Aspiring CEOs battle it out hard for the title at Europe Asia Business School
Pune, March 7th, 2010: What‘s it really like to be a CEO? How do the best CEO‘s in the country lead today? What does it take to transform a young working professional‘s aspiration to be a CEO to reality? All this and much more were answered in the much awaited grand finale of ´Unleash the CEO within you‘.
´Unleash the CEO within you‘ campaign which started with an intention to offer an opportunity to young aspiring CEO‘s to prove their mettle in front of the existing leaders of the industry. The purpose was to discover new paradigms in leadership and manifest them into social and economic systems helping the young minds to carve their own niche.
The first phase started one and half months back with more than 2000 online and offline registrations across the country. Short listed 320 then qualified for the case study round and finally 70 young working professionals battled it on Sunday 07th March 2010 in EABS Campus for the title of ´EABS Star Future CEO‘
Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, Director EABS on this initiative said, “The participation from all across the country was phenomenal and candidates were outstandingâ€. “The current generation is truly amazing, the candidates were so good and they come with fantastic answers, all the CEOs in jury have enjoyed a lot. I have great hope from our managers of EABS, they have started proving their potential in corporate world. I am sure in no-given time EABS will be in top B-schools in the countryâ€
The Aspiring CEO‘s who won the title of star debated various realities of shaping the world that will help them understand to be successful in the coming years. A portfolio of each leader was created, their upbringing, what motivates them, and how they actually lead their businesses was charted out. We then looked at the finer nuances of how CEO‘s measure success, the situations and industries in which they foray into, and their SWOT analysis. A Pharma graduate, Parth sheth from Bangalore bagged a lakh cash prize along with the title. Runners-up were Manu Jindal, BE, a teacher by profession, Pune, Sumeet Kohli, BSc Comp. Graduate, from Insurance; winning 20,000 cash prize each along with sponsorship from EABS for the same while Abhishek Mittal, IIM-B 1st yr student, Bangalore was among the finalists.
The Jury Panel comprised Dr Ganesh Natarajan, CEO Zensar Technologies, Dr. Uma Ganesh, CEO Global Talent Track, Mr. Pradeep Bhargava, MD, Cummins Generators, Major Ashok Kaul, Former CEO RK Films, Mr.S.S. Sundarajan, Altius Technologies, Mr.Dilip Thomas Ittyera, CEO Aikon Labs Pvt.Ltd, Mr. Arijit Sengupta, CEO Beyond Core However, also had stalwarts from the Corporate as well as the Media like Ms. Padmini Sundaram, VP HSBC, Mr. Sanjay Adhicary, Senior VP AXA, Mr. Kundan Singh Rawat, regional GM HR Amtek Auto, Mr. Shriram Shinde, Editor Sakaal Times and Captain Anil Dhankher, CEO & Founder at Talent Interventions & Strategic Solutions (TISS)
Mr. Arijit Sengupta, a Stanford and Harvard alumnus expressed his views, “I wish I had such a platform when I was of these gentlemen‘s age. It was exhilarating to judge this close competition and gave me immense pleasure to witness history in the making.â€
“While all young minds wish to do something revolutionary, there are only a few with the correct blend of knowledge, attitude and passion to transform a vision into a thriving reality. Our goal is to find the paradigm shifts in these radical young minds and weave it into the social and economic fabric of businesses and nations.â€,opines Dr. Ganesh Natrajan, CEO Zensar Technologies.
At last, here was an event that gave each & everyone a helping hand up the corporate ladder. It taught that there is a need for more than skill and knowledge about a business to succeed. The top leaders aren‘t just born with all the secret ingredients of success, they learn these secrets the hard way while climbing up the rungs of the corporate ladder.
To compliment the entire event, ´Coffee with CEO‘ was organized on a weekly basis where aspirants leveraged on years of rich experience of noteworthy CEO‘s. This tete a tete was informal and brought about some vivid CEO coaching experiences to the table. It helped the candidates discover insightful and practical solutions to the everyday leadership challenges encountered in the corporate world.
“Think like a Leader and Act like a CEOâ€, quotes Agarwal while concluding the event.
About EABS
EABS is a premier business school setup by alums of Harvard & Cambridge Universities. The school is funded by Intel Capital & Helion Ventures and promoted by top industry executives like Dr. Ganesh Natarajan (former Nasscom Chair) and Mr. Sanjiv Agarwal (founder IBM Daksh).The school is conceptualized by industrialists and world renowned academicians including alumnus of Harvard and Cambridge Universities. The school delivers outstanding business education, inculcate transformation capabilities in the participants of the programme and inspire innovation at early stages of the programme. It offers a) 1 year Full-time PGPM program and b) 2 year weekend Executive MBA program at Pune & Gurgaon campuses.
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