Testing B-school students on Innovation - OnePlus ETPrime Intellect

The recently launched OnePlus ETPrime Intellect B-school challenge calls for innovative solutions to solve real business problems. The business case is curated by senior editors of ETPrime and senior faculty of Bennett University.

“Innovation lies is in the DNA of OnePlus, and we are consistently open to collaborating on initiatives that drive innovation while further leveraging our Never Settle spirit.

We are excited to partner with ETPrime for this exciting initiative that challenges B-school students to never settle, and we are confident that these young minds will come up with truly innovative solutions for OnePlus ETPrime Intellect challenge,” said Vikas Agarwal, General Manager OnePlus India.

“ETPrime data-laden and insight heavy articles are a favourite with B-schools and this prompted us to launch the OnePlus ETPrime Intellect challenge. The challenge features a very relevant case study of electric mobility. Delighted that a few electric mobility companies have expressed interest to see the winning solutions”, said Sanjeev Kumar, Vice President and Business Head of EconomicTimes.com.

The program is launched in partnership with OnePlus, a global technology brand that plans to hire and offer internships to the participants of the program. This is a great opportunity for all the current B-school students, to work closely with the OnePlus leadership team.

As part of the program, the participants will be subjected to two rounds of evaluation before they make it to the list of India’s most innovative business minds that will be promoted on Economictimes.com. The business solutions submitted in the first round will be evaluated by Bennett University and all the shortlisted candidates, who will move to the final round will get an opportunity to present their solutions to a high-powered Jury Panel.

5-step process of OnePlus ETPrime Intellect

Step 1: Registration deadline on ETPrimeIntellect.com: 27 Jan 2020
Step 2: Case study submission deadline: 31 Jan 2020
Step 3: First shortlist announced: 3rd Week, Feb 2020
Step 4: Case presentation to Jury: 1st Week, Mar 2020- 3rd Week, Mar 2020
Step 5: Winners declared at the finale: 4th Week, Mar 2020

OnePlus ETPrime Intellect will conclude with a felicitation ceremony in March where the innovative minds that are identified basis the program will be rewarded.

As part of the program, the team is also conducting a series of ETPrime Talks, with innovation as an underlying theme, in select B-schools across the country.

As part of these talks, high-profile achievers share inspiring lessons and stories from their professional life with the students.

ETPrime is a members-only premium digital-content platform from the house of Economictimes.com. It covers in-depth, analysis-rich, and riveting stories on the most important technology and corporate events impacting Indian start-ups and companies covering themes like Technology, Start-ups, Aviation, Financial Markets, Media, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Finance, and Macroeconomic trends to name a few.