IFMR’s

embrace the radiance

Presents

FEB 20-
21,2010 Adhikoshna
Bank Management Event

Contact

Neeladrinath Sarangi +91 98400 78874

Ravi Jain +91 90434 70145
adhikoshna.ifmr@gmail.com

www.ifmr-abhyudaya.com
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ADHIKOSHNA

Welcome to the ultimate bank management event that awaits you!!

Your credit assessment, financial management and negotiation skills will be tested as
never done before!!
Adhikoshna requires you to match assets with liabilities, manage cashflows, meet
regulations and negotiate with individuals and other institutions within short timelines
to meet your goals. No electronics here, sit across the table and bargain with clients
and counter parties!

We’re calling the enterprising MBA schoolers & working professionals to participate.
So what are you waiting for? Register with us to grab prizes worth Rs.50,000.

More about Adhikoshna

Adhikoshna is an interactive simulation oriented towards banking in a competitive economy. Teams of
bankers will compete for retail deposits and for retail and institutional lending. You’ll have access to
financial markets to manage your liquidity, risks and to make treasury income. You’ll have to do business
with other entities in the economy – the corporates which borrow and other financial institutions. The type
and nature of these entities will be disclosed just a few hours before the event. You will have to set
interest rates for loans and deposits at your bank and then compete with other banks and financial
institutions for deposits, funds, risk sharing and investment opportunities. You can also design products for
your customers, subject to game rules which will be disclosed in the later stages of your participation.
If you would like to be an individual in this simulated economy, you can join the simulation as a Retail
investor. Access to equity and bond markets will allow you to make investments. You can make deposits

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with the banks and borrow from the same to leverage your investments. You can invest in the bank’s
products and make income.
For both bankers and depositors, the task is to make a competitive strategy with the objective of
maximizing profit. The simulation is physical and all game activities will take place in a large venue and
will also involve currency notes. The simulation is interactive – the actions of each participant will affect
the position of the other participants during the game. Besides competitor actions, banks will have to
abide by central bank regulations which are likely to change several times during the game. The game
will consist of several slots, each of nearly 2-3 hour duration, in which regulations might change. During
the slot, financial market operations, transactions with other parties and deals with financial institutions
can be made by players. Information pertaining to banks, money market operations and other disclosures
will be displayed in the gaming hall, which will enable all players to assess performance and risks of
counterparties and competitors. Detailed game play sequence and rules will be sent to selected
participants. While there are rules and regulations, there are no restrictions on the ingenuity of the
players to spot and exploit profitable opportunities in the course of the game.

Prelims
Banking team
Selection of banking teams will be based on an online quiz and a write-up on an issue. Both of these will
be held concurrently on January 25th, beginning 21:30hrs (IST). Teams should send their answers for the
quiz questions in the given MS Excel workbook and their write-up in the given MS Word document by
22:30hrs (IST) to adhikoshna.ifmr@gmail.com. Documents for Prelims would be available in the download
link of Adhikoshna on the Event page - www.ifmr-abhyudaya.com .

Retail investor
Selection will be based on an online quiz which will be held on January 28th, begining at 21:30hrs (IST).
Candidates should send their answers in the given MS Excel workbook by 22:00hrs (IST) to
adhikoshna.ifmr@gmail.com. Documents for Prelims would be available in the download link of
Adhikoshna on the Event page - www.ifmr-abhyudaya.com .

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Judging Criteria
Selection of bank teams will be based on a weighted scoring of the independent evaluations of quiz and
write-ups.

Prizes
Banking team
1st Prize : Rs. 30,000
2nd Prize : Rs.15,000
Depositors
1st prize : Rs.5, 000

Rules & guidelines:

1. Each banking team should have three members. Teams coming for finals in campus need to bring
their college ID cards.

2. Any number of teams from any institute can participate, however one participant cannot be a
part of two or more teams.

3. Candidates in the banking teams should be MBA students/working professionals while those
interested to participate as a retail investor can be of any background.

4. Rules of the game can be changed without any prior intimation.

5. The decisions of game organizers shall be final & binding.

6. Individuals participating in Nirvah cannot take part in this event.

7. All banking teams & retail investors shortlisted for final round will get certificate of appreciation.

8. Selected banking teams coming from outstation will be reimbursed two-way sleeper class train
fare. (No reimbursement for retail investor).

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9. Selected banking teams from outstation will get accommodation & food in campus on the day of
event. (No accommodation for retail investor).

Important Dates

Registration begins 15 Jan 2010

Registration ends 24 Jan 2010 (Banking teams)
26 Jan 2010 (Retail investors)
Prelims for banking teams 25 Jan 2010 21:30hrs to 22:30hrs (IST)
Prelims for retail investors 28 Jan 2010 21:30hrs to 22:00hrs (IST)
Results for both 30 Jan 2010
Main Event 20th & 21st Feb 2010

For any further queries please contact:

Ravi Jain Neeladrinath Sarangi
+91-9043470145 +91-9840078874
adhikoshna.ifmr@gmail.com

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