Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition 08

Event: Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition 08 (Website)

Organised by: Intellecap, Aavishkaar Goodwell and The Financial Express

Key Dates:
Both registration and B-plan submission: March 15, 2008

Intellecap in partnership with Aavishkaar Goodwell and The Financial Express is proud to announce the launch of the Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition 2008. Srijan (meaning creation in English) is a search for entrepreneurs, groups, individuals and microfinance institutions with innovative ideas and viable business models that aim at improving the sector and promoting financial inclusion of the poor.

This annual business plan competition provides both start ups and established businesses an excellent opportunity to:

• Showcase innovative and dynamic ideas that can fuel the microfinance sector.
• Network with people who are not only interested in the sector, but also monitor and promote it.
• Gain the assistance of experts within the sector to further build upon their ideas.
• Build linkages to the investment community.
• Receive mentoring support from experts
• Win cash awards

Above all, Srijan provides entrepreneurs an opportunity to actually see their business plans being implemented.

Srijan in its third year, looks at expanding its outreach and aims at selecting motivated entrepreneurs, capable of addressing the above challenges and building companies that will transform the sector and accelerate its integration into mainstream financial services.

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