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.
when is IRMA's entrance & can u tell me when n where can i get the forms
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