Student Projects: Recent submissions

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    • Analysing India's suitability in issuing external sovereign bonds based on international experiences 

      Goutam, Adarsh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The finance minister of India in her budget speech for the year 2019-20 announced India’s intent to issue sovereign bond denominated in foreign currency. This caused an intense debate among economists and policymakers in ...

    • Valuation and restructuring of financially distressed firms 

      Subuddhi, Achyutananda; Sahoo, Manas Ranjan (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      In a financial distress, a company is unable to generate revenue or income because it is not able to repay or meet its financial obligations. These companies face difficulties in availing further financing and see their ...

    • Understanding strategy development in Indian organizations: a process perspective 

      Agarwal, Aaditya; Jobalia, Jinesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Before the semester started, we held a couple of meetings with Prof. Amit Karna about understanding the course. We reviewed our own learning and develop a detailed understanding of the key conceptual frameworks and tools ...

    • Long memory behavior of financial indices 

      Reddy, Veda Samhith (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The aim of the project was to reproduce the long memory behaviour of the financial indices data, the S&P 500 historical daily returns data, and also check for the long memory behaviour in the financial indices data of India.

    • Assessment of select BSE/ NSE companies under the parameters of the likelihood of manipulation and bankruptcy 

      Thakkar, Nisarg; Chaudhary, Sundeep (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      In the advent of recent years, where the firms have not picked up the early signs to changing the environment, they have seen their end before they could realize. Various factors like: ● Absence of Enterprise Risk ...

    • Corporate influence on political decision making 

      Maloo, Rishabh; Srivastava, Tanmay (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      There is growing concern that corporate influence on political decision making is rising. With the introduction of electoral bonds as a medium of electoral funding, there is some uneasiness surrounding the reducing ...

    • Macroeconomic impact of zero lower bounds 

      Sota, Siddharth; Kedia, Raj Kumar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The zero lower bound presents a very tricky situation for the countries as one of the major ways to stimulate the economy or boost the expectation of households i.e. to decrease the interest rate becomes difficult. There ...

    • Robotic process automation (RPA) for NIF 

      Prabhu, Siddharth (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The following project report is an attempt to implement Robotic Process Automation at NIF for their IGNITE and INSPIRE programs. The report starts off by reviewing existing literature on prior-art search. As part of this ...

    • Growth framework for incumbents in response to disruptive innovation 

      Pahade, Geet; Shah, Dhairya (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Many literary articles and research papers have delved into around disruptive innovation: From what is a disruptive innovation to how different is it from sustaining innovation? What are the quintessential for a successful ...

    • How information and technological innovation are transforming construction industry?: analysis of current practices and transformation trends 

      Venkata, Shravan Kumar Sriram; Jain, Sargam (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Technology is transforming the way business is conducted in the present day. It is an important factor in the growing dominance of big companies. Use of the latest technology allows companies to become more efficient and ...

    • In custody: exploration of state-run child protection homes and shelters 

      Pereira, Gloria; Panchabhai, Rucha (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The Indian Government funds multiple orphanages, juvenile homes, short stay and shelter homes all across the country for homeless girls, women, boys and juveniles in conflict with law. These are some of the most vulnerable ...

    • Analyzing the effectiveness of the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC), 2016 in a corporate context 

      Dhanani, Gulshan; Kulkarni, Romil (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was enacted in 2016 with an objective of providing a onestop solution to corporate insolvency issues in a manner that is time-bound and maximizes the value of assets to all stakeholders. ...

    • Evolution of crowdfunding platforms 

      Avinash; Sunil, Rohit (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Crowdfunding has emerged as one of the leading technology-based funding solutions to provide funds to budding entrepreneurs, emerging social & cultural initiatives and innovative ideas across the globe. Internet-based ...

    • Impact of MGNREGA on seasonal rural migration 

      Munshi, Radhika; Patodiya, Radhika (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Through this project, we aim to understand the impact of MGNREGA on labour market, specifically seasonal rural migration. We analyse 63 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and study the percentage seasonal rural ...

    • Start up activities in India: trends and sector analysis 

      Sarkar, Rahul; Kumar, Rakesh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      India has been successful in creating a robust startup ecosystem. With the cheap availability of labor and rapid advancement in technology, there has been a tremendous demand for tech startups. In addition to this, government ...

    • Analysing the SME IPO space: is it the next bubble? 

      Birmiwal, Nupur; Bohra, Vishal (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      With SMEs forming the backbone of most developing economies by bringing in huge capital investments, forex on the basis of its exports and by providing huge employment opportunities, a robust SME segment would be hugely ...

    • Feasibility study of hyperloop against traditional modes of transportation in India 

      Manivannan, Surya; Bhardwaj, Saurabh (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Hyperloop is a faster, cheaper alternative to high-speed rail and traditional short-haul aircraft. It consists of a passenger pod traveling through a tube under light vacuum while being propelled and levitated by a combination ...

    • Inherent and explicit biases in umpiring decisions in cricket 

      Dubey, Ayushman; Gajam, Kshitij (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Our aim is to verify whether in International cricket matches involving India certain umpires exhibit a bias towards certain countries during Umpires call and verify whether there are inherent flaws in the system or not.

    • Creating a strategy to attract Gen Y students: an empirical study of the impact of various factors on the likelihood of applying to firms 

      Joshi, Aditya Bhausaheb; Alok, Aditya (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Employees contribute significantly to the success of the organization through their knowledge and skills (Breaugh & Stark, 2000). Thus, attracting and retaining skillful and productive employees has become a crucial task ...

    • Gender pay gap in India 

      Gogri, Aditya; Agrawal, Abhay (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      Gender-based discrimination at the workplace is profound in India. Women are often denied the same opportunity as men and there is an absence of ‘Equal work, Equal pay’ for women despite their hardships. While things have ...