EVENT TYPE: Business Plan Contest

Important Dates:

Plans Being Accepted: June 30 – August 10, 2010

Deadline for Electronic Submission of Plans: August 10, 2010

Declaration of Finalists: August 18, 2010

Mentoring Period: August 24 – September 24, 2010

Intensive Mentoring at IIT Madras: September 30 – October 1, 2010

Live Presentations to the IIT Madras Judges’ Panel: October 2, 2010

Awards Ceremony at IIT Madras: October 3, 2010

The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™

About The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ 2010

The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ Asia’s first and most prestigious sustainable/clean technology business plan competition, founded in 2007, is the brainchild of Oopali Operajita, CEO, Cicero, A Trans National Advisory, a Senior Political and International Affairs Adviser to several of India’s prominent political leaders and a former Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Operajita was appointed at Carnegie Mellon by its legendary founder-president, President Richard Cyert, and she firmly established India and India studies there, as far back as 1989, bringing India’s ambassadors and leaders to visit campus for the first time. Operajita thought up an exclusive All India Sustainable Technology Venture Competition in honour of Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore. She named it for Al Gore, with encouragement from some of Al Gore’s colleagues from his White House days, and launched the First Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition in November 2007. Finalists were invited to make live presentations before an eminent judging panel on February 11-12, 2008, in New Delhi. The impetus and motivating force lay in Operajita’s wish to galvanize an entire generation of India’s formidable engineering, science, technology and management students — widely acknowledged as some of the brightest in the world — from its leading institutions, such as its legendary Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), as she says, “into thinking sustainability, and incorporating it into their mindsets, and coming up with sustainable technology solutions, for the future of the imperilled planet.” Further, she states, “Indians are known as some of the world’s greatest innovators and entrepreneurs, and I wanted to tap into this incredibly rich resource pool with one stroke.”

ASSOCHAM, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, India’s apex industry and commerce body, is the official industry partner of The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™. Under the trail blazing leadership of its current president, leading industrialist Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel Limited, India, ASSOCHAM has emerged as a prominent industry leader worldwide both in the fight against global warming and in enhancing India’s energy security. Mr. Jindal was a generous sponsor of activities during Vice President Gore’s visit to India in March, 2008, and supports the India arm of Gore’s Climate Project. The next competition was held at the legendary Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kharagpur, India. and Mercedes-Benz India is the official sponsor of the competition.

IIT Madras is to be the Education Partner of Asia’s first and most prestigious sustainable/cleantech venture competition in 2010. The competition is now in its third year, and comes on the heels of the phenomenal success of the second official Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ at IIT Kharagpur, November 6-7, 2009.

For further enquiries for Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ 2010

please email us: agstvc@gmail.com or lsg@iitm.ac.in.

SITE link: Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition

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Event Name: Think Big Challenge
Event Type : Online Idea Submission
Location & Organizer : The Maruti Suzuki WagonR
Phone: 011-47361100
Website: http://www.wagonrsmartideas.com/
Intended for : Students, Professionals, Business Man, Almost anyone who has a idea
Important Dates : Registration Ends on 6th December 2009

Details :

Maruti Suzuki WagonR launches ‘Think BIG’ Challenge this November.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.Every minute, every moment, the human mind is abuzz with millions of ideas. But there is just one that can create bang and leave an impact. If you have that one big business idea, WagonR Think Big Challenge is the perfect platform for you.Maruti Suzuki WagonR launches ‘Think BIG’ Challenge this November.

Concept:  SMART IDEAS LEAD THE WORLD
Meant:  FOR THE SMARTER RACE

Process :

* Step 1 : SMS WRTB 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 Challenge’ 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.

College Khabar is also participating in this Event : Please visit here for idea Behind CK and if you like it please help us by Voting and Commenting for our idea.

The registration process is was opened in Nov and ends on  6th Dec 2009.

For more details please visit the URL above.

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Event : Global Energy Challenge

Nature of Event : Online Innovation Challenge
Organizer & Venue : Ennovent

Important Dates :

Reg Ends on :   31th January, 2010

Website: www.ennovent.com
Contact : emma.sundman@ennovent.com

Details :

Ennovent Launches the Global Energy Challenge  “Advancing Change – Energy for India’s Poor”

Most of India’s population has no access to affordable, let alone clean energy. Help us find in India and around the world proven, for-profit solutions that can meet some of the critical energy needs of India’s poor. ennovent will invest up to USD 500,000 in the Solver to incubate or scale the winning enterprise in India. ennovent will also offer a reward of USD 3,000 to the Connector who nominates the winning enterprise.
The Solver can be from anywhere in the world, and should be a for-profit enterprise open to accept an investment to launch or scale the innovation in India. Anyone who knows a potential Solver can participate as a Connector by nominating a Solver.
Challenge partners include the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), GVEP International (Global Village Energy Partnership), HEDON Household Energy Network, New Ventures India, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and Bangalore, Vienna University of Business Administration, Vienna University of Technology, and Entrepreneurship Center Vienna (ECV).
Participate in the Challenge online at www.ennovent.com. Deadline for Nomination and Submission is 31 January 2010.

ABOUT ENNOVENT
Ennovent is a for-profit enterprise established to promote entrepreneurs who advance innovations for sustainability at the base of the economic pyramid. Building on its broad expertise and leveraging its network, ennovent discovers, incubates, finances and scales enterprises with innovations in energy, water, food, health and education. These innovations must yield social, economic and environmental in addition to financial returns. ennovent currently focuses its services on advancing innovations for poor areas in India. This competition is part of ennovent’s activities to achieve its mission.
Website: www.ennovent.comHelp us advance solutions and change the lives of people in India!

For more details please visit the URL above.

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Organizer: TiE- Delhi

Key Dates:

Event begins: September 18, 2009
Event ends: September 19, 2009
Last date to send the entries for Photo contest: September 10, 2009

Email Address: info@tienewdelhi.org

Website: http://www.tiecon-delhi.org

Details:

TiEcon Delhi 2009 is organized by TiE , Delhi.The theme of TiEcon is ” Smart Entrepreneurship in challenging times”.TiE in Delhi is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary.TiEcon Delhi will focus on inspiring & educating entrepreneurs on aspects that impact the entrepreneurial environment and the opportunities relevant to Indian companies, particularly those in the start up and growth phases.It will focus on relevant content, practical & smart entrepreneurial insights, and a very unique networking experience. The inaugural address would be given by Home Minister Shri P.Chidambaram. Registration fee of Rs. 3861 applicable for the students only on presentation of Identity Card.The venue is Hotel taj palace, New Delhi. As a part of this .TiE Delhi in association with Canon India Limited, presents TiEcon Delhi Photo Contest 2009.Amateur and professional photographers from across the country are invited to participate in this unique initiative of TiE Delhi Chapter.More details can be found on the website.

The event includes : Panel sessions with panelists who are the best in the business, whether opinion leaders, policy makers, investors, industry leaders, Panel sessions designed to focus on the opportunities & challenges thrown up by the recent economic situation , recent and relevant entrepreneurial stories & experiences across sectors/regions interspersed in the various sessions, with emphasis on the things they did right.TiE–Lumis Partners Smart Entrepreneur Awards will recognize early stage entrepreneurs who have started – and achieved some degree of success with very exciting business ideas. This is a great event that one should not miss.

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