Sankalp 2008-09 Launched!!!

Sankalp is a competition that helps you explore your innovative side and involves identifying, conceiving and conceptualising viable and profitable business ventures. And Sankalp 2008-09 is officially open for entries. So get your creative juices flowing and bring out the entrepreneur in you.

Event in Brief:

A team of maximum 3 members, in order to participate in 'Sankalp 2008-09', will have to first submit an 'Executive Summary' of the business plan by soft copy to atharva09.tapmi@gmail.com . This submission has to be done before 30th October, 2008 11:55 pm. The Executive Summary should not be more than four pages long (including the cover page).

Based on the Executive Summary, some teams will be shortlisted for the next stage. In this stage, the team will have to submit one hard copy and one soft copy of the complete business plan. The last date for the submission of the soft copy is 30th November, 2008 while the hard copy would have to reach by 3rd December, 2008. For the address to which the hard copy has to be sent, please refer the 'Sankalp Leaflet' available in the Atharva website.

Final entries will be shortlisted based on the complete business plan provided above. These finalists will be given an opportunity to interact with the judges who evaluated their business plan. This will give the finalists an opportunity to improve upon their original idea. These finalists would then have to present their Business Plan in front of a panel of judges during Atharva.

Prizes worth:

So what do you get for all the trouble?? Well, the trouble is surely worth it because the stakes are very high.

First Prize: Rs. 50,000

Second Prize: Rs. 30,000

Third Prize: Rs. 20,000

All the Best !!!

Disclaimer: The above details are brief and probably incomplete. The purpose was just to give the reader an idea about the event of the Atharva festival. The reader is encouraged to go through the Atharva website and also the Sankalp Leaflet & Tool-Kit (also provided in the website) before participating in the event. Please verify the dates and other important details mentioned above with the website as these details may not up to date.