An appeal to all LBSIM students......!!

E Week is a nationwide event and more than 300 institutes participate in this event. For the first time Entrepreneurship Cell of our institute is taking the initiative to participate in this nationwide competition. The zeal and determination in the students of our institute will determine whether we win this award or not. To make it a success, we need your contribution.

As quoted by Anita Roddick, "Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking."

Therefore, unleash your creativity and come up with bright ideas.
Please go through the post named "What criteria determine the award winners ?" and post your suggestions in the comments. We will feel proud to implement your ideas. You can also send your suggestions on ecell@lbsim.ac.in

Click on the undersigned link to visit the official website of E week '09 (NEN)
E week '09

What criteria determine the Award winners?

The three main criteria determining the E Week Champions, Runners Up, and Honor Roll awards include:

1. Awareness and Buzz created around entrepreneurship and E week
2. Quality of Programs - innovative, creative and learning oriented
3. Relevance to the theme for 2009 - Go Green!

In addition, Participation for at least 5 of the 8 days of the E-week will be the distinct criterion for all the E Week Champions Awards.

Indicators of each of the criteria are provided below:

1. Awareness and Buzz:

E-Week 2009 aims to create large scale awareness and excitement around entrepreneurship and 'Go Green' on NEN member campuses and in the community. Champions are expected to create this buzz, which may be indicated by:

• Large number of entrepreneurship and 'Go Green' activities
• High levels of participation
  • Management, faculty, students on campus
  • Community - students, faculty of other campuses, alumni, professionals, and entrepreneurs
• Effective marketing of E Week and its activities

2. Quality of Programs:

Ideally, Champions run innovative events that are a mix of fun and serious learning. Indicators to determine quality include:

• Thoughtfully created events with
  • Clear learning objectives
  • Sound structure, plan and content
• Innovativeness and creativity
• Sustainability - able to run on an ongoing basis beyond E Week
• Ability to engage relevant speakers

3. Relevance to the theme - Go Green!

We expect that Champions will make special efforts to promote maximum awareness and knowledge of clean technology and environmentally sustainable businesses.

What are the E Week 2009 Awards?

From February 7 to 14, over 370 NEN Member Institutes will come together across the country to celebrate entrepreneurship. E Week Award winners are those institutes that best embody the spirit of E Week and provide the extraordinary leadership required to make E Week a success.

This year we have added a new series of Special Awards to recognize innovation, impact, and effective public awareness campaigns.

E Week 2009 Award winners will be selected in 4 categories:

• The E Week Champions
• E Week Runners Up
• E Week Honor Roll
• Special Awards

Special Award winners will be selected in three categories:

1. Most Innovative Event
2. High Impact Event
3. Most Effective Public Awareness Campaign

NEN announces Entrepreneurship Week India 2009

It's not every day that more than 2,00,000 young people turn out to support entrepreneurship. Maybe one could expect it for a concert; maybe a demonstration; certainly a world cup match! But entrepreneurship?

The sheer volume of participation in Entrepreneurship Week India 2008 awoke in all of us - across the NEN community - a heightened sense of responsibility. To these young people, and to the future.

The question raised by many was: How can we use the power of E Week to tackle the hardest problems, and help future entrepreneurs prepare for the best opportunities? The proposal was that each year, E Week should focus on a sector presenting us with some of the greatest challenges, and therefore the greatest opportunities of our time.

Therefore, we are delighted to announce that the next Entrepreneurship Week India, to be held February 7 -14th 2009, will challenge us all to: Go Green! Because the world is our business.

TATA NEN Hottest Startups

 Our institute was invited in polling for the best start-ups in the event, “TATA NEN Hottest Startups” organized by NEN in collaboration with TATA group with an objective of promoting entrepreneurship. Approximately 50 votes were cast from our institute. A lucky draw was conducted for the voters and 15 prizes were distributed.

Idea Generation & Screening!!!!!!!

A Guest Lecture was organized on 3^rd September, 2008. The topic for the same was "Idea Generation & Screening"

The invited speakers were Mr. Ashish Kumar – Founder, Tekriti Software pvt. Ltd and Mr    Suresh Mansharamani – Founder, Movie Mart.

These all speakers are founders of their respective organizations. Both the guest lectures were a huge success and were highly appreciated by all the students and the faculty members.

Guest Lecture on "Entrepreneurship"

The Entreprneurship and consulting cell of LBSIM, Delhi organised a lecture on Entrepreneurship on August 8th, 2008.
The invited speakers were Mrs. Kalpana Sinha from National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) and Mr. Vineet Bajpai, alumnus LBSIM, founder and CEO, Magnon Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

INSIGHTS by Mr. Vineet Bajpai:

Five important points must for an Entrepreneur-

1. Think Big
   
2. Think More.
   
3. Think Ambitious.
   
4. Truly believe that you are not born to be a common man.
   
5. Believe that you can do it.
   

Mrs. Kalpana Sinha expressed her interest in collaborating NEN with our institute after seeing the enthusiasm in LBSIM students.

The Cell has now collaborated with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), which is a network of Entrepreneurs, Start ups, venture capitalists and various academic institutes of the country.

The lecture was greatly appreciated by all the students and the faculty members.This encouraged us to invite speakers for another guest lecture.