Vedanta Resources plans to merge group company Cairn India with itself.

If the proposal goes through, the new entity will be India’s largest diversified natural resources company.

But should they merge or not?

This is the crux of the IBS-BLoC Case Study Challenge presented by leather goods brand Hidesign for B-schoolers. 

Business Line on Campus  (BLoC) invites B-schoolers to present their case on the proposed merger.

Students have to put themselves in the shoes of a mutual fund manager who has to vote on the Vedanta-Cairn India merger.

They have to present their viewpoint on how they would vote on this issue — either for or against the merger — and justify their decision with logical reasoning.

The best two-member team from a B-school stands to win ₹25,000 worth of gift vouchers from Hidesign.  

This case has been written exclusively for BLoC by ICFAI Business School (IBS), which has one of the largest repositories of case studies in Asia.

This case study was developed at IBS Centre for Management Research by case-writers Hadiya Faheem and GV Muralidhara, Dean, Case Research Centre.

  In June 2015, Vedanta Resources plc had announced plans to merge two of its businesses — India’s largest private miner, Vedanta Ltd, and oil and gas exploration and production firm Cairn India Ltd.

The merger, through a ₹146.12-billion, all-share deal, is intended to cut debt at Vedanta and simplify the group structure of Vedanta Resources.

For details of the case, rules and regulations and entry procedures, log on to: http://www.bloncampus.com/case-studies/

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