Steel-a-thon 2020 is an Annual Business Challenges for premier B-Schools in India. It gives students the chance to work on real-life business challenges as well as provide an opportunity to get mentored by Tata Steel Senior Leadership and Management.
B-Schools students are invited to form teams and submit their ideas on real-life management challenges.
Steel-a-thon helps build talent, giving students an experience of the differentiated culture and value system of Tata Steel. It helps us build a long lasting relationship with students and create a new and even more exciting cohort of brand ambassador
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) | Pro-Nerds |
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Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon | Godspeed |
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) | Rhapsody |
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi | Man-agers of Steel |
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FMS Delhi | Pravega |
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IIM Shillong | Steal The Steel |
IIM Raipur | Khwaab |
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IIM Indore | Team Super Estimators | Somya Loomba, Zeba Kamal, Ankita Jena and Bhaskar Jyoti Das |
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MDI Gurgaon | Mark-e-Mon | Harsharan Singh Chawla, Ankita Sharan and Kashish Narula |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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IIM Shillong | Show Steelers | Abhishek Garg, Prachi Modi and Shubhanshu Tripathi |
IIM Calcutta | The Beautiful Minds of Joka | Soumyasree Chakraborty, Arjun Vikas, Arunabh Biyani and Divanshu Saxena |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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IIFT Delhi | The New Romantics | Oza Manav Ashvin, Simrit Bajwa |
IIM Shillong | Show Steelers | Abhishek Garg, Prachi Modi, Shubhanshu Tripathi |
IIM Ahmedabad | Cyclone | Chinmay Das, Akash Gupta, Parusharouthu Krishna Priya |
FMS Delhi | Fauladi Loha | Mohit Choudhary, Rajat Prajapati, Prashant Verma, Nitya Kabra |
IIM Bangalore | The Transformers | Mannem Nithin Kumar, Chinmaya Prasad Panda, Moumita Dey, Ankit Chowdhary |
XLRI Jamshedpur | KAURAVAS | Manoranjan Dash, Ankur Sood, Rahul Aditya, Vaibhav Tyagi |
Xavier Institute of Management,Bhubaneswar | Beyond The Obvious | Chetan Anand Aulla, Saidutta Nath, Shubhasree Jena |
IIM Calcutta | The Beautiful Minds of Joka | Soumyasree Chakraborty, Arjun Vikas, Arunabh Biyani, Divanshu Saxena |
JBIMS, Mumbai | Spotlights | Aishwarya Subhas Menon, B Viswanathan, Amruta Rodrigues, Pallavi Tilve |
SIBM | Deadly Girls and Gujjus | Akshayraj V Jadeja, Manavi Rakesh Mehendiratta, Nivedita Kotaru, Priyank Nalin Parashar |
IIM Indore | Team Super Estimators | Somya Loomba, Zeba Kamal, Ankita Jena, Bhaskar Jyoti Das |
MDI Gurgaon | Mark-e-Mon | Harsharan Singh Chawla, Ankita Sharan, Kashish Narula |
IIM Lucknow | Bhagwan Bharose | Arindam Chowdhury, Kawal Vartak, Ankita Gupta, Shresthi Agarwal |
IIM Kozhikode | K Power | Vinoth Kumar N, Pavin Prasad Abraham, Nagendran Shankaravelu, Agnivesh Rao P |
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | G-Force | Amrapali Roy Chowdhury, Rushabh Parvani, Pritam Das, Vivek Gupta |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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FMS | Lemniscate | Sourabh Kumar Chourasia, Rishabh Mishra, Monika Rawat, Aditya Masekar |
IIFT | The Rogue Traders | Kumar Atul, Avishek Chakladar, Shatabdi Banerjee, Sahil Sharma |
IIM Ahmedabad | Wimnions | Jay Deepak Parikh, Roushan Bharti, Sanya Mittal, Madhura Prabhudesai |
IIM Bangalore | Real Steel | Venkateswaran KR, Vikas Parthasarathy, Sai Prasanth R, Harini Ragothaman |
IIM Calcutta | Men Of Steel | Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Devanshi Kesaria, Sonal Gupta, Jaywant Dahatonde |
IIM Indore | The Vanquishers | Neha Kardam, Ravi Kumar Chaudhary, Ranvir Prasad, Sahil Chaudhary |
IIM Kozhikode | Tos | Suraj Prakash, Reena Yadav, Prashali Jain, Abhinav Sehgal |
IIM Lucknow | Feiron | Rohit Jangid, Rahul Madadi, Vinesh Jindal, Pratyush Peddireddi |
IIM Shillong | Jai Mata Di | Bharati Das, Ashish Baheti, Abhay Hitendra Chheda, Sandeep Harkrishan Singh |
JBIMS | Band Baaja Bajaj | Rohit Chawla, Manish Gharat, Simranjitsingh Ghai, Rupesh Ezhuthachen |
MDI | Nocturnals | Hemant Agarwal, Naman Singhal, Shweta Agarwal, Diksha Mahajan |
SIBM Pune | Steelmates | Inderjeet Singh, Rachit Ajmera, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Sourabh Kumar |
TISS | Kaarmik Risers | Vignesh VS, Praveen Kumar Srivastava, Jayram Waghchaure |
XIMB | Stratagems | Mahamedha Sahoo, Ipsita Joshi, Shreya Subrata, Subhashree Patnaik |
XLRI | Fraxi | Kumar Shaurabh, Jasdeep Singh Anand, Meenhaz Ahmed, Ankush Pasari |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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FMS | Iron Ore | Gunjan Kumar Utkarsh Trivedi, Navalpreet Singh, Diskit Yangdol |
IIFT | Amicitia | Gunjan Kumar Utkarsh Trivedi, Navalpreet Singh, Diskit Yangdol |
IIM Ahmedabad | Steely Warriors | Athira Asokan, Gulsar Ahamed, Niral Parikh, Aditya Kumar |
IIM Bangalore | Articus | Arnab Maji, Pankaj Baksi, Nilotpal Bhattacharya, Arko Adhya |
IIM Calcutta | Joka Warriors | Praveen Kumar M, Ravindra Patidar |
IIM Indore | Steel-Warts | Prateek Baliya, Rakesh Kumar, Mahesh Narayanan, Moumita Majumdar |
IIM Kozhikode | Charlie Oscar | Ankita Qanungo, Hrishikesh Deshmukh, Rahul Bhonde, Raviteja Y |
IIM Lucknow | Value Riders | Mridul Manna, Abhishek Rai, Garima Astha |
IIM Shillong | Lauhpurush | Ajit Kumar Jha, Rishu Bhushan, Navneet Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Ranjan |
JBIMS | Coca Banka | Koustubh Bhave, Harshad Eklahare, Varuna Kamath, Viral Jain |
MDI | Team Falcons | Tajman Kaur Bhullar, Jasveen Bath, Kunal Sehra, Shlesha Singh |
SIBM Pune | Juggernautus | Ishan Roy, Aditya Kapoor, Akash Mishra, Gaurav Goenka |
TISS | Tisstory | Utkarsh Jain Sankhla, Nancy Nayak |
XIMB | Nerves Of Steel | Anirban Biswas, Sambit Tripathi |
XLRI | Gryffindors | Aakanksha Dahiya, Mohit Budhraja, Akshay Purohit, Nitin Khanna |
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IIM Ahmedabad | X1 | Sibasis Pati and Smit Chandra |
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IIM Shillong | Ativirya | Saket, Ansuman, Apoorva and Swati |
Campus Name | 美女张开腿让男生桶视频Team Name | Member Name |
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MDI | Cast2Win | Aneesha, Jobin, Meenu and Niharika |
SIBM Pune | Steelster Squad | Karan, Arjun, Anuj and Ruchir |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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FMS | Hey Ram!!! Hum Kya Hain??? | Ishan, Mukul, Prachi and Dhirendra |
IIFT | Smoking Trees And Building Dreams | Sahil, Pranav and Sanjeev |
IIM Ahmedabad | X1 | Sibasis Pati and Smit Chandra |
IIM Bangalore | The Maestros | Sreenath, Manoj, Gopi and Sharad |
IIM Calcutta | Team Steelers | Manchala, Jaiyesh, Vasanth and Azharudeen |
IIM Indore | Steelmark | Trina, Sudarshan, Sayantan and Ansari |
IIM Kozhikode | Valiant Vikings | Pratibha, Rohit, Shalini and Mohit |
IIM Shillong | Ativirya | Saket, Ansuman, Apoorva and Swati |
JBIMS | Batata Steel | Monil, Kushal, Niraj and Kunal |
MDI | Cast2Win | Aneesha, Jobin, Meenu and Niharika |
SIBM Pune | Steelster Squad | Karan, Arjun, Anuj and Ruchir |
TISS | Quadrangle | Amitshekhar, Meenal, Saniya and Punya |
XIMB | X-Walkers | Kaushik, Shruti, Manisha and Purwa |
XLRI | 4 Musketeers 2.0 | Anjaney, Stuti, Shruti and Alok |
Campus Name | Team Name | Member Name |
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FMS | The Outliers | Pratik and Sneha |
IIFT | Opscions | Prince, Pradeep, Prasoon and Ashish |
IIM Ahmedabad | Acies | Payal, Anuag, and Prathamesh |
IIM Bangalore | Confluence | Rakesh and Banhi |
IIM Calcutta | Threeaces | Prince, Ankit, Prateek and Alok |
IIM Indore | Cibola | Shubham, Ravindra, Rahul and Krishan |
IIM Kozhikode | The-K-Blues | Swati, Alka and Pratyasha |
IIM Shillong | Three Musketeers | Tushar, Dibyajyoti and Harsha |
JBIMS | Chronos | Neel, Vineet, Agraj and Abhijit |
MDI | Steel The Show | Soham, Soubhranshu, Sonali and Ankita |
SIBM Pune | 4 Dimensionz | Subhrojyoti, Nitej, Vipul, and Paras |
TISS | Dream Team | Ramasubramanian, Arun, Meenakshi and Sailakshmi |
XIMB | White Walkers | Omkar, Kanakesh, Javed and Pradyumn |
XLRI | Tavaton | Ratna, Srishti, Abhay and Jasmeet |
The participating team must have 3 members.
Teams with gender-diverse composition will be appreciated.
A student can be a part of only one team.
Any deviation from the above-mentioned guidelines will result in immediate disqualification of the entire team.
Competition Structure:
Round 1: Executive Summary Submission Round
Shortlisted teams can choose from multiple cases and submit their ideas/solutions for one case.
Teams will be required to submit a 1-slider PPT of their proposed solution in the prescribed format.
Teams can also submit a 1-minute video describing their idea along with the PPT. (Optional)
The last day of submission of entries will be 6th December 2020, 11:59 PM.
All the teams are requested to submit their entries a few hours before the deadline to avoid any last-minute hassle.
Besides, the teams would be able to view and change their submissions anytime before the submission deadline. Hence, we would recommend the teams to make their submission at the earliest.
For Video:
The video should be in .mp4 format only.
The file size of the video should not exceed 15 MB.
No special characters in the video file name apart from _ (underscore)
Compress your videos through this link - /compress-mp4.
You can also convert your videos in MP4 format through this link - /convert-video-to-mp4
If you face any issue while uploading the submission try uploading it in incognito mode.
Round 2: Detailed Presentation Submission
The respective teams will upload their entry on the submission page as a .pptm/.pptx/.ppt file. The number of slides should be limited to 10 and the formats should be strictly followed.
Entries must be submitted before the deadline, which will be communicated through the website.
Based on the case submissions, we'll shortlist the finalists.
Round 3: Virtual Presentation
These teams will present a detailed presentation on the case in front of the esteemed jury.
Each team will get 15 minutes to present and 5 mins for Q&A (A total of 20 minutes).
3 teams shortlisted from each case domain will proceed to the grand finale.
Grand Finale
The national finalists will get a chance to present to the senior leadership team of Tata Steel.
The national finale will be held on 18th December 2020.
Further details of the round will be disclosed after all the virtual presentations are complete.
National Finalists: ₹ 30,000 + Certificate + Inspire Internship
National Winner: ₹ 2,50,000 + Certificate + PPO **
First Runners Up: ₹ 1,50,000 + Certificate + PPO**
Second Runners Up: ₹ 1,00,000 + Certificate +PPO**
Students can constitute a team with 3 members.
Steel-a-thon is open to premier B-Schools in India:
Case Launch | 02 Dec'20 02:00 PM IST |
Registration Deadline | 03 Dec'20 01:25 AM IST |
Case Submission Deadline | 06 Dec'20 10:00 PM IST |
Result Declaration | 07 Dec'20 11:59 PM IST |
Detailed Presentation Submission Deadline | 11 Dec'20 11:59 PM IST |
Virtual Presentation | 15 Dec'20 10:00 AM IST |
Grand Finale | 18 Dec'20 10:00 AM IST |
For any queries, contact support@dare2compete.com
a) IIM Rohtak
b) IIM Ranchi
c) IIM Raipur
d) XISS
A student can only register through the official college ID. Once registered, a password link is mailed to that ID and this link is unique to connect up with Steel-a-thon objectives and competitions
The participating team can consist of 2 to 4 members A team can be a mix of students from both first and second year, the composition can be decided by the team members only. A gender diverse composition of the team will be appreciated. A student can be a part of only one team.
You would have to visit the link Register to register your team for participation. The team should follow the rules of team constitution for registration. The team members would be responsible for any misleading information regarding the team. Any change in team composition post registration will not be allowed. Any violation of eligibility criteria would lead to disqualification.
Unique college IDs of all the team members would be required to register the team for Steel-a-thon. The team members would need to also appoint one leader of the group whose email ID would be used for all communications with Tata Steel.
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All the teams would need to choose a theme from the available list in the contest page. Cases will be available around five domains:
1. Marketing & Sales
2. Corporate Strategy
3. Corporate Social Responsibility
4. HRM
5. Supply Chain & Logistics
Each team is required to submit entry against one case only in the domain of their choice. Entries against multiple cases will not be accepted.
Entries should be submitted in the particular format (as detailed below) for the campus round:
1. Executive summary
2. Introduction to the problem statement
3. Analysis of the problem
4. Recommendations
The format for the national round would be shared with the qualifying teams. Respective teams will update their entry in submission page in a .ppt/.pptm/.pptx format only. The slides should be limited to 12 nos. in the ppt and the format should be strictly followed.
Entries must be submitted before the deadline which will be communicated on the website Please note that the website may witness slow connectivity due to heavy traffic near the deadline. Hence, we request you to submit your entries at least a day prior to the deadline.
The evaluation process will consist of three rounds. The evaluation would be based on the criteria as devised by the esteemed jury panel. The teams need to score beyond the minimum threshold to move to the next round of the Challenge.
a) Round 1: All the teams will be evaluated and only top two entries from each campus will be invited to represent the institute in the second round.
b) Round 2: The top two teams from each institute will compete at the second round, which will be conducted at Jamshedpur/Kolkata at particular date and time.
Mentors will be assigned to all top two teams of Wild Card round. Teams can interact with their mentor for any clarification or help which will help them to prepare for the grand finale.
c) Grand Finale: Grand finale will be fought amongst campus round winners and top two teams of Wild card round. Teams will be evaluated by a panel of esteemed jury comprising Tata Steel Senior Leaders
Others: The participants would get limited access to the Tata Steel information. We request you to judiciously use information related only to your theme and not misuse or exploit any information otherwise stated confidential. In the event of such misuse, the concerned Participant(s) shall be disqualified and Tata Steel Ltd. shall be entitled to take appropriate remedies, as it may deem fit.
All entries and materials submitted by the participants to Tata Steel Ltd. in connection with the contest (collectively, "entry materials"), along with all copyright and other proprietary rights associated therewith, shall become the property of Tata Steel Ltd. upon submission and shall not be returned to any Participant.
Tata Steel Ltd. reserves the right to modify or suspend the competition at any point of time.
Tata Steel reserves the final right to decisions in matters related to any dispute in context of the competition and both the campus and students will have to abide by the same.
All the above terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and subject to jurisdiction of the courts in Jharkhand.
a) Wild Card Round (Second Round) Winner of Wild card round: ₹ 30,000 + Certificate + Ticket to the Grand Finale
b) Grand Finale:
Team name | Campus name |
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The Think Floyd | MICA |
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Pravega | FMS Delhi |
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Steal The Steel | IIM Shillong |
Khwaab | IIM Raipur |