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The following are the names of the TOP 15 who have been shortlisted for the IFLA 2011 Final:

• Akhileshwar Kumar, IRMA
• Chloe Tuot, IE Business School
• Deepanjan Deb, XLRI Jamshedpur
• Gaurav Jain, XLRI, Jamshedpur
• Himanshu Kapadia, Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
• Moupiya Niyogi, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
• Nicolas Karambadzakis, Cambridge Judge Business School
• Olivia D'Mello, Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
• Raghu Kumar Viswanath Bhagavatula, Institute of Public Enterprise
• Rohan Gholkar, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)
• Rohit Krishnan, London Business School
• Sagarika Chakraborty, ISB, Hyderabad
• Sourabh Haldar, IE Business School
• Sumit Anand, Indian School of Business Hyderabad
• Vikas Hotwani, Indian School of Business

These 15 papers would be published in “The IFLA 2011 Compendium” – which will be released on December 9, 2011 at INFOCOM 2011 at the ITC Sonar, Calcutta.

The results of Phase 2 – The final 6 winners would be announced by the 25th November, 2011. These six winners would be brought to attend IFLA @ INFOCOM 2011 where they will be awarded with trophies, certificates and the respective cash prizes.

Entries Closed

IFLA -under the aegis of the main event, INFOCOM -is an endeavor to identify & groom the young global leaders of future. It is India’s most prestigious open paper writing competition for management students across the globe.

Every INFOCOM has a theme and since IFLA is an integral part of the main event, papers are invited from first and final year students from select B Schools across the world on the theme of INFOCOM. Out of all the entries, six best entries are selected by a distinguished panel of jury. These award winning students are felicitated at a special IFLA ceremony at INFOCOM. The award comprises a trophy and a certificate given to each winner along with exciting cash prizes.

The past success of the competition has encouraged us to create a bigger and better IFLA.

IFLA 2011, the sixth edition of the event, aims to reach more students across the globe through its high decibel promotions while maintaining stricter screening procedures. All winners would receive a cash award in addition to the certificate & trophy- the amounts varying according to the ranking.

The event format:

• Business Schools from India and abroad will participate
• Eligibility: Full-time students of post-graduate management programmes leading to a diploma or degree recognized as equivalent to Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Students will submit papers (3000 words) on the theme of IFLA 2011: "Inclusion".
• Evaluation will be done by a distinguished panel comprising of ICT industry experts & academicians
• 6 Top winners will be awarded at a special IFLA Ceremony at INFOCOM on December 9, 2011 in Calcutta, India
• Each of the 6 winners will get cash prizes, trophies and certificates and a fully sponsored trip to Calcutta, India to attend the award ceremony.
• Winners will present their papers at the conference
• The IFLA Commemorative Book containing the top 15 papers will be released at the event
• IFLA is an event that is attended by the who’s who of Calcutta and the delegates from the industry.

RECAP: IFLA, OVER THE YEARS

• The first edition of IFLA was launched at INFOCOM in 2006. IFLA had a universal appeal and received loud acclaim.
• IFLA Themes from past years:

  YEAR	THEME	LOCATION
  2006	Innovate to differentiate	Calcutta, India
  2007	Innovations driving service excellence	Hyderabad, India
  2008-09	Innovate to integrate	Calcutta, India
  2009-10	Innovation in a Downturn	Calcutta, India
  2010-11	Moving towards Convergence	Calcutta, India

• Participation from over 1000 students from over 70 National and International B-Schools
• The Panel of Jury have included some of the best names in the industry:
  • — S. Ramadorai, CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
  • — Prof. Dipak Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management, USA
  • — Prof. Tarun Khanna, Harvard Business School, USA
  • — Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. – Ing. E.h. Heinrich v. Pierer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens AG
  • — Dr. Pradeep Khosla, Dean - College of Engineering, Philip and Mar­sha Dowd Professor of Engineering, and      Founding Director of CyLab at Carnegie Mellon University
  • — Ainar Aijala, Global Managing Partner, Consulting, Deloitte USA
  • — Roopen Roy, MD, Deloitte & Touche Consulting, India
  • — Manoj Singh, Global Managing Director – Operations, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• Over the last five editions, the IFLA Winners have included some of the best B-Schools across the globe:

  National

  International

  •  Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore •  Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy •  FMS, Delhi •  Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad •  Indian School of Business, Hyderabad •  Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore •  Indian Institute of Management, Indore •  Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikhode •  Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai •  Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee •  IRMA •  Management Development Institute, Gurgaon •  S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai •  T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal •  Wellinkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai •  Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar

  •  GISMA Business School, Germany •  INSEAD, France •  INSEAD, Singapore •  Instituto de Empresa, Spain •  Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden •  Technical University of Munich •  UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business, California

Details of the ifla 2011 competition:

Important dates:

Evaluation:

The award

• The Top six winners will receive CASH PRIZES as below:

  Best paper	USD 4000
  Second prize	USD 2000
  Third and fourth prize	USD 1500 each
  Fifth and sixth prize	USD 1000 each

• The Top six winners will get an all expenses paid trip to Calcutta, India to collect the INFOCOM FUTURE LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2011. (Air ticket, boarding, lodging expenses will be provided by the organiser)
• Authors of the top six papers will be presented a trophy and a certificate during the IFLA ceremony at INFOCOM 2011 at the Hotel ITC Sonar, Calcutta, West Bengal, India on December 9, 2011.
• All six winners will be asked to present their papers at the INFOCOM 2011 Conference in Calcutta.
• The top 15 papers would also be published in the form of the “IFLA 2011 Compendium”, a commemorative book which will be released during INFOCOM 2011 in Calcutta. This book will also contain details of the six winners and the distinguished Jury members.

How to apply

Register online for the completion at the link below. Last date for registration is September 30, 2011. Post registration you have until October 31, 2011 to send us your paper.

To know more about the event you may contact:

IFLA 2011 Coordinator: Ms. Anjana Saproo
Email: ifla@abp.in
Alternate Email: ifla.entries@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 9871447926