Agencies.

An Effective Supply Chain can aid in Pre-Disaster by imparting Training and Education, Infrastructure Planning and Pre-Positioning of Resources. During a Disaster, Relief Operations need to be carried out and Last –Mile Connectivity for supply of food and medicine needs to be ensured. Post Disaster, Infrastructure needs to be rebuilt after cleaning the debris and communities need to be re-established.