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An 11 part series, Trial By Fire aims at bridging the gap
between management theory and practice and familiarize students
with the challenges that managers face everyday.
The bi-weekly aim, is a set of eight quarterfinals, four semifinals
and the grand finals. They will capture the excitement and emotion
of the contestants as they battle their way to the top, says an
official release. With this show the channels aims to give a peep
in the minds of B-school students.
The show format that focuses on EQ than on IQ, aims to display
how prepared management students are for the pressures of work life
through an incisive quiz show format. The success in the contest
will depend more on handling perceptions and pressures, than on
number crunching and data analysis, says the release.
Presented by Van Heusen in association with LG and Metlife India,
the quiz will test risk-taking ability, comfort in ambiguity, understanding
of situations, managing perceptions, empathy, and speed of decision-making.
According to the release the key features of the show is the interaction
between the participants and some of the most well known industry
leaders.
Hosted by quizmaster and television personality Derek O'Brien,
the contest has over 1500 students from 250 B-school across the
country participated in a comprehensive online test (www.cnbctrialbyfire.com)
to qualify.
Only 16 teams of two members each, qualified for the quarterfinals.
Each episode features three respected industry leaders who would
be evaluating and scoring the teams.
Every episode will feature four innovative rounds that test the
ability of the contestants to handle ethical or socially challenging
situations, understand body language and nonverbal cues, take quick
and accurate decisions and evaluate their knowledge of corporate
and business affairs, adds the release.
While episode one will see teams from IIM, Bangalore (AMITY Business
School, Gurgaon IIM Lahore,) and IMI, Delhi judged by ING Vysya,
VP and marketting head Gautam Sharma, DHL marketing head Ramesh
Natrajan and Zee TV president Sunil Khanna, episode two will have
teams from IIT, Madras, NMIMS, Mumbai, SP JAIN, Mumbai, and FMS,
Delhi judged by BPL Innovision Business Group, Business Development
exeutive VP Krishna Angara, Sahara India Parivar executive director
Parvez Damania and Sun Microsystems Country head marketing K P Unnikrishnan.
According to CNBC-TV18 sales and marketing VP B Saikumar, "Trial
By Fire provides management students with a platform to display
their managerial capabilities to corporate leaders of India Inc.
The show further extends CNBC-TV18's reach into the management school
community and is a logical successor to the Lessons In Excellence
Case Contest, which was a resounding success with management students.
Trial By Fire will provide captivating viewing for business
leaders, management students, and audiences from every part of the
spectrum. This is yet another initiative in our continuing efforts
to add diverse, incisive programming to our portfolio and give our
discerning viewers a wide variety of intelligent and engaging shows
on the channel."
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