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
  

Indo-US Research Fellowship Awards 2008

Indo-US Research Fellowship Awards 2008

Offered By: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum

Key Date:
Application Submission Deadline: December 31, 2008
Award Annoucement: March 31, 2009

$ 100,000 Ribbit Killer App Challenge Competition

Event: Ribbit Killer App Challenge

Organized By: TopCoder, Inc. and sponsored by Ribbit Corporation

Key Dates:
Registration may occur at any time from  November 17, 2008 to March 12, 2009.
The Competition will begin on November 17, 2008 and will end  on March 12, 2009

For whom:
The Competition is open to all developers. All Competitors must be registered members of TopCoder. (Register for Topcoder)

The SmartTechie Mobile Developer Conference: November 27,28,29

Event: SmartTechie Mobile Developer Conference

Organized By: The SmartTechie

Key Dates:

• November 27, 2008: Chennai
• November 28,2008: Hyderabad
• November 29, 2008:Bangalore

FuturArc Prize 2009: International Design Competiton for Green Architecture

Event: FuturArc Prize 2009

Organized By: FuturArc Journal

Key Dates:
Deadlines for Online Submissions: December 31, 2008

World Summit Youth Award 2009

Suggested by Gautham Krishnadas

World Summit Youth Award 2009

Organised By: United Nations

Key Dates:
Deadline for Online Submissions: February 28, 2009

For Whom: The project must be initiated and executd by youth under the age of 30

The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest 2009

The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest 2009

Organized By: The Independent Institute

Key Dates:
Deadline of Submissions: May 1, 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

Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge

Event: Airbus Fly Your Ideas Challenge

Organized By: Airbus

Key Dates:
Deadline for Registrations and Round 1: December 1, 2008
Round 2: January 1, 2009- March 31, 2009
Round 3: May 1, 2009 – June 18, 2009

For whom: The contest is open to college and university students from around the world, studying for a degree, Masters or PHD from any academic discipline.

Feel the Planet Earth CIFIAL Design Award 2008

Event: “FEEL THE PLANET EARTH ’08 ” CIFIAL Design prize

Organized By: CIFIAL

Key Dates:
Deadline for phase -1 registration: December 31, 2008.

For whom:
Students from all over the world who can  Design any work, presenting clear contributions to the identified theme, are eligible for submission to this award.

The Habitat Young Visionary Award 2009, Essay Competition

Suggested By Gautham Krishnadas

The Habitat Young Visionary Award 2009, Essay Competition

Organised By:
India Habitat Center and the National Geographic Channel

Key Dates:
Deadline for Submission of Essays: December 15, 2008

MTV Venture: Dream It. Do It. Challenge

Suggested by Gautham

MTV Venture: Dream It. Do It. Challenge

Organised By:
MTV Switch and Ashoka GenV

Key Dates:
Deadline for Submission of Ideas: December 31, 2008

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

Times Ascent- Student Journalist of the month contest

Event: Time Ascent – Student Journalist of the month contest

Organized By: Times Ascent

Key Dates: A monthly event. Send in your entries now

For whom: For all aspiring students.

Shilp ’09: All India Civil Engineering Festival, IT-BHU

Event: Shilp ’09: All India Civil Engineering Fest (Website)

Organized By: The Civil Engineering Society, IT-BHU

Key Dates:
Event dates: March 27-29  2009
Paper Presentation:
Deadline for Abstract submission: November 30, 2008
Communication Of Acceptance: December 15, 2008
Submission Of the Full Length Paper: January 15, 2009

Young Indian Citizen Journalism Contest 2008

Event: Young Indian Citizen Journalism Contest 2008

Organized by: Merinews.com

Key Dates:
Deadline for Submissions of entries: November 20, 2008.

For whom:
The competition is open to everyone below 35 years.

Global Challenge Awards

Global Challenge Awards

Organised by: Global Challenge

Key Dates:
Registration is open year around and the main activities run from September to April each year

For Whom:
All students who are not yet in college are invited to participate. Materials are aimed for students aged 14-17, but welcome all who are not yet in college. There are two ways to participate – as an individual or as part of a team. For team projects, you select a friend and, if you would like, an adult (called a Country Team) and then join forces with a similar team from another country (to form an International Team).

Prisoned 2009 : International Student Design Competition

Event: Prisoned 2009, International Student Design Competition

Organized By: Socio Design Foundation

Key Dates:
Registration Deadline: November 21, 2008.
Submissions accepted till: February 6, 2009

For whom:
Entries can be from an individual or a group of students( not exceeding 4)  from all countries.

2009 IGF Mobile Competition

Event: 2009 IGF Mobile Competition

Organized By: CMP Game Group, San Francisco

Key dates:
The submissions have already started. Last date for submissions is 17 November 2008.

For whom:
Open to all independent mobile game developers worldwide