Opportunity brief
Consilium, The Consulting and Strategy Club of IIM Kashipur, aspires to promote a culture of in-depth analysis, evidence-based research, and effective presentation to support you in communicating your viewpoints.
- The Club works to boost students' interest in the consulting sector and give them proper exposure to the business world.
- To close the gap between business and academics, the group routinely arranges sessions and boot camps with prominent figures in the consulting and strategy sectors.
- It also sees it as part of its mission to educate the members and the students on the basic frameworks and matrices employed in the consulting industry.
Article Writing Competition:
- Disquisition: A Pan-India series of article writing competitions provides an avenue for students across various prominent schools to exhibit their knowledge, opinions, and suggestions about trending topics in the consulting and strategy domain.
- It aims to provide valuable insights on current topics while bringing optimal solutions to crack present-day obstacles.
Article Topics:
Theme:
- The Next Billion: Unlocking India's Untapped Markets and Consumers
Topics:
- The Her Economy: Why Women in Bharat Are India's Most Underestimated Consumers
- The Gig Wallet: How Informal Income Is Rewriting Credit and Consumption
- The Language of Growth: Why India's Next Billion Will Speak Vernacular
- The Trust Economy: Why Winning Bharat Requires More Than Competitive Pricing
- Beyond Digital Access: Leveraging India's Digital Public Infrastructure to Create New Economic Opportunities
- Reimagining the Last Mile: Building Scalable Business Models for India's Underserved Markets
- Innovation at the Right Price: Rethinking Product Design for India's Value-Conscious Consumers
- From Data to Demand: Using Consumer Analytics to Discover India's Hidden Markets
- Mapping India's Next Growth Corridors: Identifying Emerging Consumer Markets Beyond Metros
- Insuring the Uninsured: Why Micro-Insurance Keeps Failing on Distribution and Trust, and What an Embedded Model Could Fix
Rules and Guidelines:
- The competition is for individuals/teams (1-2 members).
- Choose any one of the above-given topics.
- Plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated and will be subject to disqualification from the competition (a leading software will be used to identify plagiarism).
- Please refrain from using AI-generated material. AI-generated plagiarism will also be checked.
- The article should be an original work of creation, and references should be mentioned wherever necessary. However, there is no limit to creativity.
- Relevant Graphs or data can be added to the article only if the Participant makes them.
- Text font size: 12, font style: Times New Roman, and page limit: 2 pages (standard A4 size on typical word processing software, e.g., MS Word), excluding infographics, charts, tables, and references. You are free to use any design tool such as Canva, etc.
- The article should be visually appealing, and points for creativity will be given on that basis.
- There is no upper word limit for the article. However, participants are expected to coherently encapsulate their ideas within 2 A4 pages (typically at least 600 words) excluding visuals, infographics and references. We believe that creativity cannot be bound in words.
- The cover page should include your name, institute name, course details, and contact number.
- The conclusion should highlight the writer's views/suggestions/opinions on the respective title.
- Submission should be in PDF format with the naming convention as TeamName_CollegeName_Topic and should be uploaded through Unstop only.
- No late submissions will be encouraged via e-mail.
- Your entries will be judged on creativity, content, presentation, and relevance.
Rewards:
- The best article will be featured as the "Consilium Article of the Month" by Consilium, Consulting and Strategy Club of IIM Kashipur.
- E-certificates for winners and runners-up, along with cash prizes.
- Submissions other than the winners will also receive E-Certificates of Appreciation.
All the best!