MSME Development Institute is organizing a Training Programme on Export Business, Procedures & Documentation from 9 to 13 December 2013
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Swedes Develop Invisible Bike Helmet
Tired of strapping ugly, uncomfortable styrofoam-and-plastic turtle shells to their heads, the pair came up with a pretty revolutionary solution that does manage to give you full head protection without, remarkably, wearing anything on your head.
Regardless of how wrong they are about discounting cars in the future, they’ve done a pretty impressive job with the design and engineering of this, and I wish them all sorts of luck.
http://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477
Find and promote innovative and sustainable solutions in the skills ecosystem in India
One winner and three finalists will be rewarded in each category. Winners will receive cash reward of INR 3.5 lakh in the Operations category and INR 1.5 lakh in the Idea Category by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation, the CSR arm of the Muthoot Pappachan Group. In addition winners will receive access to the EMPRETEC capacity building program of the IBF and UNCTAD. The winner and finalists will receive the following:
- Capacity building: access to renowned experts, training course
- Network opportunities: introductions to investors, high-profile event passes
- National visibility: online promotion
The first Connector of a Winner in each category will get INR 10,000 cash reward and the applicants with the highest public votes in each category will receive INR 15,000 cash reward by the Muthoot Pappachan Foundation, the CSR arm of the Muthoot Pappachan Group.
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Entrepreneurship Summit at IIT-B, learn from the experts
Midas Consulting (UK) in partnership with E-Cell, IIT Bombay is proud to present a two day certification workshop on Lean Entrepreneurship Program on 9th & 10th November, 2013 at IIT, Powai.
Bring your Ideas, Implement your Ideas & learn to monetize Your Ideas with Jamie Dunn, George Abraham & other VCs.
Learn how to accelerate your business growth with least funds from international & national investors
1. Start and accelerate your business with right funds in a Lean way.
2. Certified workshop from ECell , IIT Bombay& Midas Consulting (UK) Ltd.
3. Get your business plan reviewed by Venture Capitalist.
4. 3 months online training.
5. Networking with International VC.
For the details of the program visit : http://midasconsulting.co.uk/leanentrepreneurship/
Major SMEs/Entrepreneurs have learned from our trainings and gave us good feedback.
Please give us a call to discuss challenges you faced running your SME Company, and to see how Midas Consulting (UK) Ltd can help you. Shah you can call me on +91 9920740069 or just reply to this email and I will call you back ASAP.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Regards,
Shruti Singh
Founder – Midas Consulting
International Consulting | International Recruitment.
Karnataka IT Venture Capital Funds
The primary objective of Venture Capital is to make available long-term funds to unlisted companies in the Information Technology, Biotechnology, Nano-technology and other knowledge based industries from KITVEN Fund – 2 and agro processing, automobile components, aerospace engineering, clean energy, production of patented products and such other sectors from KARVEN Fund to :
- Develop competitive products and cutting-edge technology
- Manufacture and commercialize the product development
- Move up in the value chain
- Expand & upgrade existing capabilities to cater to a wider clientele
- Growth and expansion of an established company including product diversification and forward / backward integration
- Turnaround financing
The Fund is fully committed for investment in SMEs & startup units predominantly in the State of Karnataka
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Loans for MSMEs
State Bank of Hyderabad is having a 100 days’ campaign for MSMEs – 16 August to 23 November 2013 with lowest interest rates, 50% off on processing fees, collateral free loans upto Rs. 1 Crore, and much more.
Entrepreneurs are encouraged to avail of this offer at an early date.
SIMSR’s Certificate Programme on Creating New Ventures
Greeting from SIMSR!
We are enthused with the response received for SIMSR’s Certificate Programme on Creating New Ventures, following that we are pleased to announce the launch of the Second Batch in January 2014.
This programme is ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs from all walks of life. The content is designed to provide theoretical nuances embedded with live talks from established entrepreneurs.
We seek your support in reaching out to individuals who aspire to start up their own venture.
To spread the word, request if you can promote the programmes among your patrons by displaying poster/s at all your centers, email to the database or any other vehicle we can employ to garner enquiries.
Attached along is the creative for your reference. To know more about the programme do visit
Look forward to an affirmative response from your end.
Thanking you in advance.
Best Regards,
Best Regards,
Radha Iyer PhD
Associate Professor General Management Area
Programme Coordinator PGDM Executive
Chairperson Innovation & Entrepreneurship cell
Chairperson Innovation & Entrepreneurship cell
Chairperson Alumni committee
Tel – + 91 22 67283112
Cell – +91 9820440178
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR)
Mumbai,India
Mumbai,India
Mapping ideas worth spreading
What do 24,000 ideas look like? Ecologist Eric Berlow and physicist Sean Gourley apply algorithms to the entire archive of TEDx Talks, taking us on a stimulating visual tour to show how ideas connect globally.
TED Senior Fellow Eric Berlow studies ecology and networks, exposing the interconnectedness of our ecosystems with climate change, government, corporations and more. Full bio »
Sean Gourley, trained as a physicist, has turned his scientific mind to analyzing data about a messier topic: modern war and conflict. He is a TED Fellow. Full bio »
The Future is – Mobile Money !
Eko provides a low cost infrastructure powered by innovation and technology to enable instant, secure and convenient financial transactions.
Eko leverages existing retail shops, telecom connectivity and banking infrastructure to extend branchless banking services to the common man. Eko also partners with institutions to offer payment, cash collection and disbursal services. Customers can walk-in to any Eko counter (retail outlet) to open a savings account, deposit & withdraw cash from the account, send money to any part of the country, receive money from any part of the world, buy mobile talk-time or pay for a host of services. A low cost mobile phone acts as the transaction device for retailers and customers.
Eko provides a multi-modal (USSD, SMS, IVR and Application) approach to perform a transaction, hence the service works across all phones i.e. lowest to most sophisticated handsets. Eko also uses a two factor strong authentication to complete the transaction. It has created and patented a low cost One Time Password (OTP) generator called ‘OkeKey’. Performing a transaction only requires numeric literacy for number dialing. It has created a world-class transaction platform called ‘SimpliBank’ that is used by multiple partners.
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National Innovation Foundation
Building upon the Honey Bee network philosophy, the National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF), started functioning in March 2000 as India’s national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge. Its mission is to help India become a creative and knowledge based society by expanding policy and institutional space for grassroots technological innovators. NIF is committed to look for grassroots innovators who have developed technological innovations in any field of human survival without any outside help.
NIF helps them get due reward for their innovations and ensure that such innovations diffuse widely through commercial and non-commercial channels generating incentives for them and others involved in the value chain.With major contribution from the Honey Bee Network, NIF has been able to build up a database of more than 1, 81,000 ideas, innovations and traditional knowledge practices (not all unique) from over 555 districts of the country. Through the collaborations with R&D institutions, NIF helps in getting these innovations validated and converting them into value added technologies/products.
NIF has filed over 595 patents on behalf of the innovators and outstanding traditional knowledge holders of which thirty five patents have been granted in India and five in USA. Micro Venture Innovation Fund at NIF has provided risk capital for 186 projects, which are at different stages of incubation. NIF has succeeded in commercialising products across countries in six continents apart from being successful in materialising seventy cases of technology licensing to eighty licensees with the help of partner agencies.
NIF has proved that Indian innovators can match anyone in the world when it comes to solving problems creatively, where they perform better than rest is in generating greater sustainable alternatives by using local resources frugally. Those who see poor only as the consumer of cheap goods, miss the knowledge richness at grassroots level. The Grassroots to Global (G2G) model that NIF is propagating is all set to change the way the world looks at the creativity and innovations at grassroots.
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