About the role
Description-
Many CSR programmes do good work while the money lasts and very little after it stops. A skills course, a relief kit or an exhibition can help for a season, but it rarely changes what people earn a year later. The harder and more useful task is to design support that keeps paying for itself.
CSR, the social impact competition of Passion'26 at IMT Ghaziabad, asks teams to take on that task. Teams begin with a quiz on CSR, sustainability and social enterprise, move on to a case in which a corporate group wants one initiative that creates lasting income for an underserved community, and finish by presenting their plan to a panel of judges acting as the group's CSR committee. The competition rewards a clear understanding of the problem, realistic numbers and models that can last.
Rounds Structure-
Purpose Check-
- Format: Online quiz hosted on Unstop with 15 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 10 minutes. Only the team leader will be allowed to take the quiz.
- Objective: The quiz will assess participants' knowledge of CSR law in India, sustainability and ESG, social entrepreneurship and impact measurement. This round serves as the preliminary filter.
- Marking Scheme: Each correct answer carries 1 marks. There is no negative marking, and unanswered questions carry no marks.
- Evaluation: The teams will be shortlisted by score to qualify for the next round. In case of a tie, the team that took less time to complete the quiz will rank higher.
Impact Lab-
- Format: Online case solution submission (PDF/PPTX), along with supporting calculations (XLSX).
- Objective: Teams that qualify will receive a case on a corporate group that wants one CSR initiative to create lasting income for an underserved community, and must submit a practical, financially viable model.
- Task: The presentation should have 5-8 slides, including the title and appendix slides. The first content slide must be an executive summary.
- Evaluation: Submissions will be judged on the clarity of the social problem, the strength of the link with the group's business, the financial viability of the model and the credibility of its impact measures. Original ideas will be given credit when they are practical.
The Committee Room-
- Format: Shortlisted teams present their initiative live in online mode to a panel of judges acting as the group's CSR committee.
- Objective: Participants must defend their initiative under questioning.
- Task: Shortlisted teams from Round 2 will deliver a case presentation, followed by a Q&A in which the judges will test their assumptions, numbers and proposed model.
- Evaluation: Teams will be judged on how they handle questions, their business judgement, the clarity of their narrative, their command of the case and its numbers, and their delivery. The team with the highest average score from the panel will be declared the winner.
Note: Teams are not allowed to mention the name of their institution, or use its logo, anywhere in their submissions or during the presentation.
General Rules & Regulations:
- All rounds will be held online.
- Multiple registrations by the same participant will lead to disqualification.
- In case of any dispute, the decision of judges and the organizing committee at IMT Ghaziabad will be final.