iDiya launch

Shaheen Mistri at the launch of ISB iDiya. Part 3:

The journey…

Shaheen Mistri talks about her journey in the social sector… (Part 2)

iDiya launch event

Shaheen Mistri, Founder, Akanksha Foundation and Teach For India, speaks at the launch of ISB iDiya 2011 (Part 1)

Watch this space for the rest of our journey…

The iDiya launch

Only five more days to go before we open the iDiya portal. So get those ideas in shape and gear up for the launch event….

Saying it as it is

Pic: Manish Saluja

Last week, at the Indian School of Business, entrepreneur Manish Sabharwal officially kick-started the EVC Club’s proceedings by sharing the story of his entrepreneurial venture. Manish spoke about the “regulatory cholesterol” in India and how he managed to nurture his idea despite the bureaucracy and archaic labour laws. However, what captivated the audience the most is his knack of putting things in perspective. Some quotable quotes from the interaction include….

 

Student: When should we start our venture?
Manish: Ideally you should started ten years ago, but now isn’t too late either

 

Walk a year with a cripple and you will start limping (on the importance of choosing one’s team wisely)

 

Entrepreneurship is the art of staying alive long enough to get lucky

 

As a company, you got to be bisexual (lie somewhere between an MNC and an ‘Indianized’  corporate) to succeed in India. Because as Woody Allen said, “Being bisexual doubles your chances of getting a date.”

 

Post-mortem knows what prescriptions don’t.

 

 

iDiya investment corpus

 

Announcing the cKinetics iDiya investment corpus

Rs 10,00,000 for the best Environmental Sustainability business idea at the ISB iDiya bootcam
cKinetics, a venture accelerator in the sustainability space, has offered to provide seed funding of up to Rs 10 Lakhs for the best environmental sustainability idea at the ISB iDiya boot camp.

To be eligible, teams must have a viable idea for a profitable business venture with social and environmental impact. Only teams that are selected for the iDiya boot camp are eligible for this opportunity. The investment decision is at the sole discretion of cKinetics and is subject to the team and the idea meeting the investor’s investment criteria.
The evaluation of the ideas by cKinetics will be mainly on the following parameters:
(a) Must be market-based,
(b) Leverage technology to be able to scale.
Some representative areas include:
•                  Clean-Informatics
•                  Energy management solutions, Demand response management (between energy consumer and distributor)
•                  Eco-tourism
•                  Alternative transportation (car sharing, fuels, etc.)
•                  Green construction materials and products
•                  Off-grid electrification
•                  ESCOs for SMEs

iDiya launch event is at the Indian School of Business on July 30^th.  The portal to send in your entries is open from August 1 to August 31.

It’s here…

The third chapter of ISB iDiya is finally here!

 

The launch event: 30 July at the Indian School of Business with keynote speakers: Shaheen Mistri, founder of Akanksha Foundation & Teach For India; and Gul Panag, actor and model

 

To submit your ideas: portal opens August 1.

 

So what are you waiting for? Gear up to participate in the iDiya challenge, and give your ideas the platform they deserve.