What: The British Council and the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Delhi, invite post-graduate management students to participate in a competition on Corporate Social Responsibility And Leadership.

How to participate

~ Your submission must be limited to 2,000 words.

~ The work should be original, based on field research (interviews, focus group discussions, company documentation, etc).

~ It should be validated by a faculty member.

~ Only one entry per participating institution can be submitted.

Students should

~ Choose one or two organisations in their local community. These organisations could be involved in manufacturing or can offer services. They could be large, medium or small scale organisations.

~ Conduct field research to map the organisation's understanding of CSR, approach towards CSR, drivers in incorporating CSR initiatives and barriers to introducing CSR initiatives.

~ Good or bad practices can be reported.

~ The paper should be presented in the framework of methodology, results and critical conclusions.

The submission

Entries should be submitted in English as a MS Word Document (in double spacing) to Aprajita Mukherjee of the British Council at aprajita.mukherjee@in.britishcouncil.org and Vineeta Duttaroy of the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management, Delhi, at vineeta.duttaroy@iilm.edu.

Prizes

Prize-winning entries will receive Rs 10,000, Rs 8,000 and Rs 5,000 for first, second and third place respectively.

Last date: December 31