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Conquest 2011,Business Challenge Organised by CEL BITS Pilani

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events Tagged with , , May 26th, 2011 @ 7:35 pm

Conquest is a business challenge organized by Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership(CEL), BITS-Pilani . Over the past 10 years CEL has successfully implemented several successful projects to develop entrepreneurial thinking in the student fraternity.

Since 2004, we have been a part of the boost entrepreneurship has received in India, by organizing Conquest which is one of the biggest business competitions in Asia today, in terms of participation. Five of the last seven Conquest winners have started up within a year of winning the competition and some of them are multi-million companies now and have been featured in international media. This year, in its eighth edition, the participants can expect an unparalleled real world entrepreneurial experience tailor-made for their needs.

The opportunity to receive mentoring from investors and experienced entrepreneurs , vast funding opportunities ( early-stage seed funding and VC funding) and resources offered by our partners would help Idea Stage startups fine tune their business ideas and transform their idea into reality.
On the other hand, Late Stage startups stand to gain immensely from the scheduled networking opportunities with investors (Startup Lockup),intense interaction with and mentoring from industry experts, and constant feedback from our esteemed advisory board.

Some of this year’s highlights are:
- Startups would have the option to choose mentors of their choice ,to suit their requirements in terms of industry and location ,for face-to-face mentoring sessions over a period of one month.
-Speaker sessions by some of the biggest names in the corporate world would take place.
-There would be investment opportunities worth 1.5 crore apart from a huge prize money.
-The Startup Showcase

We are pleased to announce that applications for Conquest - The Business Plan Competition are now open. The deadline for the applications is 25th May.

For more information please visit our website, facebook page or twitter handle.

Website: http://www.celbits.org/conquest

Leaders For Tomorrow Certification Program

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events Tagged with , , May 25th, 2011 @ 7:27 pm
LEADERS FOR TOMORROW is a not-for-profit youth leadership movement established mainly in college campuses. The team conducts social development programmes and impart skills and personality development trainings to create “LEADERS FOR TOMORROW”.‘Leaders are not born they are made’. The team not only introduced the youth to the term ‘social action’ but trained them to be torchbearers of development. Training programmes were the best methodology the team could think of in moulding a mediocre person to a leader.
PROGRAM DETAILS

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

1. Training in Leadership in Business Development & Management
2. Interact with professionals & young achievers in the field
3. Programmes to enhance your personality and leadership skills
4. Interactive sessions on marketing management & alternate business models
5. Activity based training in Business Communication
6. Interact with experts on marketing for NGOs
7. Hands on experience in marketing
8. Practical project in Business Development

Eligibility- Any undergraduate/graduate students can apply
 

CONTACT
To Apply – send your CV to info@leadersfortomorrow.org
Tel. No. : 011 46120643/09873494048 (Archana Nair)

Website: http://www.leadersfortomorrow.org/

Last Date for Registration: 10 June 2011

Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events, Social Entrepreneurship May 24th, 2011 @ 12:32 pm

The Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value is awarded in alternate years to an individual, a non-government organisation (NGO) or a small business to reward an outstanding innovation or project in the area of water, nutrition or rural development.

Do you know of an innovative project in nutrition, water or rural development?

Help it scale up by nominating it for the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value.

Nominations are welcome until June 30, 2011. The winning project will benefit from an investment of up to CHF 500 000 (more than USD 480 000).

The Prize is open to individuals, governmental and non-governmental organisations, academia and small enterprises that have developed projects demonstrating:

  • Measurable results on a pilot or small-scale
  • Feasibility and applicability on a broader scale or in other communities
  • A viable business model
  • High promise of improving the lives of farmers and rural communities; delivering high nutritional value to populations suffering from nutritional deficits; or improving access to and management of water

Specific fields of achievement include, but are not limited to: agriculture, including extension services and use of new technologies; food science and technology; nutrition education programmes; water management; protection of water resources, etc.

For more information, download our flyer (pdf, 584 Kb) or contact us at:CSVPrize@nestle.com.

Website : http://www.nestle.com/CSV/CreatingSharedValueAtNestle/NestlePrize/Pages/NestlePrize.aspx

Last Date: 30 June 2011

Sappi Ideas That Matter 2011

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events, Competitions May 23rd, 2011 @ 6:51 pm
Sappi announced the 2011 Call for Entries for Ideas that Matter – an annual, innovative grant program that supports and transforms the creative ideas of designers into a powerful force for social good. 

The Ideas that Matter grant program recognizes and supports designers who donate their time and talent to create communications materials for a wide range of charitable activities. This year’s Call for Entries answers the question “What can design do for the greater good?” by affirming and financially supporting the meaningful ideas behind the aesthetics of design.
 

COMPETITION DETAILS
Ideas that Matter remains the only grant program of its kind in the design industry. Sappi, through this program, has awarded more than $11 million in grants worldwide to designers who are performing pro bono work for nonprofit organizations. Grants support projects designed to enhance our lives, our society and our planet for a wide range of issues reflecting the concerns and needs of the communities that designers live in and care about most. 

Who may apply // Ideas that Matter is open to individual designers, design firms, agencies, in-house corporate design departments, design instructors, and individual design students and design student groups.

What kinds of projects may be submitted // All communication projects that support the needs of the nonprofit and meet the conditions and requirements of the program will be considered. At least a portion of the project should be printed. Additional elements may include a variety of communication mediums such as outdoor signage, t-shirts, banner advertising, print advertising, websites, html campaigns, or other media.

Deadline: 15 July 2011

Website: http://www.na.sappi.com/ideasthatmatterNA/

Helsinki South Harbour International Ideas Competition

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events, Competitions May 23rd, 2011 @ 6:46 pm
The Helsinki City Planning Department is organising the international South Harbour ideas competition as part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme.The entrants’ task is to create a comprehensive ideas plan for the South Harbour that can be used as a basis for the future development of the area. The competition area is situated in a highly central location, covering the entire 23-hectare shore area of the Helsinki South Harbour. The area is an essential part of the city’s identity. 

The urban profile of the South Harbour opening to the sea can be considered the visiting card of Helsinki. The historical centre of Helsinki is also located close to the shore. The purpose of the competition is to integrate the area more tightly into the city structure. The idea is to provide city residents with access to the sea and the opportunity to experience and create urban culture.
 

COMPETITION DETAILS
The entrants’ task is to create a comprehensive ideas plan for the South Harbour that can be used as a basis for the future development of the area. The entrants must present public urban spaces for the area, chart the amount of supplementary construction, and placement possibilities as well as improve pedestrian traffic and cycling connections and spaces. 

 

The competition area must be linked more tightly to the city centre structure. The entrants must examine how the space use of port operations can be made more efficient. The competition entries must consider, in particular, the area’s cityscape-related and cultural-historic values as well as appearance to the sea.

Eligibility

The competition is open to everyone. It is desirable for the entrants to form design groups with a varied composition of experts in the fields of land use and architecture, landscape architecture as well as traffic, community, construction and energy technology and harbour operations.

Members of the jury, secretary, their business partners or close relatives are excluded from the competition. All persons who have participated in the preparation work of the competition are also excluded. The competition organizer decides any exclusion matters.

Awards

A total of €165,000 will be distributed as prizes:

  • First prize €60,000
  • Second prize €45,000
  • Third prize €30,000
  • In addition, 2 redemptions worth €15,000 will be given.
Website: http://www.southharbour.fi/kilpailu 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 30 Sep 2011

CONTACT
Send your entires to : 

City of Helsinki
Registry Office
City Planning Department
P.O. Box 10
FI-00099 City of Helsinki, Finland

Rice University Business Plan Competition 2011

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events Tagged with , , , , , February 8th, 2011 @ 8:27 pm

The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s largest and richest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship which is Rice University’s flagship initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. This is the 11th year for the competition.

Prizes

  • $1,000,000+ in total prizes
  • Grand Prize worth more than $400,000
  • 6 Investment Prizes $100,000 or more
  • 10+ Special Prizes in diverse categories
  • 6 International Travel Stipends
  • EVERY team is guaranteed to win cash

Judges

  • 200+ VC, Private Equity, and Angel Investors, plus CEOs, Successful Entrepreneurs, and other Professionals from the Entrepreneurial Community
  • Unbiased Mentoring and Feedback
  • Unrivaled Networking

Teams

  • 42 Teams selected from the top Graduate Programs around the world
  • 100+ Companies have launched and are still in business, and have raised more than $286 million after competing at Rice
  • Accepting applications from teams in the following categories:  Life Science/Biotech/Medical Devices, Clean Tech, Energy, IT/Web, Sustainability, Space Technologies, Social Entrepreneurship, Consumer Goods and Other.

Important Deadline – Pre-Competition

Friday, February 18, 2011
by Noon CST		 Deadline to submit Application and Executive Summary:
Submit online: click APPLY NOW button above to access iStart platform

All teams that complete an Application and Executive Summary will receive a free copy of Business Plan Pro by Palo Alto Software. Instructions for downloading the software will be provided upon receiving your Application.
Monday, March 14, 2011
 RBPC announces 42 Teams to Compete
Friday, March 18, 2011
by Noon CDT		 Invited Teams to confirm participation
Withdrawal Deadline–last day to withdraw without penalty (see below)
Monday, March 21 2011
by Noon CDT		 Deadline to submit Written Business Plan online

Website: http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp?SnID=1129382536

For inquiries, please contact

Lea Aden Lueck, Director of RBPC at rbpc@rice.edu, +1 713.348.3190

WagonR Think Big Challenge2

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events, Competitions, Featured Tagged with , , , , February 7th, 2011 @ 8:05 pm

Ever since its launch in February, 2000 in India the Maruti Suzuki WagonR has never looked back and has become the car of choice for the SMART YOUNG Indians on the move. Taking the very brand values, SMARTNESS and LEADERSHIP, that the brand stands for, Maruti Suzuki WagonR launches ‘Think BIG’ Challenge2 this January.
If you have a BIG Business Idea & Acumen that can show the way and become an inspiration, this is the opportunity of a lifetime. Just share your thought and passion with us by following two simple steps, and we will help you make it BIG in life.

  • Step 1 : SMS WAGONR TBO to 53636 (To get your unique code)
  • Step 2 : Logon to www.wagonrsmartideas.com and register with your unique code

If you have an idea, a business plan and all the qualities required to make it big in life, but did not know how to go about it, then this is the platform that you have been waiting for.

The WagonR ‘Think Big Challenge2 is going live in 19 cities nation-wide and will be a huge amalgamation of Print, Radio, Online, Television, on-ground activities and Prizes worth over 5 Million INR for you spread across different stages.

Participation Process:

1. Send SMS “WagonR TBO” to 53636

2. Log-in to www.wagonrsmartideas.com to submit your business plan or visit your nearest dealers to fill up the registration form.

3. Earn points (5%) for correctly filling the form online/offline.
Take print out of the complete form & submit it at the nearest dealership on or before 7th March to earnpoints (10%).

4. Collect votes for WILD CARD Entry to city finals.

5. 10 City Winners will be selected per city. Of which 8 winners will be on the basis of the merit of their business idea & points earned and 2 winners will be WILD CARD Entries selected on the basis of themaximum no. of votes collected. (Total Number of Votes = online Votes + Facebook “Like” on your Idea)

6. Last date of Registration: 7th March 2011

7. Last date of submission of complete Business Idea: 16th March 2011

8.Briefing Session will be held at selected 28 Dealerships in 19 Cities on 14th & 15th March 2011 where-in you will be given a Case Study. Best Case Study would earn points (20%). You can get connected to a Dealership, in Step 4 of Registration.

9. Business Proposal Template will be shared with all 10 City Finalist, which should be completed & uploaded on the website.

10. Followed by recording gateway, wherein Participants will be required to make a pitch on their Business Proposal.

11. Experts from Indian Angel Network will evaluate the Business Proposal & recorded Pitch, post which 1 winner from each city will be announced.

12. City winners from all 19 cities will compete in the Zonal Round (19 winners) in Delhi.

13.4 Zonal Winners to compete the National Round in Delhi.

14. Winner to get 10 Lacs + WagonR + opportunity of Venture Capital

Website: http://wagonrsmartideas.com/

Register at http://wagonrsmartideas.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125&Itemid=54

Espoir 2011: Health Business Plan Competition,BITS Pilani

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events Tagged with , , , , , , , , , February 3rd, 2011 @ 4:48 pm

The Pharmacy Association, BITS Pilani is organizing Espoir2011, a Healthcare Business Plan competition organized over three rounds, with the final round to be organized on campus during Apogee 2011, Annual Technical Festival, BITS Pilani. The event is expected to attract the best entrepreneurial minds from across the nation.

The first round of executive summaries is over. But students can still participate in the competition by sending their Business Plans.

The Business Plan has to be submitted by the team before 20th February 2011 for further evaluation. This evaluation will be done by a panel of experts in the respective fields. Details regarding this would be mailed to the selected participants.

Start Date: February 26, 2011

End Date : March 29, 2011

Deadline: February 20, 2011

Website: http://espoir2011.co.in/

Young Entrepreneur Startup Showcase,IIT Delhi

2 comments By admin Filed in Business Events Tagged with , , , , , February 2nd, 2011 @ 8:00 am

Are you a start-up entrepreneur sharing the likes of Bill Gates or Michael Dell and dream to run a product company with the capability of getting listed on NASDAQ?

Are you keen to make an early breakthrough, while still young?

Are you in need of serious consumer and investor attention required to propel your big idea to great heights?

Its your golden chance to showcase your start-up ventures before the right audience and get all the desired publicity to boost your business.

Startup Showacse would witness participation of 20 of the best Startups in the country who would showcase their product/services to the large audience.

Eligibility:

Any student in India who is a founder/co-founder of a startup and is below 28 years of age.The startup must be in early stage(less than 2 years).

Register at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdfUldNZVFDWTFUVDlQSFl0QjZJcVE6MQ.

Submit Registrations by :10 Feb, 2011
Event starts :26 Feb, 2011
Event ends :27 Feb, 2011

Contact :

Akshina Gupta
+91-9910628129
akshina.gupta@edc-iitd.org

Website: http://www.edc-iitd.org/esummit/index.php

Rubicon Contest

0 comments By admin Filed in Business Events January 26th, 2011 @ 12:52 pm

The Rubicon Contest is the business competition for undergraduate and graduate business students from all around the world – organized by students for students.
The Rubicon Contest is one of the most reputable contests of its kind and offers for the participating students more than a comparison of their skills: There is no other contest that is more international diverse, demands more team spirit, and fosters the exchange of forward thinking topics.

The Challenge of a Lifetime


Teams, consisting of four students, from universities all around the world are traveling each year to the Rubicon Contest in Iserlohn (Germany) to challenge each other in their business and entrepreneurial skills. But those are not enough to win the competition…
Since 2006 the Rubicon Contest is voluntarily hosted by a team of the collegiate consultancy b.one at the private state approved BiTS University Iserlohn.

Deadline: 23 February 2011

Website: http://www.rubicon-contest.com/

Organizer: BiTS Iserlohn

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