The PwC ACs in India Whitepaper Competition aims to give B-school students a deep dive into the consulting experience at PwC by developing intellectual capital on trending industry topics.
This competition offers students a unique chance to gain hands-on consulting experience by collaborating with PwC mentor teams over two months. Participants will develop high-quality whitepapers on trending industry topics such as GenAI, 5G, Automation, and Cloud & Digital Transformation
Participation and Tips
Who can participate?
Build your Dream Team
Register in teams of 2 with maximum 1 outgoing exchange students per team
Teams can include both 1st and 2nd year students from any specialization from the same campus
One student cannot register from more than one team
We have floated a google form via your place coms for you to register
Tips for the Case Challenge!
What are we looking for?
Make sure you choose a topic that lies in your areas of interest
Business acumen, critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills
Make sure to use trustworthy resources for any secondary research that you do and provide references
Provide details on any calculations done within the appendix and reference slides in the main deck
Team Formation
The PwC teams to register with their teams and suggest a topic for the whitepaper. Each team will be composed of 3 members from a practice line
Round 2
Selected teams will develop whitepapers with respective mentors over a period of 2 months. These papers will then be evaluated by PwC to evaluate and bottom down to our top 6 teams who’ll be adjudged as the Round 3 Qualifying teams!
Round 1
Students from across the 27 B-Schools are invited to form a team of 2 and submit their abstracts on (up to) 2 topics of their interests. The submission would be evaluated by PwC teams and one team would be selected for each topic to develop the whitepaper.
Round 3
Each of the top-6 teams would be invited to PwC office for the in-person Finale
Interactive Stations: Each team would be provided a station/booth where they can use their innovative ideas to pitch their thought process behind the whitepaper to the judges
Whitepaper 4.0 Tentative Timeline
All about last year – Whitepaper 3.0
Student teams - PwC Teams Mapping
| Topic | PwC Team | Student Team | Campus | Engage Team POC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI in Procurement | Vinothkumar | Pritam Kumar SHow | IIM Mumbai (NITIE) | Dinker Sudhama |
| Impact of AI on IT Operating Model | Jyoti Gupta | Riddhi Jain | IIM Visakhapatnam | Mani Yadav |
| Agentic Workforce: The Next Frontier for AI-Driven Transformation | Sheel DS | Akshat Sharma | IIM Shillong | Archit Sahu |
| Improving profitability in U.S. Passenger Air sector through efficient operations, minimizing costs and enhanced customer experience | Hima Bharati Garikipati | Anushka Chaudhary | FORE School of Management | Dinker Sudhama |
| Climate change and its impact on food industry | Nidhi Agarwal | Sandhya Kumari | FORE School of Management | Mani Yadav |
| Quantum Leap: AI Agentic Systems and the Future of Strategic Trade Promotion in CPG | Aditi Kumari | Krish Singal | IIFT | Archit Sahu |
| ROI of Corporate Mental Health Program | Somjeet Dutta | Lakshmi Pradeep | IIM Shillong | Mani Yadav |
| Future of CPG industry in a post AI world | Rajat Bhatnagar | Sarika Malani | IIFT | Archit Sahu |
| Strategizing for Compliance: A CIO's Guide to Global Generative AI Regulations | Shashiraj Rajanna | Harsh Verma | IIM Visakhapatnam | Lakshmi Tolate |
| Improving customer Experience with Gen AI | Vikramaditya Reddy K | Kevin Jain | SIDTM | Kirtika Chaudhry |
| Leveraging Generative AI for Enhanced ERP Data Harmonization in Divestitures | Devi Sarika Aradada | Sajal Jain | XLRI | Kirtika Chaudhry |
| Role of ESG in enhancing corporate reputation & brand value | Rohan Dharmadhikari | Apurv Chaduvula | IIFT | Kirtika Chaudhry |
| Transformative AI Technologies in Finance Transformation: Unlocking Personalization and Operational Efficiency | Prakhar Kumar Kasliwal | Shivam Thirani | IIM Shillong | Anushya Parthiban |
| Unlocking AI's Potential in Global Business Services (GBS) | Girija Shankar Acharya | Prajjalit Gogoi | IFMR | Anushya Parthiban |
| The Role of Technology in FSMA 204 (Food Safety Modernization Act)Compliance | Vinothkumar | Jhinal Badala | IIM Shillong | Dinker Sudhama |
| Cost Optimization in Healthcare M&A: Strategies for Sustainable Efficiency | Mansi Srivastava | Mohit Panwar | SIBM Bengaluru | Lakshmi Tolate |
| Optimizing Cultural Due Diligence in M&A: Integrating Classic Techniques with AI Support to Enhance Cultural Fit and Minimize Risks | Disha Choudhury | Abhishek Tirkey | TISS | Soham Shah |
| Generative AI-Driven Product Innovation: From Concept to Market in Manufacturing | Anand Mohan Sinha | Shivendra Pratap Singh | MDI Gurgaon | Soham Shah |
| Transforming Manufacturing industry using Agentic AI | Vikas Gambhir | Shrutie Khanna | IIFT | Soham Shah |
| Future Trends in MedTech and Healthcare Innovation | Uchit Arora | Tulsi Agarwal | SPJIMR | Ankit Jaiswal |
| How Pharma Companies can leverage AI for revenue optimization | Sonal Gupta | Prathmesh Rustagi | IIM Trichy | Ankit Jaiswal |
| Integrating AI and Automation with Strategic Frameworks: A Product-Centric Approach to Addressing Technical and Process Debt | Sayan Basu | Abdal Lalit | IIM Lucknow | Lakshmi Tolate |
| PLM Vendor Assessment Framework /Criteria for Discrete Industry | Shishir Suresh Belur | Vaishnavi Singhal | XLRI | Dinker Sudhama |
| Can new entrants in the S2P tech space disrupt incumbents and become a game changer? | Paul Franklin | Dhruv Garg | IIM Lucknow | Dinker Sudhama |
| Personalization in Procurement: Tailoring S2P Solutions to Industry Needs | Paras Mehta | Eshan Sharma | SPJIMR | Pranishaa Ram Prakash |
| 5G Technology: Accelerating Digital Transformation in Smart Cities | Swagat Siddhartha | Priyansh Bhadoriya | TISS | Ankit Jaiswal |
| Application of GenAI for Cash Forecasting and Management | Anuprash Baruah | Naman Jain | IIM Amritsar | Anushya Parthiban |
| Proactive monitoring of emerging AI risks on online platforms | Tushar Gupta | Himanshu Jha | IIFT | Lakshmi Tolate |
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