JSS Welcomes Youngpreneurs Galore!

On 22 April 2011, JSS DVH-IMSR held its National Level Business Plan Competition: Youngpreneurs Galore 2011. The event was held in the D.C.S.E. auditorium and the Deshpande Foundation sponsored the Rs. 50,000 in prize money. The day began with an Inauguration Ceremony that featured Chief Guest Sri. Madhusudan Kocha, Managing Director of Capital Control Pvt. Ltd., Dr. N. Vajrakumar, Honourable Secretary of JSS Dharwad, and Dr. M.S. Subhas, Dean and Director of the Kousali Institute of Management Studies.

The organizers at JSS developed a unique concept that made this competition stand out: business plans were judged in stages that mimicked the “real-world” (no Powerpoint allowed!). The judges for the competition were: Dr. Basavraj Girennavar, Managing Director of RICO Winery and Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Sri. Kamalakar Deshpande, Assistant General Manager of KSFC, Belgaum, and EA’s Genny King.

Participants had no idea what to expect from the competition. They were given the details about each round only 30 minutes before they began! Just like an aspiring entrepreneur might have only the attention of an investor for a minute or two, the first stage of the competition was an elevator pitch. Two members from each team had ninety seconds to pitch their business to the judges.

Having gotten the attention of the “investors”, teams then had five minutes in the second round to make a longer pitch and answer questions. For this round, teams were given a sheet of paper, sketch pens, and thirty minutes to draw anything they wanted to use in their presentation. Finally, teams had exactly two minutes in the third round to perform a skit that would advertise their business venture. Remember that they had no idea that this challenge awaited them!

After a long day, the judges decided on the three winning teams. In third place and winning Rs. 10,000 was the team from SDM CET Dharwad with their plan for a series of food street stalls that distinguishes itself with its impeccable hygiene. JSS DVH-IMSR came in second place and won Rs. 15,000 for presenting their plan for a device that could be used at public places to detect mobile activity and alert people to turn off their phones. The JSS team included E-Cell members Shashank D.J., Akshata Brahmavar , and Sunita Nikkam! The first place winner received Rs. 25,000 and came from KLE Engineering Belgaum. They presented a plan for a children’s swing-set that would pump water up from a well when in use!



At the end of the day, attendees and participants were loosened up by being treated to an amazing and energetic dance performance by students from JSS. The Valedictory Ceremony followed and featured judges Dr. Girennavar, Sri. Kamalakar Deshpande, and Naveen Jha, Director of DCSE.

EA thanks the hardworking faculty and students of JSS for putting on such an innovative event! We especially appreciate the efforts of E-Cell members, Event Coordinator Dr. Purushottam Bung, and JSS DVH-IMSR President Dr. C.S. Rajagopal.

JSS Youngpreneurs 2011

JSS E-Cell Takes On 2k Challenge!

From March 1st through March 10th, JSS E-Cell members took part in the 2k challenge! This was a chance for students to have a quick, focused experience in starting a micro-venture and be exposed to the challenges of idea generation, marketing, sales, strategy, and teamwork. Each team of students was given a Rs. 2000 loan to use to generate profit over the course of the ten days. Despite busy schedules and the usual stresses of student life, E-Cell members did a remarkable job. Take a look:

"Antaraprerana 2011" IMER holds Seminar & B-Plan Competition

On March 26, KLS’s Institute of Management Education & Research (IMER), Belgaum, held its National Level Seminar on Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The seminar was a great success and gave students and guests an opportunity to hear from a range of successful professionals and entrepreneurs.

Inaugurating the event was keynote speaker Dr. Anil Rao, Regional VP of AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools). The seminar was segmented into three sessions. The first session, on “Design Thinking”, featured Manu Kulkarni, distinguished member of the Prime Minister’s National Commission on Population. The second session had Mr. Suresh Katti, VP Aditya Birla Management, speaking on “Creativity & Innovation.” The final session was with Mr. Suresh Hundre, CEO & MD of Polyhydron Private Limited, who spoke about his company’s innovative approach to “Distribution of Wealth.”

On the previous day, March 25th, the “Antaraprerana 2011” Business Plan Competition was held. Thirteen teams from MBA, BBA, and engineering schools were given 10 minutes to present their business plan proposals. The competition’s theme made it unique: each B-plan had to address a triple bottom line of People, Profit, and Planet. The judges for the competition were EA’s Malcolm Charles and established Belgaum entrepreneurs Swapneel Patnekar and Arvind Kapadia.

In third place and winning Rs. 10,000 was a team from the Jain School of Business, MATS, Belgaum with a business plan for a maize processing unit. Second place and Rs. 15,000 went to a team from IMER (including E-Cell member Prakash Kulkarni!) which presented a plan on energy generation through bagasses. EA Partner JSS Dharwad fielded the first place team with a plan for producing temperature control boxes for those without electricity. JSS’ team included E-Cell members Sharanu H., Pavankumar Deshpande, Nikhil Kandkur, and Prateek Malgi! They took home the grand prize of Rs. 25,000!

The winners of the B-plan competition were announced on Saturday during the seminar’s valedictory function and the prize money was sponsored by the Deshpande Foundation. Chief Guest Naveen Jha, Director of the Deshpande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, was on hand to speak to the audience about adopting an entrepreneurially mindset and having a passion for taking on new ideas and experiences.

Congratulations to Seminar Convener Dr. Poornima Charantimath and the rest of the faculty and students at IMER for putting on a great event!

"Rattling Minds" at BIMS a Success!

On Monday, February 21^st, BIMS E-Cell students held an inter-collegial quiz and business plan competition. The event, called ‘Rattling Minds’, was a great success! The idea for ‘Rattling Minds’ was sparked, in part, by the 2k CHALLENGE, a competition conducted by Entrepreneurship Academy. In this challenge teams of 3-4 students are given Rs. 2000 to invest and turn a profit on in a short period of time.

D.C.S.E. Director Naveen Jha was the chief guest and addressed the attendees about the importance of thinking entrepreneurially. Genny King and Malcolm Charles of Entrepreneurship Academy were the judges for the business plan competition. The competition’s theme was “Art out of Waste” and contained 3 rounds: the first was a brief presentation on each team’s product, the second was an ‘elevator pitch’ delivered to the judges, and the third was a five minute formal presentation. It was great seeing E-Cell members from IMER and GBS do so well at the event.

Ideas ranged from the hydroponic farming of strawberries to a cheap water filtration system. The winning team, from Gogti Institute of Technology, Udyambag, presented a plan to take old, discarded saris and use them to create blankets.

The day concluded with awards for the winners of the quiz and business plan competitions. Mr. Deepak Dhadoti, a Belgaum-based entrepreneur, delivered the valedictory speech.

EA would like to congratulate the Envision E-Cell for a wonderful event. In particular, credit should be given to Kiran Wali and Shabaz T. for managing the business plan competition, Shoaib Syed and Aishwarya D. for managing the quiz, and Moses Carvalho and Sayed Inamdar for acting as event coordinators. Students also had the support of BIMS Director Dr. Anilkumar Garag, Prof. Shreedevi Shintri, and Prof. Prasanna

Rally against child labor

Entrepreneurship Academy E cell members and course participants conducted a against child labor in Hubli. During the Grassroots innovation course EA students visited Foundation in Hubli. Agastya works to generate for learning in shool children by providing first hand experience with low cost science model.

Participants stared rally from Deshpande Foundation at 10.45am. Rally passed through BVB's main gate, Kadsideshwar Arts college, Vidyanagar police station to Agastya Foundation.
Participants experimented with a wide variety of science models and enjoyed seeing an example of grassroots innovation in their local community.

“Desh” session for EA

Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande is the Chairman of Sparta Group LLC, A123 Systems (AONE), Sycamore Networks (SCMR), Tejas Networks, Sandstone Capital and HiveFire. He was also a founding investor in Airvana, Cimaron, Webdialogs and Relicore.

Prior to co-founding Sycamore Networks, Dr. Deshpande was founder and chairman of Cascade Communications Corp.

Dr. Deshpande serves as a member of the MIT Corporation, and his generous donations have made possible MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation.

Dr. Deshpande holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, an M.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick in Canada, and Ph.D. in Data Communications from Queens University in Canada.

Dr. Deshpande is a trustee of the Deshpande foundation. He and his wife are involved in several non-profit initiatives that include support for MIT, IIT, TiE, Akshaya Patra Foundation, Public Health Foundation of India and the Social Entrepreneurship Sandbox in India.

IMSR Hubli E Cell Meeting

IMSR Hubli had an E Cell meeting on 20-09-2010 in IMSR Hubli. The fresher’s of the college and the existing members with the Director Dr Prasad Roodagi gathered for the E-Lite (E Cell) meeting and different committees were formed and the roles and responsibilities have been divided among the students. During the E Cell meeting an activity was done for the members (News papers reading); with this activity the students have read the news paper and identify some article and think of some idea to srtat a new and innovative enterprise they were able to understand the mindset of an Entrepreneur and helped them in thinking critically. They shared their innovative ideas based on the article in the newspaper, they told that we read newspaper daily but this is the first time we read the newspaper so deeply and interestingly and there was lot of things going on in the brain. If we practice this attitude in us in all the activities we are sure that we will be different from all the other students.

"Cracking the Code" Competition for the Students.

Cracking the Code Flyer

Rashmi Bansal In DCSE Hubli

Rashmi Bansal the author of “Stay Hunger Stay Foolish” has visited Deshpande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship Hubli on 14th September and had a discussion with Mr Naveen Jha (Director, DCSE India). Reshmi Bansal has interacted with DF staff and in house entrepreneur (SEIR) Miss Sharvani (Safe Hands) Mr Shikandar (Rain water harvesting) E A faculties and all the E cell members from Hubli Dharwad had an interaction with Rasmi Bansal in IMSR College Auditorium Hubli, the faculties and the students had a chance to know more about the book and the inspiration behind the book. Rashmi Bansal’s first visit to Hubli (DCSE) and visited Akshay Patra & Agastya (NGO Partners of DCSE) and spoke with Hubli Champions and had secession with DFP cohort 5 Fellows. It was greate having her here in DCSE.

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Oxford College Inauguration

The first BBA College to be a partner with Entrepreneurship Academy, Oxford college had inaugurated their E cell on 01 Sept 2010 Mr Naveen Jha (Director, DCSE India) was the guest of honor and Mr Ajay Handa (The Hans ltd) was the chief guest for the program with Mr Vasant Horriati (Chairman, Oxfor college) Mrs Manjula Mathew (Director/principal, Oxford college) and the Faculties Mr Shashidhar, Mrs Arifa and others along with the E A Team Miss Genny & Mr Charles were present for the program.
Mr Naveen Jha had spoke about Deshpande foundation and Entrepreneurship and Mr Ajay Handa had shared his view on Entrepreneurship and was happy to see the E cell and Entrepreneurship Academy in the college.
The E cell has named as SMART E Cell the students of the E Cell had played a skit on entrepreneur and gave a good presentation in the function.
E A Team congratulates the new partner……

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3rd E Cell Meeting

EA had 3rd E Cell meeting on 04th July 2010 in DCSE Hubli. EA had introduced Suma to the E Cell members, who have recently joined for EA program. The students from GBS and BIMS Belgaum and IMSR Hubli had attended this meeting; there was an interaction with Elisha and Azim the English instructor of DFP from North Eastern University Boston. The students had a brainstorming secession for the activities to be done with the E Cell after the internship, lot of Ideas had come out and the students are excited for the action.

2nd E Cell Meeting

E A Team has organized 2nd E Cell meeting on 20th June 2010 in DCSE Hubli, 15 (Fifteen) students (E Cell Members) form GBS & IMSR Hubli, JSS & KIMS Dharwad and BIMS and BET’s GBS Belgaum MBA colleges had attended the meeting. Aparna Rau, the mentor for the university of Southern California innovators program in Hubli. Aparna discussed the work the innovators are doing in to apply entrepreneurial principals. Aparna also discussed a social venture she developed in Guatemala and encouraged students to consider how they can apply their work in business school to challenges they encounter in the real world.
After the discussions there was an activity with the newspapers were all the students participated and came up with business ideas from the daily news paper which helped them in thinking like an entrepreneur (entrepreneur finds the opportunity in the challenges), all the students presented their Idea one by one and the best Idea and was Rehabilitation centre by Mr Noel Kallu of GBS Hubli, selected by all the students. This activity helped them in thinking creatively.

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E Cell 1st Meeting

Entrepreneurship Academy team has organized the first weekly meeting with the E Cell members in DCSE Hubli on 13th June 2010 (Sunday) at 11:00am. All the E cell members were invited to attend the meeting from all the EA partners (MBA College) of Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum.

The students have attended the meeting and they got the opportunity of talking to the MBA students of USC marshall (This school is considered a top 20 business school by both U.S. News & World Report and BusinessWeek. The USC Marshall School of Business (also known as USC Marshall School of Business) is a private research and academic institution at the University of Southern California. It is the largest of USC's 17 professional schools) they interacted with each other and talked about the courses and the activities that they do apart from the academics and how the outdoor activities helps them in their education.

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Internship (MBA)

Advice on making your internship a more fulfilling and entrepreneurial experience:

• Take initiative: Don’t just complete required tasks, constantly seek opportunities to develop new skills and expand your experience by taking initiative. Whenever possible, go above and beyond your supervisor’s expectations.
• Don’t be afraid to ask questions : Take every opportunity to learn as much as possible from those you meet and work with during your internship.
• Think outside of the box: As an intern you have a fresh perspective on the organization and the challenges with which the organization is grappling. Make the most of this opportunity, by thinking outside the box and offering unique insight that may not have occurred to your colleagues.
• Don’t be discouraged by challenges: Entrepreneurs see challenges as opportunities and we hope you will do the same in your internship. Do your best to remain optimistic if you encounter challenges, such as a difficult project, a bad supervisor, lazy colleagues… and focus on what you can learn from the experience, rather than how frustrating the experience may be.
• Talk to others: Stay in touch with your classmates to discuss what you are learning and challenges you are facing in the work place. Reflecting on your internship with others is a great way to enhance your experience.

News Releses

Jss Dharwad has inaugurated their E Cell on 16th of April 2010 the Guest Speaker was Mr Vivek Pawar CEO (Sankalp Semi conductors) and Mr Naveen Jha Director (Dehspande Centre for Social Entrepreneurship) withe the Director Dr Raj Gopal, the faculty Mr Pursushottam Bung and Mr Gireesh and the Entrepreneurship Academy Team Genny and Charles

E Cell Inaguration GBS Belgaum on 20-04-2010

Entrepreneurship Academy Team (Charles and Genny) and Oxford College Chairman Mr Vasant Horrati and Principal/ Director Mrs Maria Manjula Mathews had a discussion on being the first EA partner in BBA College on 29th April 2010. All the faculties of the college and EA Team had a interaction about Entrepreneurship Academy.
News Release on 05-05-2010 Samyukta Karnataka

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