Business Plan Presentation Awards 2014

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Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry presents

Attention Students!!

PRIZE AMOUNT WORTH

1,00,000/-` P

-RIZE AMOUNT WORTH

1,00,000/`

For details log on to "http://manthan.fkcci.org/"

Innovation – Ideation to Implementation

About MANTHAN

Dear Students,

Make a difference and contribute to the economy, Innovation, Business ...have an idea??

Present it to the jury, & you could be a winner.

India is on the threshold of technological and industrial revolution. There is a pressing need for GDP growth, a clean environment & a good quality of life. Send in your applications and let India witness the IMPACT of your business idea.

Innovation

Present your innovative, feasible, implementable and viable business plans and take away the award of MANTHAN 2014.

has been redefined to design & development of unique products, changing old technologies with new applications, using design to develop new products and services, new processes to improve productivity etc.

Innovation has moved from the confines of formal R&D to redefine everything. Innovation is being seen as a means of creating sustainable and cost effective solutions for people at the bottom of the pyramid, and is being viewed as an important strategy for inclusive growth in developing economies. Realising that Innovation is the engine for growth in the economy, President of India has declared 2010 - 20 as the “decade for Innovation'.

Do you have business plan to contribute to this?

MANTHAN, a Business Plan Presentation competition, is an initiative of FKCCI since 2009. The Enterprise Development – Technology & Innovation Committee of FKCCI is organizing MANTHAN 2014, a competition among the graduate and post graduate students in Karnataka to evaluate, to recognize and reward the three best original, economically viable and implementable business plans. Special focus would be given to those innovative projects that would lead to commercial scale of operation. Three best plans will be shortlisted by MANTHAN jury comprising of eminent personalities in the field, based on review of business proposals followed by presentations by the students.

The aim of MANTHAN 2014 is to provide a platform for students to bring forward their innovative ideas and to interact with the corporate and industry sectors. Apart from a total cash prize of Rs.1,00,000/-, the three winners will also gain mileage from exposure to the corporate / industry world and wide publicity generated by FKCCI regarding this event in leading journals. MANTHAN program generates a competitive spirit amongst the students of Karnataka, proposes to build the entrepreneurial abilities in them and bring the students closer to the industry. In addition since the last 2 years, FKCCI has conducted, 3 rounds of knowledge workshops, wherein the students were mentored, and were provided training on the Business Plan preparation.

The Finale’s of MANTHAN hane been graced by His Excellency Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India; Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon India Ltd; Dr. S. A. Patil, Chairman, Karnataka Krishi Mission, Sri Anil Kumble, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team, Mr. Sanjeev Sinha, MD, Siemens Information Systems Ltd; Prof. C. N. R. Rao, National Research Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research; Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, the then Union Minister for Corporate Affairs; Sri. Subroto Bagchi, Executive Chairman, Mindtree Ltd. Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Hon'ble Prime Minister on Public Information, Infrastructure & Innovations, Government of India through virtual media; Mr. K J George, Hon'ble Minister for Home Department, Government of Karnataka.

In all the above finales, the three finalist student-teams made presentations of their business proposals and received the cash prizes and the awards from the guests.

All the shortlisted participants of Manthan 2013 have been mentored and being funded by Mr Kishor Jagirdar - MD, Infopace Management Pvt Ltd. 4 student teams have already gone ahead into business venture, which are being further incubated by Infopace.

Ideas Students your enterprise

Who can participate?Ÿ The entrant(s) must be enrolled as students in any graduate / post graduate course in a college

/ university in Karnataka.

Ÿ Co-authorship of proposals is permitted. All authors must be present at the time of presentation.

Ÿ Each proposal may have up to three authors.

Ÿ Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certificate which certifies that the contents of the proposal are original and not published, copyrighted or under print or review elsewhere from the authors or any other person/party.

Ÿ Multiple submissions from an author are acceptable but each entry shall be treated as a separate entry.

The deadline for receipt of one hard copy and soft copy (by email to manthan@fkcci.in) of the abstract of the business plan (not exceeding 1000 words) must reach FKCCI along with the name(s), address(es) and contact No.(s) of the participant(s) on or before 5 p.m. on 1st December 2013, failing which the proposal will not be accepted.

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Zonal Awareness programme

Last date for receipt of Business Plan synopsis

Short listing of Business Plan synopsis by jury members

Knowledge Workshop for short listed students group

Last date for receiving final Business Plan from short listed students group.

Selection of Business Plan after review of Jury Members

2nd Knowledge Workshop & Business Plan presentation by the short listed students group for selection 3rd Knowledge Workshop & Business Plan presentation by the short listed students group for selection

Manthan-2014, Grand Finale,

Events Calendar

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About

FKCCI

Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry

Federation House, K.G.Road, Bangalore - 560 009, India Phone: (91-80) 4082 8300/2226 2355/6, 2226 2157

Fax: 2225 1826,2238 5908

E-mail: president@fkcci.in, manthan@fkcci.inContact: Mr. Umesh S Madivala, Asst. Secretary, +91 99860 43825

Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI) is a State level apex trade body in Karnataka, founded by Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya in the year 1916.

FKCCI represents the interests of over 100 local and District level Chambers of Commerce and Industry Associations, in addition to about 3000 direct members from the industry, trade and service sectors of the State.

An exclusive Cell for international trade promotion, namely the EXIM Club, is operational in the FKCCI since October, 2005. A wide array of products & services are exported by members of FKCCI, e.g., jewellery, engineering goods, handicrafts, agricultural & processed food products, spices, coffee, minerals, etc, in addition to software services. Also, a Business Research Cell and an ADR Cell for rendering specialized services to members are functioning in the FKCCI.

The FKCCI is represented in various high level Committees of the Karnataka State Government as well as the Central Government, whereby the interests of the members are safeguarded. The FKCCI, through its various functional Committees, arranges interactive meetings with experts / Government officials concerning every aspect of the industry, trade and commerce on a regular basis, for the benefit of its members.

Definition / Meaning of InnovationInnovation is the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, inarticulate needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society.

The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as consequence, new that "breaks in to" the market or into society. One usually associates to new phenomena that are important in some way. A definition of the term, in line with these aspects, would be the following: "An innovation is something original, new, and important - in whatever field - that breaks in to (or obtains a foothold in) a market or society."

While something novel is often described as an innovation, in economics, management science and other fields of practice and analysis it is generally considered a process that brings together various novel ideas in a way that they have an impact on society.

Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself. Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better.

Source- Wikipedia