Inviting faculty members, doctoral scholars, researchers, industry professionals and academic staff to develop high-quality, India-focused teaching cases that bring real managerial dilemmas into the classroom.
The competition is designed to discover strong case writers and build a long-term pipeline of high-quality teaching cases for management education.
The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) established Gyanodaya – the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Publishing – for the development, publication and sale of high-quality, India-focused case studies and other learning materials.
In addition, the Centre provides opportunities for collaboration among faculty members of global and national academic institutions and industry practitioners to strengthen case-based learning and teaching.
The competition aims to promote and encourage the development of high-quality India-focused case studies. It is also expected to strengthen Gyanodaya's long-term publishing ecosystem by identifying promising case writers and creating a pipeline of high-quality teaching cases for publication.
Gyanodaya accepts only case studies focused on real individuals, organizations and events. Fictional cases are not accepted for this competition or publication.
Cases developed using data gathered through fieldwork, interviews and internal company data. A written consent to publish the case study in Gyanodaya's prescribed format is required from the focal organization.
Consent Format →Cases developed from published sources. Necessary and sufficient citations must be provided. Key data, objective claims, statements, actions and sentiments attributed to real individuals or organizations must be properly sourced and accurately documented.
Citation Guidelines →The following areas are indicative. Cases from other disciplines and emerging topics relevant to management or business education are also welcome.
Each prize-winning individual or team will receive a Certificate in addition to the cash award.
One winning case study.
Three prizes, each worth ₹25,000.
Six prizes, each worth ₹15,000.
Resident Awardees: Tax will be deducted at the applicable rate, including applicable surcharge and cess, as prescribed under the Income-tax Act, 2025.
Non-Resident / Foreign National Awardees: The applicable tax rate will be determined with reference to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025 and the relevant Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and the country of tax residence of the awardee.
The following documents are required to be provided by the awardee for processing the foreign currency remittance through IIM Kozhikode's banker:
The competition is open to a broad community engaged with management and business education.
At least one faculty member must be included as a corresponding author for every submission
Faculty members may submit case studies individually or as part of a team.
Practitioners, industry professionals, research scholars, Ph.D. students, MBA students and other academic staff must include at least one faculty member as a co-author.
All submitted case studies must be original and unpublished.
Cases must not have been previously submitted to, published by, or be under review with another case centre, publisher or similar entity.
Cases currently published by or under review with Gyanodaya are not eligible for the competition.
Submission window opens.
Final date for submitting the case and teaching note.
Announcement of competition results.
All submissions should adhere to the following requirements to be considered for the competition.
All winning case studies, along with their accompanying teaching notes, will be considered for publication in Gyanodaya after the review process, with copyright jointly held by the author(s) and IIM Kozhikode.
Strong submissions that do not secure a prize may also be considered for publication, subject to successful completion of the same three-stage review process.
For queries relating to the competition, author resources or submission process, contact the Gyanodaya team at IIM Kozhikode.