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Research Contest - Benchmark 2023

  • 1.  Research Contest - Benchmark 2023

    Posted 01-11-2023 03:48
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    Centre for Financial Studies, S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai has formally launched Benchmark 2023 - the premier Research Contest in Finance. This is a great opportunity to work on real-world problem statements from the industry.

    The contest is open to participants from India or abroad. Applications will be accepted from participants applying, as an individual participant or in a team of two.

    Young Scholars Track: This track is open to the following category of participants:

    • Pursing a post graduate management degree from a Business School or in the 3rd year or final year of engineering or
    • In the final year of a 3-year bachelor's program in commerce, computer science, accountancy, management or
    • Recent graduates in any of the above streams with not more than 2 years of experience.

    Doctoral Track: This track is open to the following category of participants:

    • Part of a Ph.D. Program at any of the leading institutes
    • Have successfully completed Ph.D. Program and working as a faculty or researcher with academia or corporate

    The Contest will have three rounds as follows:

    • The participants are required to submit an abstract of 500 words.

    First Round

    • The Selection Committee will shortlist abstracts from the First Round.
    • The teams qualifying for Second Round will be required to submit a full research paper with a word count of 2500-4000 words (excluding tables, figures, and references).

    Second Round

    • The Selection Committee will shortlist the Top 5 papers under each of Young Scholars & Doctoral tracks; a total of 10 papers across both these tracks.
    • The top 10 teams will be invited for a Paper Presentation at SPJIMR campus in Andheri, Mumbai.
    • Out of these 10 teams, the top 3 teams each under Young Scholars & Doctoral track will be recognized and awarded cash prizes by an esteemed Jury Panel

    Final Round

    • The Selection Committee will shortlist the Top 5 papers under each of Young Scholars & Doctoral tracks; a total of 10 papers across both these tracks
    • The top 10 teams will be invited for a Paper Presentation at SPJIMR campus in Andheri, Mumbai
    • Out of these 10 teams, the top 3 teams each under Young Scholars & Doctoral track will be recognized and awarded cash prizes by an esteemed Jury Panel

    The contest focuses on recognizing the top research talent and is hence backed by cumulative cash prizes of ~Rs. 4 lakhs and recognition from stalwarts from the Industry and Academia.

    Themes

    Broad Themes:

    • Financial Innovation which includes FinTech, ESG, innovative ideas or practices in Finance
    • Markets & Risks which includes all areas of Financial Markets and Risk Management

    Sub Themes:

    • Payment Gateways, including virtual cards, voice payments, and blockchain technology
    • Artificial intelligence predictions, big data growth, and smart algorithms
    • Eco-system enablers required for the participation of Indian Banks in financing
    • M&A transactions in the country*
    • Proactive role to be played by players in the Financial sector in the country for effective adoption of ESG framework*

    The participants are free to choose a research question of their choice pertaining to any area in the above-mentioned topics or they may choose to research in one of the four specific sub-themes given below.

    The best research papers in the sub-themes marked * will receive an honorarium of Rs. 10,000/- each from SBI Caps and under each of the tracks – Young Scholars & Doctoral tracks. This honorarium is over and above the cash prize that will be awarded to the winning teams.

    Registration deadline is 31 January 2023. I look forward to your participation.

    Research Contest Webpage - https://spjimr.org/benchmark2023/index.html

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    Mansi Gupta
    Centre for Financial Studies,
    S P Jain Institute of Management and Research
    Mumbai, India
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