No quiz. No simulation. Just a 2-slider between you and ₹6 lakh. This is the fastest flagship to start.
RPG Outperform is RPG Group's flagship national B-school challenge, run across a General Management track and an HR track. It skips the usual quiz and simulation filters entirely. You register, you submit a 2-slider, and if the jury likes your thinking you are pitching to RPG business leaders. Winners take ₹3,00,000 and finalist teams get a shot at a Pre-Placement Interview with the group. This guide covers the format, what past editions tell us, and how to build a 2-slider that survives the first cut.
Register first, then read the guide
Registration is open on Unstop
Outperform runs on Unstop with two separate listings, one per track. Pick your track carefully, the General Management track draws from RPG's core businesses like CEAT, KEC International and Zensar, while the HR track is built around people and organisation problems. If you are on the fence, read the case on the listing page first and register for the track whose problem excites you more.
🏁 RPG Outperform · Hosted on Unstop
Register for your track
Two separate listings. Read the case under your track before you commit, the 2-slider you build is judged against that specific problem.
₹3,00,000 for the Winners, ₹2,00,000 for 1st Runners-Up and ₹1,00,000 for 2nd Runners-Up. On top of the cash, finalist teams get an opportunity to secure a PPI with RPG Group, which for a 1st year is the real prize.
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No elimination filters
No quiz, no simulation, no aptitude screen. The competition begins directly with a 2-slider submission, which makes it one of the fastest flagship competitions to get started with.
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Two tracks
General Management and HR. Same reward structure, different problem statements drawn from real RPG businesses. Choose based on where your thinking is sharpest, not which sounds bigger.
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The scale you are up against
The most recent edition pulled 3,000+ entries from 24 campuses, funnelled down to just 8 finalist teams. That is a sub-1% funnel. Your 2-slider has to earn its slot.
Context, why RPG is worth your weekend
From Blizzard to Outperform, a group that hires from this funnel
RPG Group is a diversified Mumbai-headquartered conglomerate spanning tyres (CEAT), infrastructure (KEC International), IT (Zensar), pharmaceuticals (RPG Life Sciences), energy and plantations. Its stated talent philosophy is "Grow Fast, Stay Human", and the campus competition is not a marketing sideshow. It is the top of the group's early-careers funnel.
Long-time B-school watchers will remember RPG Blizzard, the group's earlier national challenge that MDI Gurgaon won in 2022 ahead of IIM Lucknow and NITIE, on the theme of "envisioning the future". Outperform is the sharper, more business-anchored evolution of that format. The flavour has stayed consistent across editions: real problems from real RPG companies, judged by the leaders who actually run those businesses.
The most recent edition makes the point clearly. After 3,000+ entries, eight finalist teams were given two live RPG business challenges and asked to solve them on stage. The winning team's answer on how AI fits into RPG's businesses was good enough that the group showcased it publicly. When a company posts your solution to its own LinkedIn, you are not in a case competition anymore. You are in an interview.
Why this matters to you
Because finalists present directly to RPG business leaders, the evaluation lens is not academic. Juries here ask "would we actually do this?", not "is the framework correct?". Practicality beats elegance, and specificity about RPG's actual businesses beats generic strategy every single time.
The format, reconstructed from recent editions
Three stages, one brutal first cut
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Round 1
Registration and the 2-slider submission
Register on your track's Unstop listing, read the case, and submit a 2-slide deck. Two slides means no room for filler: one slide for how you see the problem, one for your answer. This single submission decides whether you exist in the competition. From 3,000+ entries, only a shortlist moves ahead.
💡 Treat slide 1 as your diagnosis and slide 2 as your recommendation with proof. Judges skim hundreds of decks, a sharp one-line problem statement at the top of slide 1 does more work than a beautiful template.
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Round 2
Shortlist evaluation and mentor touchpoints
Shortlisted teams are typically invited to refine and present their solution to RPG evaluators, sometimes with mentor interactions from within the group. Expect questions on assumptions, feasibility and numbers, not just the idea. This is where the funnel tightens from a shortlist to the final 8 teams.
💡 Keep a working sheet of every number you used in the 2-slider. The fastest way to die in this round is being unable to defend your own sizing or cost estimate.
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Grand Finale
Live business challenges in front of RPG leadership
Finalist teams solve live RPG business challenges and present to the group's business leaders. In the most recent edition, finalists worked on two live problems, which means the finale tests how you think on your feet, not just how well you prepared. Winners, runners-up and PPI conversations all come out of this room.
💡 Practice answering "what would you do with this tomorrow morning?" If your solution needs six months of study, it will lose to a simpler one that a business head can action next week.
A note on accuracy
RPG publishes no public rulebook
Round names, dates and submission formats can shift between tracks and editions. The structure above is reconstructed from recent editions and is directionally reliable, but the Unstop listing for your track is the only source of truth. Read it end to end before you start building.
How to actually win it
Building a 2-slider that survives a 3,000-entry cut
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Anchor to one RPG business, not the whole group
The most common losing pattern is a deck about "RPG Group" in general. The winning pattern is a deck that knows CEAT's premiumisation push, KEC's order book or Zensar's AI pivot in detail. Pick the business the case points to and go three layers deep on it.
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Make slide 2 answer "so what" in numbers
A recommendation without a size of prize is an opinion. Even a rough TAM, a cost estimate, or a revenue impact range signals you think like an operator. Past finalist solutions stood out because they quantified, not because they had fancier frameworks.
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Take AI seriously, the group clearly does
The winning answer in the most recent edition was on AI in RPG's businesses, and the group amplified it. If your solution has a technology angle, make it concrete: which process, which cost line, which customer outcome. Generic "leverage AI" lines are the new generic SWOT.
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HR track teams, show business impact, not HR theory
HR track solutions lose when they read like an OB textbook chapter. They win when they tie a people intervention to attrition numbers, productivity, or a business KPI that a CHRO can defend to a CEO. "Stay Human" is the brand, but the ask is still commercial.
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Rehearse the live round, not just the deck
The finale hands you a live problem. Teams that only polish their submitted deck freeze when the brief changes. Run mock drills: give yourselves an unseen RPG-flavoured problem, 45 minutes, and a 5-minute pitch. That muscle is what the finale actually scores.
What is on the table
₹6 lakh in cash, plus the interview that matters more
🥇 Winners
₹3,00,000
National title, plus the finalist PPI opportunity with RPG Group.
🥈 1st Runners-Up
₹2,00,000
Cash prize, plus the finalist PPI opportunity with RPG Group.
🥉 2nd Runners-Up
₹1,00,000
Cash prize, plus the finalist PPI opportunity with RPG Group.
💼 All Finalists
PPI Opportunity
Finalist teams get an opportunity to secure a Pre-Placement Interview with RPG Group. For a 1st year, this converts one good deck into a direct line to one of India's most respected conglomerates.
One honest way to think about ROI here. There is no quiz to grind and no simulation to learn, so your entire investment goes into two slides and a pitch. If you have two focused weekends in you, Outperform is one of the highest value-per-hour competitions of this season.
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AceMBA is an independent mentorship platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to RPG Group, CEAT, KEC International, Zensar, Unstop, or any entity mentioned in this article. All competition details, including prize amounts, rounds, eligibility and timelines, are compiled from public sources and past editions as of the date of publication, and are subject to change by the organisers without notice. The official Unstop listing for your track is the sole authoritative source of competition rules. Please verify all details there before registering. This article is for educational and informational purposes only.
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