Opportunity brief
Event Guidelines
Boardroom Battle is a business strategy competition at PEC's E-Summit 2026, where participants step into the roles of company executives to solve a business challenge.
Teams act as a company's leadership, balancing strategy, finance, technology and marketing to develop a practical solution and defend it before a judging panel.
Event Details
- Event dates: 14–15 November 2026; the exact schedule will be communicated to registered teams.
- Mode: Offline.
- Venue: PEC Campus, Chandigarh.
- Team size: 3–4 members.
- Intercollege teams are allowed: Members may belong to different colleges.
Competition Format
- Briefing and Role Allocation: Teams assign executive roles among their members:
- CEO: Overall strategy and business decisions.
- CFO: Budgeting, costs and financial viability.
- CTO: Technology, product development and operational feasibility.
- CMO: Marketing, customer acquisition and brand positioning.
- In teams of three, the CEO also handles the CMO's responsibilities.
- Case Reveal and Preparation: Teams receive a common business problem, along with relevant information, constraints and a budget. They must analyse the challenge and prepare a solution covering strategy, finances, execution and marketing.
- Boardroom Presentation: Teams present their proposed solution to the judging panel. Each member explains the decisions relevant to their executive role and responds to questions.
- Twist Round: Shortlisted teams receive an unexpected change in the business situation, such as a budget reduction, a new competitor or a shift in customer demand. They must revise their strategy and defend their decisions before the panel.
Rules and Regulations
Team Participation
- Each team must consist of 3–4 members.
- Intercollege teams are permitted.
- A participant cannot register with more than one team.
- Executive roles must be assigned before preparation begins and remain unchanged throughout the competition.
- All members must be present for the briefing and participate in the presentation.
- Teams must report according to the schedule communicated by the organisers.
Case Analysis and Preparation
- All teams receive the same initial problem statement and preparation time.
- Solutions must address the stated problem and comply with the provided budget and constraints.
- Teams may make reasonable assumptions where information is unavailable, but must clearly identify and justify them.
- Financial estimates, projections and calculations must be explained when questioned.
- Technical recommendations must be understandable and feasible; coding or a working prototype is not required.
- Teams must develop their solutions independently. Collaboration between teams or assistance from non-participants is prohibited.
- The policy on internet access and AI tools will be communicated before preparation begins and will apply equally to all teams.
Presentation and Twist Round
- Every team member must contribute to the presentation and be prepared to answer questions related to their role.
- Presentation format, preparation time and speaking limits will be communicated during the briefing.
- Teams must submit any required presentation materials by the announced deadline.
- Only shortlisted teams advance to the twist round.
- All finalists receive the same twist and equal time to revise their solutions.
- Revised solutions must address the new constraints and explain the trade-offs involved.
Evaluation and Conduct
- Teams will be evaluated on problem understanding, practicality, financial reasoning, execution, creativity and coordination.
- In the twist round, adaptability and the justification of revised decisions will also be considered.
- Plagiarism, fabricated claims presented as facts, misconduct or disruption may result in penalties or disqualification.
- The judging panel's decision will be final.