Ten teams selected for finals; Metamorphosis 2012

The competition to develop matching innovative business plans ( by B school students) for innovative technologies ( in health care, mostly by independent innovators) enters the final phase- ten teams were invited to make presentation at ISB on 25th Feb 2012.The innovations selected include, Sritailam herbal oil, Cosmetic Formulation for Lipsticks/ Eye Shadow/Rouges with Natural ingredients, Mechanism to check counterfeiting of drugs, Spherical swabs for medical application,Vigor-herbal drug for erectile dysfunction, Liquid Seaweed Fertilizer , Water based spermicidal contraceptive.

Pitch your biotechnology business idea

There are several platforms to pitch in your idea in IT sector but few in BT. One such opportunity is here.
Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Gujarat Venture Finance Limited (GVFL) & Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC) along with SkyQuest Technology Consulting Pvt. Ltd are organising `Biotechnopreenur camps' in different parts of Gujarat- Ahmedabad , Mehsana, Rajkot,| Surat,| Vadodara and innovators get an opportunity to present their ideas in these camps. contact:. Neha Jhala on neha.jhala@skyquestt.com

last date:  10th January 2012.

Ventura 2011

Fourth edition of Ventura organised by NIT Trichy offers:

• cash prize of Rs 4 lakhs to winners
• incubation support upto Rs 100 lakhs for each of the finalists
• mentoring support by NSRCEL, IIMB

Last date for submission of executive summery: 25th Dec 2010.
Details : http://www.ecell-nitt.org/portal/ecell/ventura/index.html
Contact: Ragini Rangarajan,

Head, Mentor Network, Entrepreneurship Cell, NIT-Trichy, 

+91 99405 13590 ragini@ecell-nitt.org

Utthan: A Social Business Plan Competition

Faculty of Management Studies, BHU is organising this event on 28th January 2011.

It is a team event comprising of three stages:
1. Submission of Executive Summary (Abstract) of the Social Business plan.
2. Submission of Complete Social Business Plan by the shortlisted teams.
3. Presentation of the Social Business Plan idea by selected teams before the jury and audience,followed by question round.The best idea would be submitted to HRD/UGC for support to implement it through Special Assistance Program (SAP) of Faculty of Management Studies, BHU. Abstract to be mailed by 4th December. 

Contact person:

Prof. H.C. Chaudhary

Coordinator, DRS 1 SAP (UGC)

Mb.:+ 91-9415618946

Email: hcchaudhary@fmsbhu.ac.in

NIRVAAN 2010 – the Entrepreneurship Summit of IIM Lucknow

This year’s theme – Ideation, Innovation, Inclusion – is designed keeping in mind the most important factors that lead to a successful entrepreneurial venture for an individual as well as society. Key events during Nirvaan are – Business Plan Contest, Talk Series, On the spot competitions, Quizzing Sizzle, Workshops, Elevator Pitch, Guest Lecture, Networking opportunities and Mentoring. 

Event date: 14th November 2010

Contact: Debajyoti, Co-ordinator

Entrepreneurship Cell

IIM Lucknow

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Eureka 2010

Eureka! 2010, Asia's Largest Business Plan Competition is inviting Entrepreneurs from all over the world. Eureka! is second largest in the world in terms of participation, resources and prize money.
50 Top teams will be shortlisted and provided mentoring from Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and experts in various fields of Industry. After refining their B Plans, top 8 teams out of 50 will be shortlisted and provided further mentoring, and the top 3 will be chosen as winners. Last date 4th October 2010.
For more info, please visit: http://www.ecell.in/.

Acara Challenge 2010

Attended B plan competition at IIT, Chicago. And this was the first time I sat to judge US students. How do I rate them? The plans are not qualitatively different. But considering they are design under graduate students preparing plans for first time and developing solutions for a problem they are remotely connected, it was admirable work by the teams. What is the outcome of such elaborate exercise? The innovations , technical and service models , may not be pursued as like Indian students these US students would look for a career. The learning, on affordable innovations and cross country collaborations would be real.

International Entrepreneurship Challenge

Entrepreneurship cell, Faculty of Management Studies, IIT Mumbai is launching International Entrepreneurship Challenge on 25th of Sept 2009. Watch out:
http://www.ecell-fms.org/

DFJ-Cisco Global B-plan competition

The last date for submission is June 12. The winners of the India round will represent India, and if selected to the final round will have to make a presentation on June 30. This presentation will be coordinated by Cisco using Cisco Telepresence centers. The winner of the event gets a prize of $250,000.

Students interested may contact:

Anurakt Jain, Draper Fisher Jurvetson India, Pranava Park,16 Infantry Road, Bangalore 560001, India, Mobile: +91 99800 71237, anurakt@dfj.com

2009 Social Innovation Competition

The RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas is organising The Social Innovation Competition , open for participation by students any where. The competition is a real-world exercise in developing skills in plan development, pitching ideas to investors, developing networks and receiving constructive feedback for increasing the probability of successfully launching a venture. The competition operates like a business plan competition, awarding seed funding directly to the student-led venture that best meets the judges' criteria.
In the final event, held at the University of Texas at Austin, a single winner is chosen and awarded $50,000 to launch their venture.
Deadline for round one: February 6th 2009

Eureka 2008

This year Eureka the Business Plan Competition organised by Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Mumbai offers several cash prizes.

Cash Prizes:
• First Prize : INR 5,00,000
• Second Prize : INR 2,50,000
• Third Prize : INR 1,50,000

Best Entry in Cleantech Category : INR 2,00,000

Best Student Entry: INR 50,000

Last date for submitting executive summery- 4th October.

TiE Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008

Applications are accepted for TiE Cannan Entrepreneurial challenge 2008. Last date 12th May 2008. At least one finalist will be invited to join the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program where they will get access, guidance and support on the Microsoft Platform as well as market development support from Microsoft. A representative from each of the winning teams will be invited to attend a course pro bono at the Center for Executive Education at the Indian School of Business (ISB).The Winners would be mentored by NASSCOM, Canaan Partners, and Jury Members for three months after the event.

Award winning Business Plan from James Poss

James Poss of Sea Horse gives useful tips to entrepreneurs about writing business plan. His business plan made in 2004 got him award, the company making solar powered trash compactors did take-off and reflecting back on his plan, he offers useful advise on how the reality could be different from even an award winning business plan. Download the annotated business plan from Business week.

Eureka 2007

Eureka 2007 is organised by E Cell of IIT Mumbai.

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay is a student body that seeks to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the student community. They have been conducting Business Plan Competition called Eureka!, now in its ninth edition, which is Business Plan Competition in India and one of the Top Five inthe Asia-Oceanic region in terms of participation, prizes and resources. Registration open till end of September.