UltraTech Cement is back with Season 3 of UltraQuest, an initiative designed to uncover innovative, sustainable, and responsible ideas that can transform the future. This challenge provides a platform for the brightest management minds to showcase their unique perspectives and develop strategic solutions to enhance operational efficiency, optimize resource management, and address core industry challenges. It’s your chance to compete with top talent, demonstrate your skills, win exciting cash prizes, secure PPIs, and get a chance to meet the senior leadership team of UltraTech.

The theme for UltraQuest Season 3 is “Building on Ideas, Shaping the Future”, reflecting UltraTech’s commitment to recognizing great ideas and shaping a future where growth and responsibility go hand in hand. The challenge invites participants to explore how innovation, strategic thinking, and scale can converge to redefine UltraTech for the evolving demands of tomorrow. It encourages young leaders to design solutions that balance performance with purpose, efficiency with scalability, and progress with long-term impact. Join this transformative journey to showcase your potential, engage with CXOs of the Aditya Birla Group, and chart a career path with one of India’s most admired legacy organizations.

Eligibility Criteria

1. UltraQuest Season 3 is open to both 1st and 2nd year MBA students from 2-year program of select Institutes as listed below. 

• BITS School of Management (BITSoM), Mumbai
• Department of Management Studies (DMS), IIT Delhi
• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodh Gaya
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Nagpur
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur
• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Visakhapatnam
• Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
• Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
• MICA, Ahmedabad
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
• Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), IIT Bombay
• SCMHRD, Pune
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
• Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubaneswar
• Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi

2. First-year MBA students: Must hold an undergraduate degree in any engineering discipline and have a minimum of 2 years of full-time work experience post graduation.

3. Second-year MBA students: Open to candidates from all backgrounds. No specific eligibility criteria apply.

4. Students of 1-year full time MBA (PGPX) programs are not eligible to participate in this competition.

Team Structure

• All Participating teams should consist of 3 members.
• One person cannot be a member of more than one team.
• All the team members must be from the same institute and they can be a mix of students from different specializations.
• Cross-year teams are not eligible to participate.
• Leader of each team will need to register on Grad Partners website after having gone through all the rules and guidelines.
• Teams won't be able to change their team members post registration deadline.

Submission Guidelines

Round 1: Submission should contain a cover slide, 10 main slides for analysis and solution. In addition to these 11 slides, there can be annexures providing due credits to the references. All the references will be verified and reviewed.

• Any other supporting excel-sheets, details etc. will need to be attached in the annexures.
• Submissions can be uploaded only in .ppt/.pptx/.pdf format. Please ensure that file size is less than 5 MB.
• Only Team Leader would be able to make the submissions.
• Please submit your files in this naming convention only: Leader's First Name_Team Name_Institute Name
• Team leader can change their submissions by clicking on Submission and then Change Submission, any time before the submission deadline.
• Please make your submissions well before the deadline to avoid any last-minute hassles.

Rewards and Recognition

• 🏆 Winners: INR 2,25,000 cash prize and Pre-Placement Interview (PPI) Opportunity
• 🥈 First Runner up: INR 1,50,000 cash prize
• 🥉 Second Runner up: INR 75,000 cash prize
• UltraTech reserves the right to provide PPIs to select candidates only

Terms and Conditions

• Participants are required to go through the following Terms & Conditions before registering for the event:
• All decisions in matters of eligibility, authenticity & final judgments will be with UltraTech
• The format, structure & timelines of events are subject to change before the actual beginning of the event.
• If a team fails to submit an entry before the timeline, UltraTech holds the right to disqualify the team from the competition