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Sankalp 2009: Nationwide MSME Business Plan Competition

Event: Sankalp 2009

Organized By: India Development Gateway (IDG)

Key Dates:

• Round 1 Submission Deadline: December 29th 2008
• Round 1 Results Announced: January 16th 2009
• Round 2 Opens: January 16th 2009
• Round 2 Submission Deadline: February 10th 2009
• Round 2 Results Announced: February 24th 2009
• Final Awards Event: April 2009

L’attitude 13°05` 2008: B-Fest, Great Lakes institute of Management

Event: L’attitude 13°05` 2008

Organized By: Great Lakes institute of Management, Chennai

Key Dates:
Registrations for the events are now open.
Event date: December 20, 2008
Deadline for Submissions for Dvija: December 2, 2008

oikos Global Case Writing Competition

Suggested By Prabhu Hari

oikos Global Case Writing Competition

Organised By:
Call for Cases 2009 oikos and Ashoka

Key Dates:
Deadline for Case Submission: November 30, 2008
First Round Decision: February 15, 2009
Final Round Decision: March 15, 2009

The mai Bangkok Business Challenge @Sasin 2009

Event: The mai Bangkok Business Challenge @Sasin 2009

Organized By:
The Market for Alternative Investment (mai) and
Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University

Key Dates:
Deadline for Application & Submission of first round Summary Business plan: December 15, 2008

For whom:
All full-time and part-time graduate students in business administration programs (enrolled in the 2008 calendar year) are eligible to participate.

2009 The Global Social Venture Competition

Event: The Global Social Venture Competition

Organized By:
Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in partnership with

• Columbia Business School,
• London Business School,
• Indian School of Business, and
• Yale School of Management

Key Dates:
Asia Region- Submit to the Indian School of Business

• Executive Summary Deadline (optional): November 30, 2008
• Full Business Plan Submission Deadline: January 21, 2009

SE Asia Region – Submit to Thammasat University, Thailand

• Executive Summary Deadline: January 9, 2009

Intaglio: IIM-Calcutta’s International Business School Meet

Event: Intaglio 08-09 (Website)

Organised By: IIM-Calcutta

Key dates:
Fest: January 8-11, 2008

Kritva 08- Annual Management and Cultural Fest of IMI

Event: Kritva 08 (Website)

Organised By: International Management Institute

Key dates:
Fest: November 30 and December 1, 2008

ISB LEADERSHIP Summit 08-09

Event: ISB LEADERSHIP Summit 2008

Organized By: ISB (Indian School of Business) , Hyderabad, INDIA

Key Dates: December 6, 2008

For whom: Young leaders, students.

The ET Citi Grand Masters Championship: National B-School Challenge

Event: The ET Citi Grand Masters Championship

Organized By: Economic Times and Citi Group

Key Dates:

Last date for online Case study Submission : 30 November, 2008.

Contest dates & Venue:

• Delhi: 13 january, 2009 – IIT Delhi
• Mumbai: 18 December, 2008 -S.P Jain
• Bangalore: 15 December,2008 – IIM-B
• Kolkatta: 15 January, 2009 – IIM-C
• Ahemadabad : 23 December,2008 – IIM-A
• GRAND FINALE : MUMBAI , January 2009
  

Ventura: The International Business Plan Competition

Event: Ventura 09 B-Plan Competition (Website)

Organised By: E-Cell, NIT-Trichy

Key dates:
Deadline for submission of Executive summary: December 5, 2008
Mentoring Process: Till January 31, 2009
Final Presentation: February 28, 2009

Ethon 08: An Entrepreneurship Conclave

Event: Ethon 08 International Business Plan competition 2008

Organized By: IFIM Business School

Key dates:
Deadline for Submission of Business Plan: November 30, 2008
Event Dates: December 15-16, 2008

Gnosiomania 2009: Quizzing Fest, MNIT Allahabad

Suggested By Hemant Agarwal

Gnosiomania 2009: Quizzing Fest

Organised By: MNIT Allahabad

Key Dates:
Fest: January 16-18, 2009

Entrepreneurship Summit 2009: IIT Kharagpur

Entrepreneurship Summit 2009

OrganizedBy: Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur

Key Dates:
Summit: January 10-11, 2009

Megabucks 09 – International Business and Entrepreneurship Festival, IIT Kanpur

Event: Megabucks 09 (Website)

Organised By: IIT Kanpur

Key Dates:
Fest: January 8-11, 2009
More latest updates can be found here.

Kshitij 2009: Techno-Management fest, IIT-Kharagpur

Event: Kshitij 2009 (Website)

Organized By: IIT Kharagpur

Key Dates:
Fest: January 29- February 1, 2008

Confluence 08: Asia’s largest and best business school summit

Event: Confluence 08 (Website)

Organized By: IIM-Ahmedabad

Key dates:
Fest: November 20-23, 2008
For more event updates visit here.

i2I Business Plan Competition: E-Cell, IIM Calcutta

Event: i2I Business Plan Competition 

Organized by: Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) at IIM Calcutta

Key Dates:
Deadline for Executive Summary Submission: October 31, 2008
More key dates here. 

International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in India

International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship in India

Organised By: UnLtd and Centre for Social Initiative and Management

Venue: Dakshinachitra, near Chennai, India

Key Dates:
Deadline for Registrations: November 25, 2008
Conference Dates: December 4-5, 2008
Program Schedule- Download it here.

For Whom:
Anyone from the following list:

• Student wanting to drive change
• Social Entrepreneur
• Team member/trustee/director in a non profit
• Team member/trustee/director in a funding or support organisation that works with social entrepreneurs OR is interested in working with them
• Team member in a corporate or its CSR body working with social entrepreneurs OR is interested in supporting them
• Faculty in an academic institution running a course in social entrepreneurship OR is interested in starting a course