The 7th Edition of ASM’s EVOLVE 2018 Case Study Development Competition for B School Faculty was held on 15thFebruary 2018 at ASM’s Campus in Chinchwad, Pune. The event witnessed a record number of participation from B-School faculties across India and abroad.

The inaugural function was chaired by Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, Chairman, ASM Group, and Dr. Asha Pachpande, Founder Director, ASM Group. While inaugurating the event Dr. Asha Pachpande expressed that ASM Group of Institutes is the only educational body wherein a 360oapproach is being followed for Development and Presentation of Business Case Studies benefitting all the stake holders in Higher Education in India. She also announced that ASM Group is now the custodian of more than 200 Case Studies developed by its faculty. Dr. Sandeep Pachpande in his address emphasized on maximizing participation from faculties outside ASM Group, as we as conducting Case Study Development workshops for B-school Faculty. Prof J.A Kulkarni Explained the unique features of ASM’s EVOLVE-VII 2018 Competition in terms of encouraging response received and the new logo ASM has created for the EVOLVE competitions.

Dr.Pranjali Madhur From MIT Peace University, Dr. Milind Marathe Director Sinhagad Institute Pune along with Dr. SPKalyankar And Dr. KC Goyal from ASM Group were the Juries for the Competition.

Prof Paulina Vargas and Prof Ulysses Moreno from CETYS University Mexico were declared the WINNERS of the competition for presenting their ‘Live Case Study on a Startup in the Biomedical Industry’. Whereas Dr. SP Kalyankar and Prof SP Dingre from ASM’s IBMR & Prof Swati Yeole and Prof Thomas Eapen were declared the 1st& 2nd runners-up respectively.

Dr. Milind Marathe who chaired the Award ceremony appreciated the quality of Case Studies and the presentations. He also congratulated ASM Group for center staging such important events for the benefit of the Faculty of B-schools in India and abroad.