Past Winners ARCHIVE
The CRISIL Young Thought Leader award winners for the previous years are as follows:
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2009
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2008
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2007
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2006
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2005
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2004
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2003
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2002
CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2001
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2009
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2009 awards are :
(please click on the name of the winner/nominee to view the full article)
Special CRISIL Young Thought Leader Trophy for Business School with the highest number of winners goes to "IIM, Lucknow" who have topped the chart with 3 Thought Leaders (three winners)
» Post Graduate Category
| Topic | Winner | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| What is the best approach to executive compensation? | Aishwarya Iyer, IMT Nagpur |
Varun Jindal, SIOM Nashik |
| Has the Indian fund industry come of age | Devina Jaca, JBIMS Mumbai |
V Kishore Ayyadevara, IIM Culcutta |
| Should people invest in complex financial products? | Jagadeesh Balu, IIM Lucknow |
Sunanda Ravi, IIFT |
| Dealing with Asset Bubbles | Kunal Patwa, JBIMS Mumbai |
Varun Singh, NITIE |
| Are Captives better than third party KPOs | Praneeth Mishra, IIM Lucknow |
No nominee |
| Can IT services companies diversify into the KPO business? | Atishay Jain, MDI Gurgoan |
No nominee |
| How is the sell-side research landscape changing | Gaurav Joshi, IIT Delhi |
No nominee |
| Is Asia becoming an engine of global growth? | Amit Sharma, IIM Lucknow |
Nikhil Agarwal, IMT Dubai |
| The Government growth nexus | Megha Aggarwal, FMS |
Kaushik Bhattacharyya, FMS |
» Graduate Category
| Topic | Winners | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| Is today's youth oblivisious to financial planning? | Surbhi Kant, PESIT |
No nominee |
| Is the KPO industry at a point where IT was in 2001? | No winner | |
| Monsoon and Agriculture: The Challenge of drought proofing India | ||
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2008
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2008 awards are :
(please click on the name of the winner/nominee to view the full article)
» Post Graduate Category - 2008
| Topic | Winner | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| Has the Indian Mutual Fund Industry come of age? | Jubin Pandey, NMIMS Mumbai |
Shreyes Khator, T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal |
| Combating global commodity and food inflation: What should India's strategy be? | Vaibhav Mohan, MDI Gurgaon |
Ramkumar K, NMIMS Mumbai |
| Are CDOs as we know them Finished? Outlook for Global Structured Finance Markets | Naween Kumar, XLRI Jamshedpur |
Rahul Agarwal, XLRI Jamshedpur |
| Is India still the preferred offshore location in the KPO space? | Chetna K, IIT Madras |
Neha Gupta, MDI Gurgaon |
| Islamic Banking in India - What is the future potential? | Digant Haria, NITIE Mumbai |
Pavithra Ganeshan, IIT Kharagpur |
| The First 100 Days: Policy Imperatives for the New Government | Geo Joy, SCMLD Pune |
Raj Kishore, IIFT New Delhi |
| Risk Management in Indian Insurance Sector - Is it Getting the Importance it deserves? | No winner | |
| Independent Equity Research: Is it a viable business model in the Indian context? | ||
| Energy Security & India | ||
» Graduate Category - 2008
| Topic | Winners | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| The Future of Oil: Demand, Supply and Pricing Trends | No winner | |
| Global Financial Services Slowdown; Impact on Indian KPOs | ||
» Special mention
A word of appreciation for dissertations received on the topic "Islamic Banking in India - What is the future potential?"
Please click on the name of the participant to view their dissertation.
| Pawandeep, T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal |
Riyaz Vohra, Great Lakes Institute Of Management Chennai |
Soumik Majumdar, MDI Gurgaon |
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2007
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2007 awards are :
(please click on the name of the winner/nominee to view the full article)
» Post Graduate Category - 2007
| Topic | Winner | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| Hedge Funds Vs Traditional Banks. Which is Better? | Richa Tiwari, XLRI Jamshedpur |
Rajkiran Suvarna, JBIMS |
| What are the similarities and differences between the Brazilian and Indian economies? What conclusions can you draw on the equity investment side? | Nishant Verma, NMIMS |
Akash Agrawal, IIM Bangalore |
| What is the best way to mitigate volatility? | Nikhil Kumar, Goa Institute Of Management |
Jaykumar Dagha, Alliance Business School |
| How will Basel II change banking in India? | Maria Mathew, Loyola Institute of Business Administration |
Shanu Mittal, IIM Lucknow |
| Lessons from sub-prime meltdown | Priyanka Chandran, FMS, Delhi University |
Anurag Gupta, IIFT Kolkata |
| Is India ready for credit default swaps? | Dhruv Oberoi, Welingkar Institute Of Management |
Ankit Khaitan, IIFT Kolkata |
| Methodologies for valuing real estate companies | Praveen Kumar R, IIFT School of International Business New Delhi |
Sameer Bhise, JBIMS |
| Wrestling with the rupee | Dhruv Gadh, FMS, Delhi University |
Deepika Jhajharia, IMS DAVV Indore |
| Strategies for inclusive growth | Pooja Kapur, FMS, Delhi University |
Abhishek Dubey, IIM Bangalore |
| Pros and cons of setting up a research off-shoring (KPO) delivery centre in Eastern Europe | Ramya Iyer, XLRI Jamshedpur |
Chandan Deep, FMS, Delhi University |
» Graduate Category - 2007
| Topic | Winners | Nominees |
|---|---|---|
| How will the planned Rs. 1 Lakh car impact the Indian Economy? | Ankur Singhal, IIT Kharagpur |
Kushal Agarwal, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata |
| A street case study in operational excellence | No winner | |
| If I had Rs.10 lakh to start a business... | No winner | |
"Special mention : PURNENDU MAITY"
A word of appreciation for his dissertation on the topic "What are the similarities and differences between the Brazilian and Indian economies? What conclusions can you draw on the equity investment side?". Entry not considered for the competition but appreciated for content.
Please click on his name to view his dissertation.
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2006
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2006 awards are : (please click on the name of the winner to view the full article)
| Topic | Winners | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Are Indian banks at the Cross Roads? | Nitin Dhawan | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| If community participation is the answer to rural infrastructure, how can we encourage communities to contribute? | Rahul Singh | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| Development of global credit default swaps market: Views on pricing credit protection correctly | Kaushik Choudhury | IIM, Kolkata |
| Is structured finance a panacea for financial markets? | Ramesh Narayanawamy | IIM, Bangalore |
| Export Competitiveness of Indian SMEs | Divya Sampath | SIBM, Pune |
| Indian Energy Sector - Should the government or market forces determine prices ? | Jasleen Kaur | XIM, Bhubaneshwar |
| Quantitative Measures of Operational Risk - Relevance and applicability for India Inc. | Saurabh Misra | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| How attractive is high-end financial research outsourcing as a career option for MBAs/CAs? | Dr Amritpal Singh Bhohi | IIM, Ahmedabad |
| What will happen to corporate performance and economic growth if interest rates increase by 300 basis points over the next two years? | Kinjal N. Damania | IES, Mumbai |
| Given the quantum of personal income tax, and the costs of collection involved, does collecting personal income tax make economic sense | Madan Mohan | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2005
Please click on the name of the winner to view the full article.
| Topic | Winners, Institute |
|---|---|
| Are Indian Capital Markets (debt+equity) today at the threshold of explosive growth? | Apurv Parashar, IIM Bangalore |
| Challenges for Indian companies in the financial services KPO business | Smita Bhattacharya, FMS Delhi |
| Equity Research environment in light of the 'Global Settlement' : Opportunities and threats for entrants and incumbents | Manoj Upadhayay, SIBM Pune |
| How can India achieve 8 % plus growth? What is the recipe? | Aatash Shah, IIM Lucknow Rahul Bhargava, XLRI Jamshedpur |
| Indian Mutual Fund Industry vis a vis Global Mutual Fund Standards and what should be our future expectations from it ? | Rahul Mukim, IIM Lucknow |
| Information Security - A matter for Business Agenda or IT Agenda ? | Navin D, (VGSOM) IIT Kharagpur |
| Managing a 'knowledge' oriented business in times of high attrition | Chirajit Bhawal, IIMM Pune |
| Risk based pricing - Are India's credit markets moving towards this paradigm? | Suraj Chatrath, XLRI Jamshedpur |
| The need for a comprehensive energy strategy | Dinesh Jhawar, NMIMS Mumbai |
| Trading of energy products (crude, petroleum products, natural gas) on exchanges (proposed by NCDEX & MCX) in India - will online trading lead to the much needed discovery of market price for these products? | Udit Prakash, FMS Delhi |
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2004
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2004 awards are : (please click on the name of the winner to view the full article)
| Topic | Winners | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| India's gas sector : Can LNG co-exist with domestic natural gas in India? | Shilpa Yadav | IIM Calcutta |
| India's electricity sector : Can the government control and private investments co-exist? | Daanish Varma | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai |
| Public -private partnership (PPP): Has India learnt from its PPP experience of over a decade? | Sonia Chawla | XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| Rapid growth with massive job creation: What would it take? | Aishwarya Kachhal | Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi |
| The "success tax": Is our tax system penalising successful states? | Gagandeep Singh | IIM Bangalore |
| Implementing Basel II: Impact on emerging economies | Jaydeep Thaker | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai |
| Governance and value creation (GVC) ratings vs. corporate governance ratings: What should investors use? | Shikhar Maini | Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi |
| SME sector : Strategies for increasing Credit flow | Mukesh Tiwari | IIM Lucknow |
| Medical tourism in India: Strategy for its development | Gowri Shanker N. | IIM Bangalore |
| Rural development : Strategy for incorporating it into India's overall economic development agenda | Sandeep Lakhanpal | Narsee Monjee Institute of Mangement Studies, Mumbai |
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2003
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2003 awards are : (please click on the topic to view the full article)
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2002
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2002 awards are : (Please click the topic listed to view the dissertation)
» CRISIL Young Thought Leader Awards 2001
The winners for the CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2001 awards are
| Winner | Institute | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Ashish Kumar Jain | IIM Calcutta | Is too intense a competition detrimental to consumer interest? |
| Bratin Biswas | Delhi University | Privatisation – Lessons for India from the International marketplace |
| N.Dayasindhu | IIM Bangalore | India is a land of immense talent. Why do we lack entrepreneurs? |
| Ashish Gupta | IIM Ahmedabad | Privatisation – Lessons for India from the International marketplace. |
| Gaurav Sinha | IIM Calcutta | Assessment of competitive advantage – evolving technologies and strategies in the telecom sector |
| Vinay Agarwal | IIM Calcutta | What can be done to improve India’s sovereign rating? |
| Ashish Sanghavi | IIM Lucknow | Assessment of competitive advantage – evolving technologies and strategies in the pharma sector |
| Amit Mahajan | IIM Calcutta | Is lowering interst rates a sustainable growth driver? How can interest rates be lowered and maintained |
| Ajit Andhare | ISB Hyderabad | Privatisation – Lessons for India from the International marketplace. |
| Rohit Khandelwal | XLRI, Jamshedpur | Managing, retaining and developing talent in a competitive world. |
