Team Kleos of SPJIMR wins Genesis'09

Team Kleos of SPJIMR, comprising Amitoj Singh, Archit Singhal, Lisa Maria John and Palaniappan N, won the Genesis 2009, an inter-campus contest organized by GE. The contest provided the B-school students with a challenging task, where their imagination, analytical skills and clarity of thought and presentation were tested.



The competing teams were asked to pick one of the following two themes: "India Security – Integrated Building Security/Surveillance Systems" and "Integrated Renewable Energy Solutions for India". Team Kleos decided to pick "Integrated Renewable Energy Solutions for India".

50 teams from the best B-schools in India, including 8 from SPJIMR, reached the
quarter-finals of the contest. Of these, 26 teams, including 4 from SPJIMR, advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-finalists had to present their ideas before an eminent judging panel comprising GE's senior leadership across businesses.

The contest was hosted as part of the GE Day on September 16, 2009 at Hotel Novotel, Hyderabad. GE Day is a business exhibition that showcases GE's innovative products and services, and provides a forum for people to share the ideas and strategic initiatives. The teams were judged on the basis of five criteria: Innovation and Novelty, Depth and Clarity of Thought, Feasibility of the Solution, Compilation and the Quality of Presentation.

In the finals, all the teams put up a great show, enthralling senior business leaders and other employees of GE with a confident and clear pitch. The judges were thrilled with the quality of research and analysis done by all the teams. But, in the end, it was Team Kleos of SPJIMR, which emerged as the winning team, sidelining the runners-up Team Helios of ISB and Team Insight Ventures of FMS.