(Event) Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India Case Study Competition

Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India Case Study Competition

OrganizerACCESS Development Services & Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

Key Dates
Submission of registration form: September 18, 2009
Submission of final case studies: October 4, 2009
Awards Distribution: October 28, 2009

For More Details

Website: http://www.accessdev.org/case-study-competition.php

Eligibility
The competition will welcome entries from national as well as foreign nationals, and is targeted at management professionals, practitioners, academicians, researchers and B- school students.

Sitaram Rao Livelihoods India Case Study Competition aims to document and disseminate motivating case studies in an attempt to increase awareness and knowledge on the livelihoods sector and making markets work for the poor. These case studies will also provide insights to the practitioners to help them improve models of livelihood interventions.The participants will be required to write a case study of approximately 5000 words on ‘Making Markets Work for the Poor’, with a focus on public-private- community partnership. The competition will welcome entries from national as well as foreign nationals, and is targeted at management professionals, practitioners, academicians, researchers and B- school students. The prize money is of Rs 75,000/-, 50,000/- and 30,000/- for the top three entries.

This is a collaboration between ACCESS Development Services, a not-for-profit company that offers specialized technical assistance under two verticals - microfinance and livelihoods, and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, a premier business school.This competition is being introduced this year as part of the Livelihoods India Initiative, which is organized every year in conjunction with the Microfinance India Summit, a flagship national initiative of ACCESS Development Services.