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Roadies Reel Ready

MTV Roadies is an youth based reality show that airs on MTV India. It first aired in 2003. In this show, a group of contestants travel to different destinations and participate in various tasks that challenge their physical, social and mental strength. It gained mainstream popularity amongst the Indian youth from the 3rd season, inspiring thousands of youngsters to take part in the popular show.

Task in hand:

You’re required to send in a creative reel (30 seconds) featuring your personality for a MTV Roadies audition round. 

Submission Details:

Reel video

Deadline - 11am, 10th April 2021

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PRONE TO DRONE

POCO Builders Limited is an Indian multinational real estate developer headquartered in Bangalore, India. Which works in the business of construction, development, sale, housing projects, and commercial premises. POCO Builders Limited was founded in 2001 by Mr. Menon, since inception, they have completed 102 real estate projects and 262 contractual projects covering about 70.54 million square feet of area. POCO Builders Limited has a footprint in 24 cities and 13 states across India. Internationally, POCO Builders Limited has operations running in Oman with a footprint in Dubai. The pride of being the only team in Asia Pacific to have Three Platinum and Four Gold Rated LEED Certified Green buildings by IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), speaks volume about the architectural excellence and impeccable planning. Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust is a public charitable trust found by POCO Builders Limited in 2006. The trust runs CSR activities that include providing healthcare facilities, education, vocational training for the needy.

CASE AT HAND

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, introduced regulations to set out the civil aviation requirements for the operation of civil remotely piloted aircraft systems, known as drones. The Union Minister for Civil Aviation & clearance for flying drones has got the real estate industry excited. Using drone will help increase efficiency and produce quality results in real estate marketing. Drones will provide aerial footage, high-quality visuals of the site and timely updates and make better informed decisions. Beyond the marketing point of view, drones can take care of quality control and inspection jobs in construction projects. As customers rarely get a sense of what kind of view they will enjoy from their future homes, drone images become a very useful tool in completing the entire customer experience.

Capitalizing on this opportunity provided by the government, POCO Builders implemented the usage of drones for the construction of its biggest commercial project, The Royal Trail. It was the most looked up to residential complex being built in the city of Bengaluru. The Builders used the IoT format of implementation in order to use drones for repairs and maintenance purposes, in the future. As a result of this, the tenants had to sign an agreement which stated that drones will hover around the premises to identify and highlight the RRPs (Repair Requirement Points). With the knowledge of this agreement, the tenants did not mind drones roaming around at odd hours.

The Tenant Agreement also contained the date of payment of rents, which was at the end of every month. On 21st September, 2019, POCO Builders inaugurated The Royal Trail and the first batch of tenants came in on 1st August, 2018. On 29th October , 2019, the builders inflated the price of rent by five folds as they threatened to leak accumulated private information of tenants that was collected during the RRP collection process and demanded for higher rent so as to prevent the information leakage. As a response, the tenants took a major step by going on aggressive strikes and protests. This created speculation and disruption of POCO’s goodwill and reputation. The business started enduring losses, tenants from its other establishments also felt unsafe and employees began quitting their jobs as they felt they were working for an unethical company that is witnessing a downfall in its value proposition.

TASK IN HAND

You are the CHRO of POCO Builders Ltd. and you are required to:

Create a Comprehensive Plan to rebuild the company’s lost goodwill and reputation.

Come up with Employee Turnover Prevention Strategies.

Come up with strategies to guarantee privacy, security and ethical usage of drones in the future.

Develop an Immediate Action Plan to control the growing strikes by the tenants.

Draft strategies to regain customer trust and tenant support.

DELIVERABLES

Come up with a PPT of not more than 10 slides

Submission Details : 9:45 AM, 10TH APRIL’2021

PS - SHOW YOUR WORTH

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ETERNAL FIRES

The 1951 Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”

Worsening political conditions and war has led to an influx of 500,000 refugees into Cedar. Cedar has signed and ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. It has granted asylum and encouraged immigration into the country. However, there has been several uncontrolled anti-immigration movements across the country as well as targeted violence against refugees since the start of 2015. This has led to refugees living in fear or leaving Cedar. Most refugees are seen to occupy the north eastern region of Cedar which is under-developed and categorized by high levels of poverty, lack of sanitation and water facilities. While the government has a policy of equally distributing refugees across various states, most of them are driven out due to the discrimination and violence they face from the locals in the region. The north eastern states of Oaktown and Willow Land turn out to be their refuge as these regions have very low numbers of local populations. The government in its recent policies has recognised the need to modernise these north eastern states. They have encouraged businesses to set up factories in these regions by offering several incentives like Rent-Free land, power and water supply at concessional rates and five-year tax exemption. Many MNCs and local manufacturing industries have set up their units in Oaktown and Willow Land to benefit from government policies. However, one of the most attractive reason for them to set up in these regions is the availability of cheap labour. The inhabitants of these regions, predominately being refugees lack the necessary legal documentation, education levels and skills due to which they are unable to find decent employment. They fall prey to the foul practices of these businessmen as they are not aware of the local laws and regulations. They are made to work for long hours without access to basic facilities and paid below minimum wages. The children of these workers are also employed at these factories. There are no employment contracts or any other benefits payable to them. Cedar’s law strictly prohibits child labour and the legal working age is 18 years.

Most of the refugees live in makeshift tents around the factories that they are employed at. They have no access to basic amenities like toilets, running water and electricity. There are no schools set up nearby where their children can get education. These regions have often been featured on International media for human rights violation in terms of basic human rights of food, water, shelter and education. Human rights activists have time and time again pointed out the hazardous living conditions close to factories can cause health issues from the fumes emitted by these factories to the high risk of fire breakouts. Several documentaries on Child Labour in Cedar have been aired yet the issue has received no government attention.

On 20.06.2020, when the temperatures were soaring, there was an explosion in a chemical factory which had one of the biggest settlements near it. This settlement was inhabited by about 10,000 people including children. A reactor had exploded and the fire spread to the chemicals stored in the factory causing the fire to get out of control. Being in the outskirts of town, emergency services often took hours to reach and as seen in this case, the fire brigade arrived two hours after the fire broke out. The fire soon spread to the settlements nearby taking the lives of 2500 people due to burns or suffocation. From the 2500 reported death, 900 were children. Another 3000 people have been hospitalized for injuries. Unfortunately, this is the third such breakout to take place in the year. The factories in this region often fail to meet quality and safety standards. Despite the repeated complaints and media coverage,the government has turned a blind eye to the matter.

Legally speaking, these people do not exist on any documents and have no identity. They are not the citizens of Cedar although they are granted refugee status on application for asylum. There are many conspiracy theories going around where it is believed that the fire was deliberately set up as this is the third case reported this year and there has been several such in the previous year as well. It could be a ploy to deter immigration into the country and eliminate the refugee community. One of the largest extremist anti-immigration movement’s leader tweeted saying “Refugees who do not belong in Cedar will face the fire of doom.” He has often tweeted about the serious repercussions that they will face if they didn’t leave the country. Pro-refugee activists have taken to the streets in protests about the unjust treatment meted out refugees and a call for investigation into anti-immigration extremist groups and the fires. This has resulted in an international outcry against the atrocities that refugees are facing especially in a country which is known to for its easy asylum policy.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has been in talks with the government of Cedar with regards to its violation of human and refugee rights. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has imposed sanctions on Cedar. Many countries have imposed trade embargoes and heavy tariffs on Cedar’s exports. Some have even cut off trade relations with Cedar. The government has finally decided to act in the light of the above issues. It has set up an Expert committee, Refugee Development Team to tackle the issues at hand. The team has been vested with special powers to speed up the processes and actions and they are directly liable to the President of the country.

As the head of this team:

Your task at hand:

1. Come up with a compensation plan for the victims of the industrial fires.

2.What strategies will you implement to create refugee friendly neighbourhoods across the country that encourage refugee to stay in towns and shelters assigned to them?

3.Re-design the accommodation and shelter facilities to make it more refugee friendly.

4.Strategies to create employable skills in the refugees and education facilities for their children.

5.What are your development plans for those settled in Pine Bay and Oaktown?

6.Draft a policy on rights of Refugees including matters like Identity and redressal or encroachment of rights.

7.What are the measures will you take to prevent exploitation of refugees in factories? Address matters like Health and Safety, and Child Labour at these factories.

Deliverables:

A Power Point Presentation of not more than 15 slides

A report of not more than 30 pages

Submission Details: 7:00AM, 10th April,2021.

PS: This is the fight of our lives.

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THE BUBBLE

The fight against Section 377 in India began years ago, and on September 2018, in a unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court decided to decriminalized all consensual sexual behaviour.

While the verdict gave many a hope to fight for justice and equality, it is still a small step in a fight that is way bigger in the society. In India, many till date do not even have a say in choosing a partner of a different cast let alone homosexuality.Many have come forward about their sexuality after the repel of Section 377 but the social stigma about LGBT has not changed. Even after the Supreme Court judgment, the mind set of many including the corporate sector has not changed. Many company officials/employees are not comfortable to work with people with other sexual representations - which also is an unsaid policy of many companies. This makes it harder for the LGBT community to be open or to get recruited. Strategic Media Services began its operations in the year 2007 in Gujarat. In a nutshell, they provide corporate communication services for their clients by regularly collaborating with the media for inspiring stories and grooming youngsters to learn the art of communication in a right, apt and an honorable manner.

They have also been investing a lot of time and effort in training motivated youngsters about the nuances of Public Relations. The company teaches them the art of developing strategies to help brands to evolve into more powerful corporate entities, have better image and communicate the correct messages to their key stakeholders from time to time. The workforce consisting mainly of youngsters, forces the top level management to be open minded.

CASE IN HAND:

Strategic Media Services now aims to recruit people of the LGBT community in order to start a new wave of acceptance of them into the workplace. Being a media agency, the company wants to set an example for many others.

TASK AT HAND:

As the Human Resource Manager of Strategic Media Services:

Come up with recruitment strategies for the LGBT community.

Devise change management strategies which help the LGBT community fit in better with the workforce.

Curate non-monetary incentives for these new recruits.

DELIVERABLES: A ppt of not more than 8 slides

PS: This presentation might give you goosebumps tomorrow.

Submission Time: 12:00 AM, 10th April, 2021.

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UN-Employment

International Labor Organization (ILO), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) dedicated to improving labor conditions and living standards throughout the world. Established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League of Nations, the ILO became the first affiliated specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946.

ILO is organizing its 109th International Labor Conference in June, 2021. The event is scheduled to take place online. Representatives of countries from all across the world are going to attend the conference.

Task in Hand:

You are the Government Representative of your Member State and are required to come up with an Economy Employment Proposal which includes the following:

Current employment status of the country.

Unconventional strategies to boost employment.

Employment policies that you plan on implementing.

 Please make a note of the Member States that are going to attend the Conference.

ZEN 8 – Afghanistan

ZEN 12 – Kenya

ZEN 20 – Yemen

ZEN 25 – Syria

ZEN 26 – Kosovo

ZEN 30 – Congo

PS: Surprise us!

The round will start at 3:35PM

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Microsoft’s Nightmare

Earlier this year, Nadella was at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in computing conference in Phoenix, Arizona when he made a few remarks about gender pay gaps. There were over 7,500 female engineers from around the world in attendance. The CEO has landed into trouble due to his sexist comments at the event, where he said that women should trust ‘karma’ instead of asking for a pay hike. He also added that women working in the IT industry must have trust in the system and that it will give the right raises as one goes along.

While Microsoft is spending billions on acquisitions, female employees aren’t seeing such generosity in their pay checks and the multibillion company now faces a pay discrimination lawsuit that just won’t go away. A former cybersecurity engineer at Microsoft, Katherine Zane who filed the lawsuit, alleged that managers repeatedly passed her over for promotions in favour of less qualified men. She said bias against women was widespread in the company— that women were often interrupted and excluded from important meetings and that their judgment was “much more likely to be called into question than men’s”.

Other female engineers and IT employees who work at Microsoft have joined the lawsuit as plaintiffs too. One woman said she’d pushed for a promotion after returning from maternity leave, but her manager told her he didn’t want to “waste” a promotion on her, in case she became pregnant again. Another employee said she’d asked about a promotion she deserved but was told repeatedly that “it was not possible because it was rare for any woman to reach the next level”. She stayed in the same job for six years while several other men were bumped up.

Another woman, who was a manager, said supervisors were much harsher on female employees during performance reviews. Male employees’ projects were “valued more highly than similar projects managed by women ... even when the technical difficulty and value to the company was greater for the women’s projects.” The group of women said supervisors praised men for being assertive, but women were called out for the same behaviour.

It is also salient to note that Microsoft lags far behind its competitors and other technology companies like Google and Facebook, in its diversity numbers. Women make up about 40% of Facebook’s workforce and 36% of Google’s workforce. Apple has a higher percentage of women that work in technical positions at 30% compared to Microsoft’s 17.3%. Its corporate website doesn’t include an organizational chart, and the only management officials listed on its investor relations page are four male executives.

Last week a former employee from the company publicly shared data from a compensation spreadsheet, highlighting that women were being paid less than men at most job levels. It also revealed that wage disparity only widened at senior levels. The issue of pay inequality is crucial to be catered to and experts say it will take 40 years for that gap to close. We don't have 40 years to wait. Microsoft women employees demand immediate karma!

Task in hand:

As the HR Director, prepare an effective damage control plan to bring an end to high employee turnover and protests/lawsuits, and clear the image of the company in employees’ minds.

The damage control plan should contain the following:

The way you are planning to address the issues that has taken place.

The practices that you are going to implement to recover from the losses in revenue, goodwill, confidence among customers and loyalty between employees.

The way forward to amend CEO's actions

Deliverables:

A PPT not exceeding 7 slides.

Submission Details:

Deadline: 2:15pm, 9th April 2021

Mail: [email protected]

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Are Private Players Doing Tatkal Booking?

Indian Railways (IR) is a governmental entity under the Ministry of Railways that operates India's national railway system. It is run by the government as a government entity and manages the fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, with a route length of 67,956 km (42,226 mi) as of 31 March 2020. 39,866 km (24,772 mi) or 58.66% of all the routes are electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric traction as of August 2020.

In the fiscal year ending March 2020, IR carried 808.6 crore (8.086 billion) passengers and transported 121.22 crore (1.2122 billion) tonnes of freight. IR runs 13,169 passenger trains daily, on both long-distance and suburban routes, covering 7,325 stations across India. Mail or Express trains, the most common types, run at an average speed of 50.6 km/h (31.4 mph). Suburban EMUs run at an average speed of 37.5 km/h (23.3 mph). Ordinary Passenger Trains (incl. mixed) run at an average speed of 33.5 km/h (20.8 mph). The maximum speed of passenger trains varies, with the Vande Bharat Express running at a peak speed of 180 km/h (110 mph).

In the freight segment, IR runs 8,479 trains daily. The average speed of freight trains is around 24 km/h (15 mph). The maximum speed of freight trains varies from 60 to 75 km/h (37 to 47 mph) depending on their axle load with 'container special' trains running at a peak speed of 100 km/h (62 mph).

As of March 2020, Indian Railways' rolling stock consisted of 2,93,077 freight wagons, 76,608 passenger coaches and 12,729 locomotives. IR owns locomotive and coach-production facilities at several locations in India. IR had 1.254 million employees as of March 2020, making it the world's eighth-largest employer.

The government has committed to electrifying India's entire rail network by 2023–24, and become a "net-zero (carbon emissions) railway" by 2030.

Indian Railways is opening up to private operators for the first time since it was nationalised in 1951. Starting from March 2024, private companies will be allowed to run passenger services on one of the world’s largest networks, which handles some 8.4 billion people every year.

The plan was announced earlier summer 2020 by the current owner and operator, the Indian Ministry of Railways. Initially slated to start in March and then postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheme is expected to play a key role in the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and its goal is to attract investment in the country. 

The government has identified 109 busy routes across India to run 151 private trains for 35 years. These are routes with huge waiting lists and offer a potential to earn. The 151 trains represent only around 5 percent of total trains run in India.

For the project, the routes are divided into 12 clusters based out of major city centres, such as Patna, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Prayagraj, Howrah, Chennai, Chandigarh, and two each for Delhi and Mumbai.

Each cluster is an independent business project, inviting a private player to manage. It also has an indicative project cost and average train distance of 900-1052km. The contract period of 35 years is based on the fact that trains and engines are usually in service for around three decades.

Task in hand:

You are the Private Operator who has entered into a contract with the Indian Railways. The contract states that you are going to manage the Secundrabad Cluster Project and the estimated indicative cost is Rs.2200 Crores. You are responsible for the following:

A new organizational chart for the Secunderabad cluster.

A new classification process of the employees into detailed groups.

Come up with unconventional selection strategies.

An extensive Training and Development Programme for all  groups.

Come up with an Employee Induction Programme for the  new recruits.

Come up with a Grievance Redressal System for the employees.

Create a Performance Appraisal System.

Create a Code of Conduct for the shop-floor level employees.

Create an estimated HR Budget for next 3 years.

 A promotional video to advertise the project.

Deliverables:

  A report not exceeding 30 pages.

 A PowerPoint Presentation not exceeding 15 slides.

PS: Have a good night! 😊

Submission Details:

Deadline: 7 AM, 9th April, 2021

Email: [email protected]

Email Subject: ZENXX_Are Private Players Doing Tatkal Booking?

In case of any queries regarding the task, please contact the Event Heads.

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THE GRAVEYARD OF EARTH

The aftermath of World War-II gave ascend to the commencement of an incipient era for all countries and instantaneously paved the way for two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA). The once alleged allies during World War had now become rivals on the ecumenical stage, engaging in the Cold War that was gradually beginning to thaw.

The United States had a monopoly on concrete cognizance of and raw materials for nuclear weaponry, this instigated the Soviet Union, who coveted “The Bomb”, and they wanted it rapidly. They build secret-cities, more popularly called “Atom grads” across the region, enubilated from view and omitted from maps to jumpstart the Soviet Nuclear Industry. The Atom grad was a Soviet transnational integration project, where nuclear specialists, eminent scientists, Soviet engineers, planners, and their families lived, along with people of rural inception who still were connected to the surrounding agrarian society. One of these cities was Chelybinks-40 home to the Mayak plutonium production facility and the first soviet nuke designed. The Soviet Union was fixated with forefending the secrets enclosed in the Mayak Plant and such secrecy came with a price. The pace of the Soviet nuclear program was so hurried on the promise to deliver, made by the Chairman, and its technology so new that conditions were chronically unsafe for both workers and neighbours.

Case in hand: 

From 1949 to 1956 workers at the Mayak facility discharged radioactive waste into the nearby Techa River. As a result of lack of training and disregarding basic safety standards, 17,245 workers received radiation overdoses and poisoned the local environment and adjacent villages. These grievances were recorded but were futile, due to the negligent action and behaviour on part of the Chairman but soon things took turn for the worse. On September 29th, 1957 failure to carry out obligatory checks and mandatory repairs ensued in the malfunctioning of a cooling system in a buried tank where liquid reactor waste was stored. For more than a year the tank’s contents grew steadily hotter from radioactive decay, reaching a temperature of about 660 °F (350 °C) and by September the tank exploded with a force equivalent to at least 70 tons of TNT, sending a radioactive cloud drifting across 20,000 square kilometres.

With its priority on secrecy, the Chairman’s damage control was haphazard at best. More than 10,000 lives of workers were lost and there were innumerable civilian casualties, for those who did manage to survive gradually began exhibiting early signs of stage-Leukaemia. The rates of stomach cancer were three times than that seen in Hiroshima and several children were born with defects, especially in their hearts. All in all, about half a million people were affected by the blast. The group medical insurance that could potentially aid existing workers and those dependent on them fell through, and this burden must now be shouldered by the Project Chairman. However, the Contingent Workers Fund kept aside was utilized as a revenue expenditure at the discretion of the Chair to procure additional individuals and increase the celerity of producing nuclear weapons, with the residue insouciant to care for the rest.

There is a growing paranoia amongst personnel in other zones who are reluctant to work on the project. Joseph Stalin has entrusted you to lead the Soviet Atomic Bomb Project as Chairman, however, the decisions you have taken have had grave consequences. You must now step up and complete your task with utmost sincerity or else you will be ruthlessly executed by your government. With the impending threat of your employees blowing the whistle on this highly classified project and the close surveillance of the CIA, it is essential that the work is completed and confidentiality is maintained at all fronts.

Task in hand:

With escalating pressure from the government to ensure that the magnitude of this situation remains concealed it is your obligation to resolve all predicaments that have arisen.

Why were you lax in training your workers and why was the establishment of a (QAT) Quality Assurance Team to keep regular assessments neglected? What steps will you take to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the other cities?

How will you create a sense of security in an environment of paranoia and remove any apprehension regarding employee safety while working in precarious circumstances?

Elucidate a compensation scheme for the families of the deceased and the civilian casualties caused.

Formulate a proposal statement to assure the secrecy this mission demands, and ensure none of the citizens or employees around the Mayak Plant release any confidential information to the press.

Deliverables:

A PowerPoint Presentation of not more than 12 slides.

P.S. We decided to go easy on you and didn’t ask for a report. You’re welcome :)

Submission Details: 1) Deadline: 7PM, 8th April, 2021 2) Email: [email protected] 3) Email Subject : ZENXX_ GRAVEYARD ON EARTH In case of any queries, please contact any of the Event Heads. 

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BOB THE BUILDER

An organizational structure is a system that outlines how certain activities are directed in order to achieve the goals of an organization. These activities can include rules, roles, and responsibilities. The organizational structure also determines how information flows between levels within the company. For example, in a centralized structure, decisions flow from the top down, while in a decentralized structure, decision-making power is distributed among various levels of the organization. A Human Resource Manager plays an important role of identifying the right people for the right job.

You are the HR manager of The Adamantine Ltd. and are responsible for:

Creating a logo for your company.

Drafting the Vision, Mission, Objectives and Policies of The Adamantine Ltd

Creating the organization structure from scratch. You have to create a suitable resume for the various designations in your organisation. (There should be a minimum of 10 top level management roles in your organization structure)

Important:

This is a background task and you will have to mail a resume and an attached justification (explaining the reasoning behind selection) for a specific designation in every 3 hours. Feel free to attach extra deliverables to support your justification.  (No submissions between 12am - 6am)

Total number of resumes - 8

Below are the industries allotted to the specific ZENs:

ZEN 8 - Pharmaceutical

ZEN 12 - Engineering

ZEN 20 - Hospitality

ZEN 25 - Automobile

ZEN 26 - Aviation

ZEN 30 - Banking

Submission Details:

File name - ZENXX Resume no. X

Email Subject - ZENXX_BOB THE BUILDER CV XX

Email - [email protected]

Deadline - 9 AM, 9th April 2021

In case of any doubts or queries contact the event heads.

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TOP 6!!

Here are the TOP 6 ZENs for “The Adamantine” (in no particular order)

ZEN 8

ZEN 12

ZEN 20

ZEN 25

ZEN 26

ZEN 30

We are SO PROUD of everyone who made it till here. Those who couldn’t make it to the top 6 we appreciate all the efforts you have put in, keep thriving!

And for the TOP 6, CONGRATULATIONS!! Things aren’t gonna be easy from here. Brace yourself and get prepared for what’s in store.

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How Can AI Help You?

In computer science, the term artificial intelligence (AI) refers to any human-like intelligence exhibited by a computer, robot, or other machine. In popular usage, artificial intelligence refers to the ability of a computer or machine to mimic the capabilities of the human mind—learning from examples and experience, recognizing objects, understanding and responding to language, making decisions, solving problems—and combining these and other capabilities to perform functions a human might perform.

After decades of being relegated to science fiction, today, AI is part of our everyday lives. The surge in AI development is made possible by the sudden availability of large amounts of data and the corresponding development and wide availability of computer systems that can process all that data faster and more accurately than humans can. AI is completing our words as we type them, providing driving directions when we ask, vacuuming our floors, and recommending what we should buy or binge-watch next. And it’s driving applications—such as medical image analysis—that help skilled professionals do important work faster and with greater success.

In the field of Human Resources, the integration of AI makes organizations better because it can analyse, predict and diagnose to help HR teams make better decisions. AI has been helping the HR Departments of companies with screening processes, employee feedback, and grievance redressals, to name a few. 

Case in Hand:

The year is 2035. You have been working as the Chief Advisor to the Government of India with regards to the Operations of the Military for seven years. With the introduction of newer technology systems, the military of some leading countries have been adopting AI as a major component of their functioning. These “Artificial Employees” play an integral role in the smooth functioning of military operations and have replaced “Human Employees” in several fields. 

The Government of India wishes to start using Artificial Intelligence as a major part of the Indian Military. The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics has been given the responsibility for developing systems for the same. The target is to adopt these systems in the next three years. 

 Task at hand:

As the Chief Advisor to the Government of India, you are required to accomplish the following:

Recognise job roles for the newly developed systems.

Devise workforce allocation for “Artificial Employees” and “Human Employees” in different departments.

Devise a layoff plan (if applicable) for “Human Employees”.

Explain how you plan the co-working scenario of humans with AI.

Elaborate on team building activities between Human and Artificial Employees.

Devise a grievance redressal system for both Human and Artificial Employees. 

Deliverable:

A PowerPoint presentation summarizing the above deliverables.

Submission Details:

Deadline: 5 pm, 7th April 2021

Mail: [email protected]

Mail subject: ZENXX_HOW CAN AI HELP YOU?

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Say it Anonymously!

You’re allowed to send in any feedbacks, confessions, suggestions of even gossip :P

Feel free to mention ‘anything’ about the event heads as well :)

Link: https://freesuggestionbox.com/pub/hofjpdv

Please kardo yaar? :(

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Ready for Myan-War

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia. It neighbours Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India. It has a population of about 54 million, most of whom are Burmese speakers, although other languages are also spoken. The biggest city is Yangon (Rangoon), but the capital is Nay Pyi Taw. The country gained independence from Britain in 1948. It was ruled by the armed forces from 1962 until 2011, when a new government began ushering in a return to civilian rule. Following 10 years of gradual progress on political and economic liberalization—and a landslide victory for the NLD in the 2020 election—the Burmese army took power in a coup on February 1, 2021, just hours before the newly elected members of Parliament were set to convene. The army has quickly reversed hard-won progress toward democracy and human rights in Burma. It has arrested elected officials, activists, and journalists, done away with even the most basic civil and political rights, blocked access to social media, and, intermittently, to the internet entirely.

Those who have followed transition from a military authoritarian government to a civilian one in other countries of the world, know quite well, the inherent constraints in that transformation, more so in a country wrecked by ethnic fragmentation and rebellion with external involvements, and where all civilian institutions were systematically emasculated and replaced with military organizations and institutions, and its economy controlled by an inefficient and corrupt military clique. Unlike in other countries where the military got involved in businesses as they consolidated their political control in course of time, in Burma the take-over was simultaneous. Almost all private property was confiscated and handed over to a number of military-run state corporations. The old mercantile elite, which to a large extent were of ethnic Indian and Chinese origin, left the country, and so did many of Burma’s intellectuals. To restore all that were lost, is a stupendous task for any government and requires full cooperation of all the stakeholders in that process, including the international community and foreign investors.to create the enabling environment for the same.

That enabling environment lies in the rapid economic development of the country allowing everyone to be able to have a share of the cake. Average GDP growth so far under Suu Kyi’s leadership has failed to reach even 7%. When the need was for much higher rate for the challenging task of eradication of poverty of large sections of the population, and improving the quality of life for others. To sustain current experiment in democracy and development, the twin goal for which the people of Myanmar have fought and sacrificed under a crippling military dictatorship for more than five decades, success in the economic arena is the only weapon she could use in the absence of enabling political conditions.

Even while the investment environment in Myanmar have improved with the implementation of the new Company Law in 2018 and the Investment Law in 2017, Myanmar has not been able to attract much-needed large-scale foreign investment from foreign manufacturing companies to create jobs from the Western countries, some for economic reasons, but more for extra-economic factors like lack of progress on human rights issues. Although Myanmar’s democratization was expected to increase investment from Europe and the U.S., large amounts have come mainly from Asian countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea. The West will have to have a fresh look at Myanmar, increase their investments for companies to establish reliable supply chains.

Despite some minor differences, the pathology, the ideological outlook and the experiences of the Myanmar army is similar to Indonesian military, and is likely to follow the same trajectory in its movement towards democracy — a guided political system with a certain role for the armed forces till the economy grows to accommodate both the security and economic interests of the armed forces through an expanded defence budget, opportunities in corporate sectors for children of military officers and eventual creation of a middle class demanding greater transparency and accountability from the government. However the international community might try to push for political change in Myanmar, it will not happen under conditions of sanctions or strained relations between the Tatmadaw and other stakeholders, even while the coup was illegitimate and on flimsy grounds of voter irregularities with no substantial evidence to prove that charge.

India has always been steadfast in its support to the process of democratic transition in Myanmar. We believe that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld. We are monitoring the situation closely.” India has learnt from its earlier mistakes of democratic activism in late 1980s and early 1990s and have become more pragmatic in its approach to Myanmar keeping in mind its national and security interests. Myanmar is too important to New Delhi to ignore as it sits at the of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East Policy’ policies, being the land bridge to connect South Asia and Southeast Asia, and thus demands a special place in India’s diplomacy in the broader region of Indo-Pacific.

Apart from strategic necessity to maintain links with whichever dispensation is in power, New Delhi can use its access to military leadership to impress upon them the need for peaceful transfer of power back to the civilian elected representatives through back-room channel. From that perspective, Indian response to the coup has been mature, though it may not satisfy the democracy warriors in our country who find ideology more important than actual ground realities in a country like Myanmar.

 Case in hand:

Indian government has decided to work in hand with ‘Secret e-Cell’ unit of the country where the units are planning to help Myanmar in its difficult times as well as willing to extend the support to the Democratic Party and the citizens facing the injustice. For this, the government has opted for 2 years Transfer Strategy of some specialized agents of the RAW and fresh talent personnel from Indian Army officials who will be solely responsible for negotiating with and spying the Military troops who are in action, and communicating the scenarios to the Secret cell on the regular basis to come up with a solution to help Myanmar regain its democratic power.

Task in hand:

Considering the above mentioned situation and keeping in mind the pandemic, you are appointed as the Executive Head Officer for the mission and you are responsible for:

Prepare an overview of the execution plan for the span of 2 years.

Define the recruitment drive and strategy adopted for the same.

Expatriate selection procedure.

Expatriate training and development program.

Define the expatriation policy adopted and compensation provided.

Perform a locational analysis and security check for the accommodation and travel.

State the contingency plan that would be taken into consideration in case of any emergency.

Specify the usage of Tech based equipment and Artificial Intelligence in the whole mission.

Any extra deliverables you seem necessary.

Deliverables:

Prepare a report of not more than 30 pages.

A ppt summarising the same.

P.S Top 10 much?

Submission Details:

Deadline: 9am, 7th April 2021

Mail: [email protected]

Mail subject: ZENXX_READY FOR MYAN-WAR

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Top 10!

Here’s the list of top 10 in no particular order.

ZEN 2

ZEN 8

ZEN 11

ZEN 12

ZEN 18

ZEN 20

ZEN 25

ZEN 26

ZEN 27

ZEN 30

A hearty congratulations to all the teams who made it to this stage. The competition is now fierce! :)

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UNI-FAKE CLAIMS

Unitech Limited was India's second largest real estate investment company, and once claimed to be the largest real estate builder in the country. In its 2007-08 annual report, Unitech chairman Ramesh Chandra spoke of becoming a pan-India developer, venturing into the telecom business and turning into a professionally managed company, something rare in the real estate industry. The tone was one of aggressive expansion, with a cautionary note on the global financial slowdown.

Just over a decade later, the Gurugram-based company’s two promoters were put behind the bars over a forgery case, it then quit the telecom business, its projects have mostly stalled and it is battling disgruntled homebuyers and investors.

The top court ordered investigation into the omission and commission of promoters of Unitech Ltd under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Following an MCA petition, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) dismissed its board, and allowed the government to name 10 directors to its board. The MCA petition cited the fate of 19,000 homebuyers, 15,000 small depositors and 700,000 shareholders as constituting public interest. It said the company has also defaulted on debentures worth Rs251.78 Crore and owes small depositors Rs596.76 crore.

Case in hand:

Due to sudden changes in the Board of Directors, the employees felt the resentment which the new BOD reflected through their actions. The new members were biased and differentiated the employees based on caste and colour. Various sexual harassment cases against those member appointed by the government have been registered once the work has kick started in Gurugram. Various other male employees have been caught misbehaving with female labour workers and their child red handed, touching them inappropriately and evidently causing them harm on site.

Various other crimes like these haven’t been reported nor even brought forward due to the fear of losing the livelihood.

Task in hand:

You are the ‘On-site Manager’ in Gurugram who has been assigned the work to investigate and keep a track record of daily progress and give updates to the superiors. You are now responsible for –

• Giving valid justifications for the above mentioned deeds on behalf of male employees

• Providing reasons for not reporting it to the higher authority

• Initiating measures for assurance of better work environment

• Incentives provided to female workers and their kids

• Preparing strategies to regain the labour and employee trust

Deliverables:

• Prepare a PPT of not more than 10 slides

Submission Details:

1. Deadline: 3PM, 6th April,2021.

2. Email: [email protected]

3. Email Subject: ZENXX_UNIFAKE CLAIMS

In case of any queries regarding the task please contact any of the Eventheads.

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All Dolled Up!

The Island of the Dolls (La Isla de las Muñecas), located in the channels of Xochimilco, south of the center of Mexico City, very close to the Estadio Azteca football stadium, is a chinampa of the Laguna de Teshuilo and one of the main attractions of the channels. Dolls of various styles and colors are found throughout the island, originally placed by the former owner of the island, Don Julian Santana Barrera. Julian believed that dolls helped to chase away the spirit of a girl who drowned years ago. Julian died in 2001 of a heart attack. Sources say he was close to the same spot where the girl drowned.

The island is only accessible via trajinera (a type of Mexican Watercraft), and is surrounded by legends, rumours, and theories regarding the nature of the dolls. Most trajinera rowers are willing to transport people to the island, but there are those who refuse due to superstitions.

In addition to hundreds of dolls, the island also contains a small museum with some articles from local newspapers about the island and the previous owner. There is a store and three rooms, one of which seems to have been used as a bedroom. In this room is the first doll that Julian collected, as well as Agustinita, his favorite doll. Some of the visitors place offerings around this doll in exchange for miracles and blessings, some others change their clothes and maintain it as a form of worship.

Case in hand: 

Divine Documentaries is a US-based Production House, headquartered in California. The House is known for taking high degrees of risks with regards to the shooting of its documentaries in order to get an insight into some of the least explored parts of the world. 

Over the years, the House has shot documentaries in The Snake Island, Miyake-Jima, and the Danger Islands. For their next planned expedition, “The Agustinita” the House has decided to shoot a documentary in the Doll Island, in order to bring the legends and theories surrounding the island into the limelight. 

This expedition is different from the previous ones because unlike the previous expeditions, the most prominent dangers here are the intangible ones; the legends and superstitions that surround the island are the biggest concerns for the House. In order to overcome these, they need to make sure they select the best talent that can withstand these, while filing the best shots for the documentary.          

 Task in hand:

You have been appointed as the head of the Talent Acquisition Team for “The Agustinita”. Your job is to acquire the best talent for the project. You are required to :

Provide a detailed execution plan in a video format.

Come up with strategies to convince the prospective employees to join the House for the Documentary.

A workforce allocation plan.

Draft a recruitment drive.

Come up with suitable benefits for the selected employees.

Give safety measures for the members of the team.

Provide a phase wise training and development plan.

Come up with a contingency plan in case things go wrong in the project.

Deliverables:

A video on the execution plan not exceeding 3 minutes.

A report for the other deliverables not exceeding 20 pages.

P.s Extra efforts = Extra points

Submission details:

Deadline: 8:00am, 6th April 2021

Email: [email protected]

Email Subject: ZENXX_ALL DOLLED UP!

In case of any doubts or queries, feel free to contact the event heads.

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Top 15

"Success is not final,failure is not fatal."

Here is a list of top 15 in no particular order.

Zen 2

Zen 7

Zen 8

Zen 9

Zen 11

Zen 12

Zen 17

Zen 18

Zen 20

Zen 22

Zen 25

Zen 26

Zen 27

Zen 28

Zen 30

We thank all of you for your active participation so far.

Top 15, Buckle up, the race to Finale is going to be fierce.