June 2013 - Oshwal Centre

Business negotiation game
After Bhavik’s talk, everyone was split into five
teams and briefed on the Business Negotiation
Game. Essentially, everyone had to take on the role
of budding investment analysts who had to research
five African countries and make recommendations
on an investment strategy to invest £100 million.
Everyone had to work in teams to come up with a
winning investment strategy pitch to be presented.
The five countries were Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria,
Tanzania and Uganda – but each team were only
provided with information for three
countries. In order to obtain
information about the other two
countries, teams had buy and sell
the information between each other
at a price which they negotiated.
Each team was given a budget of
£1,000 and they had to negotiate a
price for each piece of information
between £50 and £250. All teams
were give specially issued bank
notes issued by the Bank of
Oshwal!!
Teams had about 45 minutes to
negotiate the purchase or selling of
the information and come up with a
winning investment strategy, which
had to take into consideration all five countries.
Teams engaged in an exciting round of negotiations
and also were presented with a special edition of
Oshwal News Online Business bulletin, which
outlined some key developments in the five
countries.
Thereafter, each team prepared and presented their
investment strategy to the “Dragons” (aka the 2012
Enterprise Programme students - Aarti Rumeet
Shah, Dhruman Piyush Shah, Priya Rajesh Shah,
Rahul Jatish Malde). Teams also had an opportunity
to ask questions on each other's presentations.
Oshwal Business & Professional
Network (OBPN)
A brief highlight of the OBPN was provided, an
initiative seeking to create and maintain a support
structure for all Oshwal members, specifically in
areas of mentoring, career guidance, recruitment,
business helpline, work experience, internships,
personal development, post work-life activities, etc.
This will develop, harness and increase the overall
~ London Oshwal Youth ~
wealth and intellectual capital of our community in
the UK and globally.
Youth & university co-ordinator
Anjali Gudhka is the Youth and University Coordinator
and outlined some of her thoughts about
Youth involvement within the Oshwal community,
outlining initiatives like university ambassadors and
inclusive sports.
Board of Advisors
Minesh Kirtikumar Shah, is the
youngest elected member of the
Board of Advisors, and gave a
short talk on getting more youth
involved in the community. Minesh
mentioned that "the Enterprise
evening was another shining
example of the depth of talent in
our community. An insightful
evening focusing on the skills
required for a successful
negotiation, organised by the 2012
Enterprise students and including a
presentation from Bhavik J Shah,
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The evening gave everyone an
opportunity to reconnect with old
friends and make new ones."
Future events
Overall, feedback from the event has been excellent
and very positive, and we are looking to host more
events in Central London. If you have ideas and
thoughts of the type of event you would like to see,
or would like to join the London Oshwal Youth team,
please get in touch with us.
Contact details
Ashish Patani – ashish.patani@oshwal.org
Anjali Gudhka – anjali.gudhka@oshwal.org
Or visit the Oshwal website:
www.oshwal.co.uk/london
Oshwal Youth Magazine of O.A.U.K. 9 June 2013 Edition