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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.

PanIIT-2008

Event: IIT Alumni 2008 Global Conference

Organized by: Indian Institute of Technologies

Key dates:
PanIIT 2008: December 19-21, 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

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

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.

$ 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)

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.