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The Actual Practice:

• A 50 stock index was created by the faculty members of Finance Area.

• The index has representation from across industries like Cement, IT, Auto, Banking,
Pharma, Retail, Insurance, FMCG, Textile, Petroleum and Gas, Tyres, Paint etc.

• The base date is from 7 July 2018 and built on free float methodology. The base value
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is 1,800.

• The index will be revised bi-annually. Students will monitor and readjust the CMS 50
Index portfolio.

• Courses like International Finance, Wealth Management & Investment Analysis and

Portfolio Management are delivered by taking CMS 50 Index as the proxy for the
benchmark index.

• Assignments are based on CMS 50 Index companies.

• The corporate practices of these 50 companies are closely monitored to appreciate the
strategies around enterprise risk management, growth and sustainability.

Outcomes:
• Experiential Learning as far portfolio building

• Assimilating business models

• Able to comprehend the industry landscape

• It is contributing to better performance

TITLE OF THE PRACTICE: BUSINESS JIGSAW

Objective of the Practice:

Business Jigsaw is a carefully crafted business game designed and developed by the CMS
Business School faculty members. It aims to familiarize an MBA student with

competitive gaming scenarios

• Encourages student teams to successfully solve creatively designed, unstructured
business challenges (triggers)

• Students are not known to each other on campus when they begin playing the game

• Great opportunity to meet and mingle as peers for the first time in CMS Business School
through the Business Jigsaw activity!

• Students remain in the same group for the duration of the game

The Actual Practice:

• Student groups are anchored to an Industry
• Station managed by a Class Mentor

• The student groups are assigned one company across seven industries

• Student groups play the game

• Triggers given at regular intervals and as per the schedule shared

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