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a. Any MBA student anywhere can enter the contest. Only one entry per person please.

b. Non MBA students may participate in the contest. Their entries will be considered and may be published in The Smart Manager magazine and www.thesmartmanager.com. However, such entries are NOT entitled for the cash prize nor for the title of SMART Champion and any other prizes. Entries in this category are subject to all the terms and conditions applied to the MBA students category.

2.

The winner of the TCS SMART Manager Case Contest will have the pleasure of having his/her entry published in The Smart Manager along with his/her photograph, as well as Rs25000 cash prize and a complimentary one year subscription to The Smart Manager (6 issues).

3. The submitted entry must be YOUR OWN ORIGINAL work.
4.

The submitted entry must be limited to 500 words only. No charts, no illustrations, no graphs please. Simple, straight text only.

5.

Entries will be accepted only through the online entry form (not through the post).

6.

The Smart Manager may request positive identification as a bonafide student. It is mandatory for short listed finalists. This identification can be one of the following:
Letter from the dean.
An attested copy of the student I-card.

7.

The Smart Manager will notify the winner individually. The winner will need to send a black & white picture of himself/herself. This will be published in The Smart Manager. We are sorry but we cannot return photographs unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. The winner's name, insight and institute/ organization will be announced on The Smart Manager website shortly after the winner is selected.

8.

Registration is compulsory. Please make sure you have entered every field correctly so that we can inform you if you have won and also to send you a complimentary copy of The Smart Manager issue in which your entry appears, as well as your subscription and prize money. Incorrect entries or incomplete registration invalidates your submission.

 
9.

Correct entries will be ranked by a panel of judges named by The Smart Manager. The decision of the judges will be final and binding. No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

 
10.

The Smart Manager reserves the right to use the submissions received through the contest in any manner at its sole discretion.

11.

No entry fee or purchase of The Smart Manager is required to enter the TCS SMART Manager Case Contest.

 
12.

Employees of The Smart Manager Media Pvt Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services and sister concerns and their family members are welcome to submit entries but are not eligible to win prizes in the TCS SMART Manager Case Contest.

 
13. All disputes are subject to Mumbai jurisdiction.
   
14.

The Smart Manager reserves the right to amend or discontinue this contest without prior notification.

   
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