IIM Lucknow has become synonymous with entrepreneurship with ever increasing number of students opting to start their own ventures after graduating from IIM Lucknow. Playing its role in its own way is ‘Abhiyan’, the entrepreneurship cell of IIM Lucknow, which is one of the most active E-cells amongst all the B-school campuses in India. It has been organizing National B-plan Competitions year after year with great success. The year round activities are aimed at showcasing the best of India’s entrepreneurs, to let the students (both on and outside the campus) get a chance to interact closely with them, to understand what goes into making India’s top entrepreneurs.
‘Nirvaan’ the flagship B-plan contest at ‘Manfest’, the management fest at IIM-Lucknow organized during this time will be held even at a larger scale as compared to last year with big names being added into the partners list for the event. This time, ‘Abhiyan’ has partnered with “Policy Bazaar“, one of the leading online insurance firm in India which has thrived on the philosophy of entrepreneurship through innovation.
Nirvaan is an entrepreneurial summit organised with a different theme every year, taking into account the pressing problems, human kind faces. At Abhiyan we treat the same problems as opportunities, and offer a platform where the great minds can battle it out and find a solution. Nirvaan 09 is organised on the theme, “Clean goes green”, by taking into account the acute impending crises awaiting us.
Another feature of this year’s event is that Abhiyan is extending its event “Start-up show case”, which was a roaring success last year. The event is designed towards providing a unique platform for entrepreneurs who have an existing business to showcase their plans before the top Venture Capitalists like Indiaco, Indian Angel Network, Epiphany Ventures and entrepreneurs and to get feedback and secure funding. This is event is expected to receive more than 30 entrepreneurs presenting their case.
Events:
· Business plan competition (For Engineering and Management schools )
· Start-up showcase ( For Existing Ventures )
· Talks and Workshops
· Networking Sessions
· Start up Exhibition
Important Dates:
· bPlan Business Proposal submission date, 1st Stage – 20th Dec 2008
· bPlan Detailed Business Plan submission date, 2nd Stage – 30th Dec 2008
· Startup Showcase, Business Plan submission date – 30th Dec 2008
· bPlan and Startup Showcase Finals, Nirvaan – 18th Jan 2009
Accolades:
· Prizes to be won worth INR 75,000
· A special award for Best Business Plan in CleanTech
· Chances of funding up to INR 5 Crore* given by team of VC Partners
· Incubation facility with initial sponsorship by our Incubation Partners from IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, JSS Noida and Amity Noida
· Entry to our business mentorship program
· One year Free subscription of DARE magazine to all finalists
*Subjected to VC’s evaluation criteria
We have also partnered with the CIIE, Incubation facility at IIM A and the incubation centre in IIT Kanpur to offer mentoring facilities to the winners of the B-Plan event. We are leaving no stone unturned in our endeavor to give the budding entrepreneurs the platform they carve for and for our sponsors an event they will always remember.
For further detailed information please visit www.iimlmanfest.com (Events->Flagships->Nirvaan section). You can also download Nirvaan brochures from the ‘downloads’ section on the website.
Feel free to reach us @
Vaibhav Agarwal: 09956721820 || Puneet Mishra: 09918748108
Coordinator, Nirvaan
No comments:
Post a Comment