Opportunity brief
About the Competition
Market Masters is a multi-round business competition designed to test participants' business knowledge, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. Participants will face real-world business challenges, analyse situations and develop practical solutions.
Through three exciting rounds, teams will showcase their entrepreneurial mindset, creativity and ability to make smart business decisions.
Why Participate?
- Business Exposure: Experience real-world business challenges.
- Strategic Thinking: Improve your decision-making skills.
- Entrepreneurship: Understand how businesses work and grow.
- Teamwork: Collaborate and compete with other teams.
- Showcase Your Skills: Present your ideas and strategies.
Eligibility & Team Size
- Open to college students across India
- Participants from different colleges can form a team
- Participation will be team-based.
- Each participant can be part of only one team
- Team size : 1-4 members
- Prize pool: ₹20000+ for top 3 teams
Competition Structure
Round 1 – Online Assessment (OA)
- Date: 5 November 2026
- Mode: Online
- Platform: Unstop
- An online assessment to test business knowledge, entrepreneurship, logical reasoning and analytical skills.
Round 2 – Case Challenge
- Date: 7 November 2026
- Deadline: 6 PM
- Shortlisted teams will receive a business case and must analyse the problem and submit a 2-4 slide ppt with their proposed solution.
Round 3 – Final Presentation
- Date: 9 November 2026
- Online mode
- Finalist teams will present their solutions through 7 slide ppt, followed by aquestion-and-answer session.
Possible Case Areas
- Marketing & Branding: Brand building and customer acquisition.
- Finance: Budgeting, investment and profitability.
- Business Strategy: Competition and market expansion.
- Operations: Supply chain and resource management.
- Startups: Business models and business growth.
- Crisis Management: Handling unexpected business challenges.
- Consumer Behaviour: Understanding customer needs and market trends.
General Rules
- Participation must be team-based.
- Participants must provide correct registration details.
- Teams must follow all instructions and deadlines.
- All submissions must be original. Plagiarism may lead to disqualification.
- Unfair means or misconduct will result in disqualification.
- Participants must maintain discipline and professional conduct.
- Decisions of the judges and organising committee will be final.
- Organisers reserve the right to modify the rules or schedule if required.