Winner: `50,000 | Runner Up: `25,000

PRIZE MONEY : ` 75,000

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
As todays financial world grows ever more complex, the long-term health of any corporation depends on
ultimately how well it manages its financials and works in tandem with the external environment. A
successful manager needs to understand the elixir of financial management and have a proficiency in
investment & portfolio management to allow businesses to take advantage of opportunities to grow.
It is for the people who want to testify their astuteness that IIM Lucknows Manfest-Varchasva presents
Larsen & Toubro Finesse, a real-time finance based challenge, which requires you to formulate a financial
strategy by reconnoitering the very fundamentals. Comprising an online round of Quiz followed by a case
study challenge and cash prize of ` 75,000, you need to corroborate your prowess so as to set yourself apart
from the common multitudes.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all B-school postgraduate students
Phase Details Deadline
Phase I
Round I
(Online)
Teams are required to qualify through a 30 min screening
round in the form of an online quiz held on 2200 hrs, October
26, 2014
The questions revolve around general awareness, management,
strategy, finance, economics and L&T
Register at dare2compete.com/quiz & search for IIMLucknow
Registrations NOT needed on Manfest-Varchasva website
Registrations open till: 2100 hrs, Oct 26, 2014
Online Quiz: 2200 hrs, Oct 26, 2014
Phase I
Round II
(Off Campus)
Teams selected fromthe Round I will be assigned a case study
Solutions are required to be submitted as a presentation Launch of case study: Oct 27, 2014
Submission Deadline: 2330 hrs, Nov 4, 2014
Phase II
(On Campus)
Selected teams from the above entries will be invited to the
campus to present their solutions to the judging panel from
L&T during Manfest-Varchasva 2014.
In case any team fails to make it to the campus for final round,
the waitlisted teams will be called.
On Campus rounds: Nov 21 , 2014
EVENT DETAILS
The event will be held in 2 Phases as follows :
EVENT TIMELINE
Event launch Oct 24, 2014
Registrations close 2100 Hours, Oct 26, 2014
Online Quiz 2200 Hours, Oct 26 2014
Results of Online Quiz & Case launch Oct 27 2014
Case Solution submission deadline 2330 Hours, Nov 4, 2014
Announcement of National Finalist Teams Nov 10, 2014
Grand Finale during Manfest-Varchasva 2014 Nov 21, 2014
For more details, send an email to finesse@iiml-manfestvarchasva.comor contact:
Karthick Nivas: +91 7525023631
Swati Singh: +91 9198737577