Students from IMI New Delhi bag the top prize at national level commodity markets quiz COMQUEST 2019 organized by MCX

New Delhi, March 19, 2019: Adding yet another feather to its cap, students fromIMI New Delhi, one of India’s leading management schools,participated and won the final round of COMQUEST 2019, anational level commodity markets educational quiz competition organized by MCX. The twostudents who were in the winning team at the competition were SajagMathur and Jayasimha Reddy from the IMI PGDM Programme.
A total of 145 teams from 54 institutions participated in the competition. The other teams in the final round were from IIM-Kozhikode, IIM-Ranchi, IIFT, NIFM, and Christ University. The winning team from IMI New Delhi was felicitated by Mr.Mrugank Paranjape, CMD of MCX. The participating students were evaluated based on their knowledge of the commodity market through online tests and interactions scheduled in the initial two rounds spread over one month.
The concept and the entire process was mentored by Prof. Sanjay Dhamija, Senior Professor of the Finance Area, IMI and he remarked that, “I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to the winners of COMQUEST 2019 for their remarkable achievement. They have made the institute and the entire IMI family proud on a national platform, as this win further underlines our focus on providing our students a well-rounded and multi-dimensional educational and learning environment here at IMI.”
MCX is one of the largest commodity exchanges in India with over 90% market share. The COMQUEST 2019 competition was organized by MCX Investor Protection Fund (MCX-IPF), as part of a new initiative aimed towards imparting knowledge on commodity markets among students, future leaders, and professionals from India Inc. The competition provides an avenue to enlighten them on opportunities in the world of commodity trading & corporate price risk management using exchange-traded commodity derivatives.