ACCS

ACCS: Analytics Case Study Competition

Register

REGISTRATION STARTS:  23rd August
REGISTRATION ENDS:  1st September
CASE RELEASE:  2nd September
PRESENTATION ROUND:  26th September

FORMAT OF THE EVENT:
• ACCS is conducted by Vishleshan – Analytics Club, MBA IIT Kanpur, and is to be held in the campus.
• The event will be carried out in two rounds.
• Round 1: This round will be an online eliminating round where in the participants will be presented a case on data analytics and they will have to submit their analysis of the case with in the specified time dead line.
• Round 2: This round will be a case presentation round in which the participants will be required to come to the campus and present their analysis of the case.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:
• This competition is open for MBA and other Masters students across all IITs (B.Tech final year also), IIMs and other Management colleges.
• Teams must be composed of 2-3 members
• The team members must be from same institute
• A participant can be a part of only one team
• Multiple teams can participate from one B-School
• Teams can comprise of members either both from same year or one from each 1st and 2nd year
• The registration for the event starts from 23rd August, 2015
• The business case and dataset will be made available to the groups by 2nd September, 2015.
• Registrations for the event are open till 11:59:59 PM on 2nd September, 2015

GUIDELINES:
• The event would be held in IME department of IIT Kanpur
• The case should be prepared in the form of presentation (.PPT), sent in PDF format and should be of maximum 8 slides.
• The slides should include the following:
         o Team member names, Team Name and Roll numbers or ID Number,
         o Statement of business problem,
         o How the problem is addressed using analytics,
         o Data used,
         o Methodology,
         o Results and Conclusion,
         o Recommendations,
• In case of other relevant data of the case, teams can bring their analysis in excel worksheets.*
• The case should be submitted before the commencement of the event on 16th September 2015* at        accsiitk@gmail.com
• The subject of the mail and file should be named as Member1Name_Campus
• The rules and decisions of the judging panel and organizing team in all matters related to the Case Study shall be final    and abiding
• The judging panel and organizing team reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual they find or    believe that participants have:
         o Tampered with the process (in any form) of the competition,
         o Violated the rules and guidelines, or o Plagiarized the idea or some parts of it
• Under all circumstances, the decision of the judging committee will be final.
* Details and specifications are subject to change, and further changes, if any would be notified via Facebook page    and/or the registered email id.

PRIZES:
• Winner –20000(10k+10k)
• 1st Runner up – 12000(6k+6k)
• 2nd runner up – 8000(4k+4k)
• All the teams appearing for final round in campus will be awarded Certificates.

For more updates on the competition, keep checking Prabandhan’15 FB page:  Prabandhan, MBA IITK

FOR ANY QUERIES, CONTACT:
• Himesh Anand (Mob. - +91-9953594349)
• Vinay Chahal (Mob. – +917755057922)
• E-Mail: accsiitk@gmail.com