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IIT Powai to Host Eureka 2007 International Business Plan Competition

EUREKA! 2007

There is no journey more cherished than that of a successful entrepreneur. The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay endeavors to facilitate building your own enterprise and helps you in charting out your own success story through its flagship event Eureka! - The International Business Plan Competition.

The deadline for the First Round - Submission of Executive Summary, is 30th September 2007.

Highlights of Eureka!

• Eureka 07 is open for all.
• The biggest Business Plan Competition in India and one of the top five in Asia in terms of participation, prizes and resources.
• Eureka! is now in its 10th edition and has already seen the launch of more than 15 successful startups including multimillion dollar companies like MyZus and eInfinitus.
• An extremely reliable and thorough business plan competition because of its unique mentoring process and transparent judging.

Incentives:

• Resources worth more than 14 lacs.
• Opportunities for Venture Capital funding through a wide network of VCs.
• Opportunities to get incubation in 20 Business Incubators across India.
• Business Consulting to Eureka! Finalists provided by Economic Laws Practice (ELP).
• Intensive Mentoring to Eureka! 2nd stage qualifiers.
• Best Entry in Rural sector to be rewarded.

Cash Prizes:

• First Prize : Rs.4,00,000
• Second Prize : Rs. 2,50,000
• Third Prize : Rs. 1,50,000

Best Entry in Rural Category : Rs. 1,00,000

Top Student Team: Rs 50,000
(Amongst the remaining finalists)

For registration and other details logon to www.eureka.ecell.in

Contact Details:

Nazish Hayat,
Manager, Public Relations
The Entrepreneurship Cell
IIT Bombay
Contact - +91 9833242545
Email - nazish@ecell.in