MDI Students Win PepsiCo Challenge, Become Indra Nooyi’s Advisors

MDI Students Win PepsiCo Challenge, Become Indra Nooyi’s Advisors
Post-event Press-release

He further added, "Going by the overwhelming response, we look forward to more such initiatives, further engaging and leveraging the talent pool in the Indian business schools."

Sharing her experience, Supreet Kaur, a student of MDI and a member of the wining team said, "It feels great to be the winner of the PepsiCo Contest. It was an excellent exposure for all the management students like us. The contest was really challenging for us as most of the top B-schools of India were participating. We are looking forward to meet Ms. Nooyi and are confident that our strategy will be implemented in PepsiCo."

The initial selection was done by Dr. Amit Kapoor, Honorary Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness India, Chief Economist and former Head for Datamonitor's Economic Research Practice and Ms. Geetu Verma, Executive Director, Innovation & Business Development, PepsiCo India. They selected the 6 best business strategies submitted by the students. The second round was judged by an esteemed jury of 4 members comprising of Mr. Sanjeev Chadha, CEO, PepsiCo India, Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Founder, Indian Angel Network and Founder Member, TIE, Mr. J. K. Mitra, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, and Mr. Vinod Rao, CFO, PepsiCo India.

1st Runners-Up Team of PepsiCo Challenge from FMS, New Delhi

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Founder & Past Chairman, NASSCOM, Founder Member Indian Angel Network, said, "It was an exciting competition with some of India’s brilliant young brains giving their best shots to win the challenge. It will be really motivating for the winning team if their business strategy gets implemented at PepsiCo India."

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