Starting from an initial pool of over 8,500 participants, 46 participants from 12 countries made it to the Final Round, where they competed in 10 international teams. 5 of these 10 teams had a Great Lakes student as a member. Prasanna Joshi, Oza Rutvij Siddharth, Rohit Menon, Parth S Bhimani and Adarsh Nand Bahadur flew to Germany to take part in the final round that consisted of two realistic case studies, and were judged by a jury of experts. The teams competed live for two days at the Post Tower in Bonn, Germany.

At the end of the contest, Prasanna Joshias team a that consisted of a German, a Turk, an American and an IIFT student-bagged the top prize worth 25,000 Euros. “While all of the finalists demonstrated a very high skill level, the strategic approach, creative ideas and very professional presentation delivered by Team ARBOCADON (the winning team) made a particularly favorable impression on us,” noted Walter Scheurle, Board Member for Personnel at Deutsche Post World Net. Rutvijas team (consisting of a German, an American, a Mexican and an ISB student) won the second prize worth 15000 Euros while Rohitas team (consisting of Germans, a Filipino and an IIM-C student) got the third prize worth 10,000 Euros.