Testimonials

"EXL Acumen 2019 was designed on a business case which provided an immense learning opportunity on deriving meaningful actionable insights from data and using the same to design a predictive model to accurately predict the customer churn. It involved the right mix of consulting rigour and Analytics, which I profoundly enjoyed throughout the journey from Stage 1 to National Finals. For me, winning Nationals would be a memory to cherish forever because Acumen 2019 tested us on multiple dimensions of what we have studied during MBA and let us apply those for devising ultimate strategy." I would like to thank all members of EXL for giving us this opportunity.

Sayantan Hazra

PGP/22/101 | IIM Kozhikode

EXL Acumen is a great opportunity to showcase analytical and tactical skills for B-school graduates before entering the corporate world. Through the competition, we got the chance to expand our knowledge of various other analytical tools and handle vast amount of data to generate key business insights. The best part of the problem statement was that the emphasis was given not only on data analytics but building on a sustainable solution as well.

Amisha Agarwal

MBA 2nd year student, IIM Kozhikode

EXL ACUMEN is a perfect blend of application of analytics and deriving actionable business insights to a real-world problem. The business case inspired us to apply whatever we have learnt so far in our academic career in the field of analytics and to actually use them to solve a real business problem. The data that we got to work on gave us hands-on experience to work on real-world business data which tested our theoretical as well as practical proficiency to approach a problem in the correct direction. Combined with the support and hospitality from the EXL team and the valuable feedback that we received on our presentation from the company's topmost officials during the National finals, it was truly a great learning experience. Thanks to the entire EXL team for conducting this competition.

Manas Ranjan Sahoo

Coming from a background in analytics, EXL was one of those flagship B-school competitions we were looking forward to participating in, and the overall experience exceeded our expectations! While most case competitions rely on strategy building based on scarce data and abstract frameworks, Acumen added a very data-centric layer to the traditional concept of solving a business case. The insights we generated had to be grounded in data but at the same time convey a proper business and economic rationale, thereby simulating a real-world scenario. This not only made for a lot of fun but also gave us a great opportunity to learn how strategy and analytics are synergized in actual practice.

Saiket Talukdar