“REDEFINE 2025”-Annual B-School Case Study Competition Application Begins, Top MBA Colleges to participate

Cummins India is inviting young minds from 19 premier B-schools to reimagine energy solutions for a sustainable future

Cummins India Limited has begun inviting application for 8th edition of ‘REDEFINE 2025’, annual business school case study competition. This contest is designed to empower young business minds, invites participation from students across 19 B-schools, providing them with an opportunity to tackle real-world industry challenges.

Theme of this year’s competition is “From Backup to Backbone: Driving the Energy Shift.” As per Cummins India, the theme reflects the growing need to adapt to a rapidly evolving energy landscape driven by renewables, decarbonization, and changing customer expectations.

Participants will be challenged to explore innovative service models such as energy, renewable integration, and grid connected solutions.

REDEFINE 2025: Eligibility and Prize Money

REDEFINE 2025 is open to first and second-year students enrolled in the PGP/PGDM/PGDBM/MBA programs at B-schools. The competition will have  multiple rounds, and conclude with a grand finale at the Cummins India Office Campus in Pune, Maharashtra, on November 13 & 14, 2025.

This year the winning team will receive a cash prize along with an exclusive invitation to join Cummins India’s mentorship program.

As many as 3,780 students participating across 1,260 teams from 18 leading institutions in the 2024 edition of REDEFINE. The competition concluded with the team from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune, emerging as champions, while the team from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli, secured the runner-up position.

Participating partner B-schools for REDEFINE 2025 are:

1. Indian Institute of Management, Indore
2. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
3. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
4. Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
5. Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi
6. Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
7. Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli
8. Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur
9. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
10. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi
11. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
12. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
13. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
14. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
15. SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
16. Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Pune
17. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
18. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar
19. Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur

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