📌About the Event

SAMANVAY ’26 is the annual business fest of the Department of Management Studies (DoMS), IIT Madras. It brings college students together for management, consulting, marketing, analytics, operations, and business strategy competitions. The fest is designed to test students on real-world managerial thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, pitching, case analysis, and presentation skills. SAMANVAY’s official page describes it as the annual B-fest of IIT Madras and a platform where students compete across diverse management domains while also interacting with industry personalities through lectures and panel discussions.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Organising Institute: Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
• Event Type: Business fest / management competitions
• Main Domains: Consulting, general management, marketing, analytics, operations, entrepreneurship and business strategy
• Mode of Conduct: Hybrid format for many competitions
• Initial rounds are conducted online through quiz/case/submission rounds.
• Final rounds for selected teams are conducted offline at DoMS, IIT Madras.

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📅 Important Dates

• Registration Status: Open
• Overall Registration Deadline: The official SAMANVAY LinkedIn update says registrations close on 25 September 2026.
• Sub-event Deadline Note: Some individual competition pages show 27 September 2026, 11:59 PM IST as the registration deadline. So, for publishing, mention: “Apply before 25 September 2026 to be safe; check the selected event page for final deadline.”
• Final Round Mode: Selected teams may be invited for offline final

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• Eligible Categories: Undergraduate students, postgraduate students, engineering students, management students, and students from arts, commerce, sciences and other streams can participate in listed events.
• Team Requirement:
• Team size depends on the competition.
• For example, Management 360 requires a team of 3 members.
• Consularium – The McKinsey Consulting Event allows teams of 1–3 students.
• Dakshta – The Operations Showdown allows teams of 3–4 students.
• Institute Rule: Team members are generally required to be from the same institute.
• Multiple Participation Rule: A student cannot be part of more than one team in the same competition.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• Overall Prize Pool: ₹2,95,000.
• Management 360: The Antifragile Boardroom
• Winner: ₹35,000
• First Runner-up: ₹25,000
• Second Runner-up: ₹15,000
• Consularium – The McKinsey Consulting Event
• Winner: Worth ₹33,000 + certificate
• First Runner-up: Worth ₹22,000 + certificate
• Second Runner-up: Worth ₹11,000 + certificate
• PitchCraft – Marketing Event
• Winner: ₹15,000 + certificate
• First Runner-up: ₹10,000 + certificate
• Second Runner-up: ₹5,000 + certificate
• Krunch – The Analytics Challenge
• Winner: ₹15,000
• First Runner-up: ₹10,000
• Second Runner-up: ₹5,000