NMIMS University wins the western region finals of CIMA Global Business Challenge 2011

Updated on: Thursday, March 03, 2011

CIMA today announced NMIMS University as the winner and BITS Pilani, Goa as the runner-up of the western region round of the CIMA Global Business Challenge 2011. The Western India region final was held in Mumbai and after a close competition, the winners were declared. The winners will now compete against the other regional finalists for the National final round on June 4, 2011.

The CIMA Global Business Challenge is in its third year of play in India. The competition was a roaring success last year with over 200 colleges and more than 6000 students participating in the country. In 2010, BITS Pilani, Goa won the India national challenge and participated in the global finals in Kuala Lumpur.

Arati Porwal, Chief Representative, CIMA India said “Participation in a competition such as CIMA Global Business Challenge provides the students a global platform to showcase their talent and match their skills with the student community from different countries. It gives them a hands-on experience of being an effective global business leader, thus helping them advance their career. We are seeing great excitement at the regional levels and happy to note that GBC really has taken roots in India."

Winning teams at the regional rounds and the national champions also get to win a host of prizes and free participation to innumerable workshops.

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