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Agri-Business Ideas
Zonal Technology Management and Business Planning and Development Unit at CIRCOT, Mumbai in partnership with Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt. Of India invites application from entrepreneurs to help to commercialize their ideas. Selected ventures will be incubated and funded for prototype development and commercialization
under the “Entrepreneurial and managerial development of SM.E’s through Incubators” scheme of MSME.
ZTM-BPD unit at CIRCOT, Mumbai is an initiative of ICARINAIP “to create competitive agri-business enterprises through , technology development and commercialization”.
ABOUT “THE SCHEME” : The scheme aims at nurturing innovative business idea’s (new /ingenious technology, process, products, procedures, etc.) which could be commercialized in a year
LEVEL OF FUNDING : About Rs. 6.25 lakh per business idea flexible between Rs. 4 lakh to Rs 8 lakh per idea t unit as recommended by experts and Management Committee of ZTM- BPDUnit ,
WHO CAN APPLY: Any Indian individual / NRI / Startups / Micro & Small Enterprises having innovative business idea near commercialization stage.
HOW TO APPLY: For detail of the guidelines of scheme and application form please visit us between 1 0-5 pm on any working day (Monday to Friday) and also visit the website at the link www.bpdcircot.com and http://dcmsme.gov.in/schemes/Incubators10.pdf
Last date of submission of application 31st December 2010
For more details:
Contact: Dr. S.Pal, Business Manager,
ZTM-BPD Unit, CIRCOT
Adenwala Road, Matunga,
Mumbai ~ 400 019.
Telefax No: 022 – 24143718
E-Mail: bpd.circot@gmail.com
TiE Entrepreneural Summit 2010
It gives us great pleasure to announce one of the largest entrepreneurship symposiums in Asia in its fifth year – TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010: “Enterprising India – Changing the Nation, Leading the World”, a 3 day mega event that would focus on entrepreneurial opportunities in a wide range of domains; world renowned selection of speakers and gurus and an amazing networking & business development platform.
Enterprising India would aim to showcase, celebrate & encourage, Diverse, Dynamic and Distinct examples of Enterprising Indians.
Click Here for the website and more details
India’s first ever student startup showcase
We are delighted to write to you about an exciting, new initiative at NEN: The NEN First Dot 2010-2011, India’s first ever student startup showcase!
An initiative of the NEN Entrepreneurship Cells in Chennai and the NEN Trust, the First Dot brings together student start-ups from across the country, providing them an opportunity to showcase their products and services to a panel of successful entrepreneurs, expert mentors, national print and electronic media, as well as a large number of peers.
The showcase will take place at the SSN College of Engineering in Chennai on January 10th and 11th, 2011.
NEN First Dot is currently inviting nominations from student startups across the country. If you are one, or if you know any one, we’d love to hear from you!
| NEN First Dot 2010-2011 – Invitation to Apply |
Who can apply:
Any student in India who is a founder/co-founder of a startup can apply to participate.
Note: All student startups that submit nominations to participate in NEN First Dot will be given a stall at the event for marketing and networking purposes. However, of all the nominations that are received, only 30 startups will get the opportunity to present to the panel of entrepreneurs and investors.
Benefits:
Exclusive national media coverage: Mint, Businessworld and ET Now (Starting Up)
Access to expert mentorship for the 30 selected student startups
Opportunity to pitch to angel investors for the 30 selected student startups
Opportunity to network with other student entrepreneurs and peers
How to apply:
To participate in NEN First Dot, please apply here : http://nenfirstdot.in/founder-registration/
Applications open: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Applications close: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Not participating, but want to attend the NEN First Dot event in Chennai?
If you are a student, faculty member, entrepreneur or professional, wanting to attend the event, pleaseregister here: http://nenfirstdot.in/attendee-registration .We have limited seats available. The last day for registering to attend the event is December 15, 2010.
We look forward to your participation and support in making NEN First Dot a success in the new year!
Warm regards,
Vijay Sharma
NEN First Dot Team
www.nenfirstdot.in
+91 9535509762
SME Innovation Awards
The Indian entrepreneurs are very creative and innovate new products and processes as well as provide innovative services to remain competitive in domestic and global markets.
Small & Medium Business Development Chamber of India (SME Chamber of India) recognises these entrepreneurs for their outstanding innovations in product, process and services and by conferring awards to encourage them.
We are confident that this will motivate other existing and emerging entrepreneurs to succeed in their chosen fields and the award winners will act as role models for others to excel in entrepreneurship.
Suhas Gopinath – World’s Youngest Entrepreneur
Mr. Suhas Gopinath, now aged 24, a resident of Bangalore and hails from a middle class family, where his father was a defense scientist. At the age of 14 he was recognized as the worlds youngest certified Professional Web-developer through his project coolhindustan.com. Mr. Gopinath was very assertive to be an entrepreneur and wanted to encourage the youth, he setup Globals Inc, in the year 2000 at San Jose, California as the laws in India did not allow him to setup a company in the country as he was still minor. From then Globals has drastically grown as a Multi-national IT consulting company focussed on Web, e-Commerce and Mobile Solutions.
The Infosys Science Prize
The Infosys Prize – Securing India’s scientific future
The Infosys Prize endeavors to elevate the prestige of scientific research in India and inspire young Indians to choose a vocation in scientific research.
The Infosys Science Foundation, a not-for-profit trust, was set up in February 2009 by the management of Infosys. The Foundation instituted the Infosys Prize, an annual award, to honor outstanding achievements of researchers and scientists across five categories : Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computer Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Life Sciences, each carrying a prize of rupees 50 Lakh. The award intends to celebrate success in scientific research and stand as a marker of excellence in these fields.
A jury, comprising eminent leaders in each of these fields, evaluates the achievements of the nominees against the standards of international research, placing the winners on par with the finest researchers in the world.
Categories
The award will be presented annually in five categories:
Physical Sciences – Physics, Chemistry and Earth Science
Mathematical Sciences – Mathematics and Statistics
Engineering and Computer Science – All branches of Engineering
Life Sciences – Biology, Biotechnology, Medicine and Agriculture
Social Sciences* – Economics, History, Sociology, Anthropology and
Political Science
*Under the Social Science category, 2 subjects will be considered per Prize year. In 2010, work in the areas of Sociology and Anthropology will be considered.
SBI Capital set to launch Rs 100 crore SME fund
SBI Capital Markets Ltd, the investment advisory arm of State Bank of India, is planning to float a dedicated small and medium enterprises (SME) fund with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore in the next one and half years.
“The SME fund will be used to rope in private equity investment in SME, which otherwise is facing dearth of capital for furthering its business growth,” Rajeev Krishnan, executive vice president, SBI Capital Markets said on the sidelines of a seminar on SME here.
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth was founded by ICICI Group to empower low-income Indians to participate in and benefit from India’s growth. Our focus on inclusive growth is grounded in the philosophy of ICICI Group and its history of partnering in the nation’s economic growth and development.
Since its inception in 2008, ICICI Foundation has taken forward
ICICI Group’s existing initiatives in the areas of primary health,
elementary education, access to finance, civil society and
environmental sustainability. In addition, ICICI Foundation works
with ICICI Group companies in the formulation and execution of
their social responsibility activities.
We would like to share with you, the various activities being carried out by the ICICI Group in the chosen fields through a periodic newsletter. To access the newsletter, click here.
Mentor Edge
MentorEdge is an initiative by Mentors and Experts across India to provide hand-holding, mentoring and networking support to aspiring entrepreneurs. It is a country wide structured network of mentors aimed at helping entrepreneurs get the winning edge through advisory support on various strategic and operational decisions.
MentorEdge helps create synergistic relationship between mentors and mentees. Initiated by Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) in October 2009, MentorEdge has received immense interest from mentors and mentees alike and hopes to bridge an important gap in India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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