Delhi University students ace the Global Case Competition at Harvard

NEW DELHI: Students of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, or SSCBS, have bagged the first position in the Global Case Competition, or GCCH, organised at Harvard University this year.

The college, affiliated to the University of Delhi, won the competition beating notable participants like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), John Hopkins University, HEC Paris and London Business School. A cash prize of 10,000 US dollars has been awarded to the college.

School of Business and Economics, Brazil and John Hopkins University were declared the first and second runner-up, respectively.

The winning team included Sparsh Sehgal, Ojas Jhamb, Kunal Vats, Raghav Nath and Aanand Negi who are second-year students of Bachelor of Management Studies and Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial Investment Analysis) courses at SSCB.

Speaking on the occasion, Poonam Verma, principal, SSCBS said: “It was a great opportunity for our students to learn and interact with other international students. I am glad that our students are achieving international laurels and bringing positive news especially during such times.”

Online competition

The GCCH is the world’s most prestigious case competition wherein the participants compete on a finance case involving strategic management at Harvard University. Students from USA, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa participated in the competition.

Due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, this year, the competition was conducted through video conference calls. All the submissions were also done through an audio-visual medium.

Overjoyed about the win, a team member said, “It has been a dream come true for us! Winning it has been surreal...this edition was online as compared to the other rounds held at Harvard, and we were able to adapt to the new format effectively. We’re really glad that this competition happened despite the ongoing pandemic!"

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