[talkysandeep]

Tata Institute of Social Sciences and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)


presents

ANKUR -the Entrepreneurship Challenge@Manthan 2008.

ANKUR The Entrepreneurship Challenge-Dare to Dream the Dream of Development!

Featuring in Manthan for the first time, the Entrepreneurship Event happening in collaboration with NEN, is a contest with a vision. The Event is being held with an idea to support and encourage the young entrepreneurs in India. Keeping in mind the country’s current needs, Ankur this year stands for - “Think Profit, Foster Development”. Entrepreneurship has always led transformation in society by generating innovative
ideas and implementing them pragmatically. Today, as India enters the new
phase of development ,the challenges are not only for the industrial but also for the social sector.
ANKUR plans to question the new breed of Entrepreneurs on whether their venture plans can cater to the issues of development in India. It calls for the Challengers to apply market-based approach to an enterprise/venture in order to positively impact the Bottom of the Pyramid.
Participants are expected to send in their venture plan based on the above mentioned theme. To mentor the shortlisted teams, a two day Boot Camp (Prerna) would be conducted in TISS Campus two weeks prior to the final event. Here, a panel of experts will mentor the participants and help them improvise their plans. The final presentations would be on the first day of Manthan that is 18th of September 2008.

Phase I: Prayaas: This phase will call for entries from budding entrepreneurs across Management and other institutions in the country. These entries would essentially be business plans with focus on addressing developmental issues in India. Through an initial screening process, top 5 entries would be chosen. The top entries will proceed to the Phase II and III (non elimination)

Phase II: Prerna - The Boot Camp: This phase will provide the top 5 entries from Prayaas a common platform to interact with each other and experts from the field of Entrepreneurship and Business. The aim of Prerna is to provide mentorship to the short-listed teams. This phase would provide valuable business/entrepreneurial insights to the participants, which would go a long way in nurturing the entrepreneur in them.

Phase III: Prarambh: This phase is a queer name for the final round of an event, but there is reason why the name is as it is. The event will mark an end to the competition, but will mark the “beginning” of a journey. The presentations of the ideas along with implementation plan will be adjudicated by the judges from the sponsoring organization, academia, experienced entrepreneurs and business personalities.
The journey of entrepreneur-ship shall sail from hereon…....

Event Details
Timelines:

Phase I : Prayaas (Elimination)
9th August, 2008: ANKUR opens
24st August, 2008: Last date for receipt of entries
30th August, 2008: Announcement of 5 shortlisted teams for further phases

Phase II: Prerna– The Boot Camp: for shortlisted Teams
6th and 7th September, 2008: Prerna at TISS Campus

Phase III :Prarambh
18th September, 2008: Final Presentation to the panel at Manthan 2008.

Event Details
Team Formation Guidelines

• The teams may include full time students from same or different institutes/universities.
• Participating team would have not more than 2 members.
• A Participant should be part of only 1 team.
• There is no restriction on number of teams that can participate from an institute

Submission Guidelines

• The Participants are required to submit their entries (Venture Plan and Summary)
• The executive summary of plan should not exceed 350 words.
• (The main text of plan should not exceed 3500 words. Entries are required to be submitted in MS-Word 2003, 1.5 line spacing and font Times Arial size 10.)
• Each entry should have a cover page mentioning the following the team name Name, Email ID, Institute Name and Telephone Numbers of team members (Please do not specify the above information in any other part of the entry.)
• For entries, the subject line should be ANKUR_ Team name_ Institute
• Contestants are required to send ONLY a soft copy of their entry to the following ID: ankur.manthan@tisshrmlr.com
• Title the name of the file in the following format:<Team name >_<institute name>.doc

Prizes:
First Prize : Rs 30,000
Second Prize: Rs 20,000

Additional IMPORTANT Information:

• Decisions of the organizers of the contest and the panel of judges will be final and binding on all contestants.
• Participating teams* would be provided to and fro fare for AC III Class (from the place of their respective institutes to Mumbai and back)
• Participating teams* would be provided accommodation during Manthan 2008.

*For a team to qualify as a participating team, it must attend both Prerna and Prarambh at TISS campus on the above mentioned dates.

For any further clarification or queries write to: ankur.manthan@tisshrmlr.com
Or
Contact Team ANKUR 2008:
Sandeep R. Karande 9867633527 karandesandeep@gmail.com
Gowri Guruswamy 9773088869 gowri.guruswamy@gmail.com
Prasanna Karthik 9967706044 prasannakarthik@gmail.com

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[Federer]

Originally Posted by talkysandeep

Tata Institute of Social Sciences and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)

presents

ANKUR -the Entrepreneurship Challenge@Manthan 2008.

Hi, i have just cmpleted engg, and working currently, am I eleigible for ANKUR ???

[praveerkhaitan]

Originally Posted by deval_200

thanks for the info... just wanted to inquire is there any entry fees for attending the various seminars of eximius for non IIMB students!!!

No entry fees at all. And all are cordially invited to make full use of this summit hosted by us at IIM-B. This will be a great opportunity to interact with eminent entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and the like. Any one would entrepreneurial bent of mind would absolutely love this summit.
Check out details at www.iimb-eximius.com

Registration is on spot and free.

[xcoolaryan]

E-Campaign – The Nationwide Entrepreneurship Campaign, is an initiative of The Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Bombay. The E-Cell IIT Bombayfirmly believes that emerging economies like India need the drive and innovation of young entrepreneurs. The Cell therefore aims at manifesting the latent Entrepreneurial spirit of the youth.
The Mumbai chapter of E-Campaign begins with an interactive session with Mr. Allwin Agnel, the Founder of PagalGuy.com. The session will be a motivational talk and will encourage students to look at entrepreneurship as an alternate career option. The speaker shall talk about his entrepreneurial journey - how he identified the opportunity, overcame hurdles, built the resources to create value for the customers and emerged as the pioneer in his field.

Date: 21st August
Venue: D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Vile Parle.
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM

Entry is open for all college students and will be on first come first serve basis. Please bring your college Identity Cards.

[Veejay7]

Originally Posted by guy_next_door83

ummm...at the risk of gettin banned from a forum, which is for true blue CAT aspirants ( ofcourse, increasingly " The Lounge and Chit Chat are becomin hot favourites), I ve summed up all the courage to exchange views on something i strongly beleive in- Entrepreneurship- something which is in more ways than one like giving birth to a baby, nurturing it, living a thousand lives, indeed dying a million deaths. I ve floated a self start up- a futures trading set up in the realm of commodities, and its gut wrenching to say the least. Come to think of it, at the time of evolution, there ought to have been an entrepreneur , who has since then employed lesser mortals ( pun intended). So in a sense, its a breed as old as the hills...I ve been doin quite a bit of research on all aspects of entreprenurship and would appreciate if this thread can be a platform to discuss ideas, thoughts, indeed concepts like incubation, Venture Capitalist Funding, Pramod Haque, the works..


Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh


P.S : For those who are passionate abt Entrepreneurship , The Entreprenurship Development Council Of India ( EDI) , offers a summer camp . More details at
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

Hi Yogesh,

thanks for this useful blog, me interested in having a self business. but not confident whether I have those required skills for this challenging career .. m planning to do MBA and appearing CAT this year...

what abt u ..

Regards
VJ

[dushyant bhatia]

Hey guys
My very first entrepreneurial experience:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/chit-c...tartups-7.html (Startups)

Your suggestions/feedback are welcome
Cheerz

[verifiedtrading]

What are the skills that an entrepreneur required, Any tips on that is welcome here.

www.verified-trading.com

[dushyant bhatia]

Originally Posted by verifiedtrading

What are the skills that an entrepreneur required, Any tips on that is welcome here.

www.verified-trading.com

Hey buddy..
Gud initiative,,
A suggestion though - I think u shd provide these services for free until u have created a customer base.. Once u hv enough clients I think u can start chagin 4 ur services.. Also if u have worked in this particular field, say a P/E firm, IB ora hedge fund and now plannin to start ur own venture just lay more emphasis on ur qualifications and experience inorder to attract more clients.

Cheerz

[Psychodementia]

I started my own humble small venture www.crackverbal.com

I also realized that entrepreneurship is all about controlling risk with everything – people, product or pricing. On the personal side, I recognized that an entrepreneur needs to build trust and loyalty in clients and partners through his confidence and self-belief. I did not have the luxury of representing a huge organization and ultimately it was my personal brand as an individual that mattered.

Arun

[DRG]

I want to know details regarding the Univ which provide Certification in Entrepreneurship (distance Education)
I found one in Symbiosis Distance Education but the enrollment for this year is closed and i need to wait till April 2009 for the enrollment again.
Could any one pls provide me few details related to the Entrepreneurship Certification from other best Univ`s and still available for enrollment.