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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

Dare to Dream Different Challenge Contest: Microsoft Corporation

Event: Dare to Dream Different Challenge Contest

Organized By: Microsoft Corporation

Key dates:
Round one: Deadline for Submission of Idea: December 15, 2008.

HP Innovate 09: Undergraduate Student Contest

Event: HP Innovate 09, INDIA

Organized By: HP India

Key dates:

• Submission of Abstracts: January 5, 2009
• Announcement of Short-Listed Abstracts: February 6, 2009
• Submission of Final Paper: March 16, 2009
• Announcement of top 5 Papers: April 24, 2009
• Award Ceremony: May 15, 2009

PanIIT-2008

Event: IIT Alumni 2008 Global Conference

Organized by: Indian Institute of Technologies

Key dates:
PanIIT 2008: December 19-21, 2008.

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

Google Policy Fellowship

Google Policy Fellowship

Offered By: Google

Key Dates:
Deadline for Application Submissions: December 12, 2008

For Whom:
The fellowship is open for undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy

D. M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition

Event: International Moot Court Competition

Organized By:
Government Law College , Mumbai & The D.M Harish Foundation

Key Dates:
Deadline for registration: November 28, 2008
Event dates: February 13 – 15, 2009

For whom: Law Universities/ Colleges Teams.

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference and Research Student Competition

Suggested by Prabhu Hari

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference and Research Student Competition

Organised By: Congrex and European Space Agency

Key Dates:
Deadline for Sending abstracts: December 1, 2008

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

Nokia Developer Conference 2008

Nokia Developer Conference 2008

Organised By: ForumNOKIA

Key Dates:
Conference: Sometime in January!

Venue: Trinity, Taj Residency, Bangalore

id Design award 2009 :International Design Competition

Event: id Design award 2009 :International Design Competition

Organized By: IDEA International Co,. Ltd., JAPAN

Key Dates:
Deadline for Application Submissions: December 19, 2008

ClubHack 2008: India’s own hackers’ convention

Suggested by Prabhu Hari

ClubHack 2008

Organised By: ClubHack

Key Dates:
Conference Dates: December 6-7, 2008
Complete Scheduled Can be found here.

Venue: International Convention Center, SB Road, Pune

Fees: INR 1000 for talk sessions, INR 1000 for each workshop. On the spot registration INR 1500

Kubera-Edelweiss Social Innovation Honours

Suggested by Gilroy

Kubera-Edelweiss Social Innovation Honours

Offered By: Edelweiss and Kubera Partners

Key Dates:
Deadline for all entries: December 1, 2008

For Whom:
Applicants need to be Indian citizens or entities and The nominee should be a registered NGO in India, under the Trusts, Societies, or u/s 25 of the Companies Act.

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