The only gaming company to announce such an industry-academic initiative, Partners with 4 I.I.M.’s – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Lucknow, Exercise spread over 1000 students across four campuses
Announces a corpus of INR 50 lakhs for the scholarships, Top 3 winners to get additional prize money of INR INR 4 lakhs & INR 3 lakhs each, over and above the scholarship amount, Scholarship amount to be used by students to fund their education/entrepreneurship ideas
WinZO, India’s largest social gaming platform, returned with season 2 of its most anticipated National Level Scholarship program – B.O.S.S. (Battle of Super Scholar). With the addition of two new top B-schools, I.I.M. Bangalore and I.I.M. Lucknow, along with I.I.M. Ahmedabad and I.I.M. Calcutta, the second edition was even bigger compared to the inaugural 2021 edition. WinZip is the only gaming company to launch such an industry-academic program to promote entrepreneurship in the online gaming sector of India.
Commenting on the launch Bharath Reddy, Placement Coordinator of I.I.M. Ahmedabad, said that “We are happy to host WinZO with this type of unique engagement activity and also are delighted to see their quest to promote the value of entrepreneurship and innovation through WinZO BOSS.”
WinZO B.O.S.S. season 2 involves over 1000 applicants, and there are remunerations and prizes worth INR 50 lacs up for grabs. Winners can use the scholarships to fund their higher education needs/entrepreneurship ideas. Along with it, the top 20 participants were made to experience the working environment at WinZO’s headquarters in Delhi to present their ideas to the leadership team and gain insights into the company’s operations.
Brahmateja Pothukanoori, Winner of B.O.S.S. season 2, said, “I am happy to be part of this edition of WinZO BOSS; this was one of the very first offline events that we experienced here at campus. I had a chance to interact with leaders from every domain, such as Product, Technology, and Marketing. I am very much fascinated by WinZO’s scale and approach to be a unit economics business which is a rare find today”.
Sanketh Mahajan from I.I.M. Calcutta was declared runner-up in this season. The top 5 finalists will be provided with Pre-Placement Offers from WinZO with INR 10 lakh each, with the top three receiving an additional INR 4 lakhs and INR 3 lakhs each.
During Interactions with the finalists of WinZO B.O.S.S. season 2, Saumya Singh Rathore, Co-Founder, WinZO, said, “2000s was a decade for social media and 2010s for E-Commerce; 2020s is going to be the decade for culturally relevant interactive entertainment products. India today is interestingly positioned as a hotbed of Global gaming innovation owing to its power of a billion+ digital consumer market and the best in the world digital payments system backed by the U.P.I. Clubbed, it is an once in a lifetime opportunity to establish Bharat as a global industry leader, and such disruption can only be possible when the best minds of the country come together to build on this opportunity. BOSS is an initiative in the same direction. It is time to Make in India for the World. We at WinZO believe in creating entrepreneurs who can build products that would forever change the way we experience the world around us”. WinZO had also launched a a $26 million game developer fund earlier in which over 1000 companies expressed interest. The fund aims to promote interactive entertainment goods with finance and a broad distribution network, including games, the gaming industry, content production, live-ops, and security.
