Deloitte’s Maverick programme

Deloitte’s Maverick programme inspires management students to become career ready

            

Team from Xavier Institute of Labour Relations (XLRI), Jamshedpur wins the Season III

                                                       

Mumbai, September 29, 2014: Season III of The Maverick– a unique industry-academia connect program by Deloitte, the world leading professional services organization – has received great response from management students of leading business schools. Over 13,500 management students from 54 premier business schools in India participated in the 8-week long programme, and worked in teams to design, propose and defend innovative solutions to current day business issues, across multiple industry sectors.

After grueling debates, boardroom presentations and stringent evaluations, Team ‘Sounds Cool’ from XLRI, Jamshedpur emerged as the winners in the third season of the Deloitte Campus Maverick program held in Hyderabad, on the strength of their ability to propose and defend solutions to the complex and real business challenges posed to them in the competition in a simulated business environment. Team ‘Three Wise Men’ from the Indian institute of Management, Ahmedabad were the runners-up for the programme. The winning team won prize money of INR 3,00,000 and the runners-up team won prize money of INR 1,50,000.

The final twelve teams that travelled to Deloitte’s Hyderabad office to compete for The Mavericks 2014 title included some of India’s prestigious B-schools such as Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, Raipur, Rohtak, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM) Chennai, Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, XLRI – Xavier Institute of Management Jamshedpur and Bhubaneshwar, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) Mumbai, Symbiosis College of Management & Human Resources Development, Pune.

Through The Maverick, Deloitte brings elements of its distinctive culture to the future workforce: investing in growing talent as globally competitive leaders, providing an inclusive and enabling work environment where diverse talents can thrive, and delivering solutions that make clients exceptionally successful. The programme inspires students to experience the life of a consultant, acquire new age skills and behaviours required to build a successful career.

Speaking about the event, Bruce Stewart, Principal, Deloitte LLP said, “Through the Maverick program we are innovating to expose management students to the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow’s business world, today. The program exposes students to a corporate environment, and challenges them to think unconventional solutions that are sustainable, learn from Deloitte’s business leaders, and display an innovation mindset and competencies that differentiate a leader.”

According to SV Nathan, Director – Talent, Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited, “Today, the ‘asks’ an organization makes of its employees have clearly changed. Instead of simply executing tasks, employees are expected to engage in complex problem-solving – to generate transformative ideas through innovation and knowledge sharing. Students need to have more intensive focus on ‘higher order’ application and synthesizing skills such as critical thinking, creativity and innovation and bringing these together, which gives firms the competitive advantage critical to their success. And this is the skill that The Maverick programme encourages students build.”

Conducted in a multi-stage elimination format, the program saw a shortlist of 60 teams from across India participate in the four regional qualifiers held in the campuses of IIM Lucknow (Noida Campus), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies – Mumbai, XIMB, Bhubaneshwar, and Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

The final twelve teams that travelled to Deloitte’s Hyderabad office to compete for The Mavericks 2014 title on September 26, 2014, were:

• North Zone: Team Rise2Skies – Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi; Team Dare Devils – Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad; Team Kabiraa – IIM, Rohtak.
• West Zone: Team Bleed Blue - Symbiosis College of Management & Human Resources Development, Pune; Team Three Wise Men – IIM,  Ahmedabad; Team Beatniks - Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
• East Zone: Team Brainsters – IIM, Raipur; Team Fire Fighters – Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar; Team Sounds Cool - XLRI Jamshedpur
• South Zone: Team DhumKetu – IIM, Kozhikode, Team Frag Squad - Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore; Team GLIM Wizs- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Deloitte – a preferred employer for management graduates

An employer of choice for management graduates in India and Asia Pacific, Deloitte has recorded a meteoric rise in The Universum’s rankings of Top 100 Ideal Employers at business schools in India – from#44 in 2011 to #21 in 2013, and all the way up to #5 in 2014; and ranked #2 among “APAC’s Most Attractive Employers 2014” by The Universum, up by three places from #5 in 2013. Additionally, The Economic Times have also ranked Deloitte #3 among “India’s Top Recruiters” at the 21 top B-schools in India, for the second consecutive year.

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