Bhubaneswar, 7 Nov 2015: In a bid to explore the research talent among the young management graduates, a state level Summer Internship Programme [SIP] contest “PRAKALPA – 2015” was organized by Astha school of Management, one of the leading b-school of the State, here on Saturday.

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Students from more than 50 b-schools had participated with their SIP reports before the jury members, out of which 13 contestants were shortlisted for the next round. The winner of the contest was given a cash prize of Rs 10, 000 and the runner-up with Rs 5, 000 along with corporate gift hampers.

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Chief Guest of the event, Dr Anup Kumar Patnaik, Retd. DG of Police (Vigilance) spoke about honesty, integrity and devotion that is required to be a successful in one’s life to the management students in the evening.

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Among the Jury members were Captain K S V Subramanian, Abhik Sen [Crisil Ltd] and Prof (Dr.) Sharmila Subramanian.

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More than 30 corporate houses had participated as Co-sponsors in this unique initiative under Astha’s Corporate-Campus-Connect Program.