Achievements
Inspiring Innovation & Encouraging Entrepreneurship since 2010
Awarded one of the Leading Entrepreneurship Body at E-SUMMIT IIT Bombay
E-Cell VSIT Stood 8th in National Entrepreneurship Challenge IIT Bombay
Received patronage from Nasscom in 2016
lml 40+Students were offered Internship in First Edition of StartupInternship Fair
Guests like Pradeep Tagare, Nitin Potdar, Vithal Kamat, Jairaj Salgaonkar
E-Cell has helped conceive more than 10+ successful start-ups
B-Model competitionaimed at encouraging people all around the
world to unleash their inventive potential
Structure of Vyapar!
Launch • Online Registration
Questionnaire
Round
Mentorship
• Online mentoring• Mentor’s meet• B-plan submission• Declaration of finalist
Grand Finale• Ultimate B-plan submission• Final presentation submission• Finalists pitch their idea to judges
• Questionnaire submission deadline
• Declaration of semi- finalists
Structure:
Online form submission: The team needs to register on the E-Cell website and authenticate their account using Code sent to the email-id specified. After that a team can log into their account and fill the form online.
Mentorship: Mentoring will be provided to the shortlisted teams. The participants are required to make optimum utilization of the mentoring process so as to create an appropriately refined Business Model.
Final Submission: After Mentoring, the teams have to submit their final Business Model in a prescribed format.
Grand Finale: The final shortlisted teams will present their final Business Model in front of the judging panel at VSIT during the Entrepreneurship Summit 2017.
With the vision of promoting both business and social innovations, we follow two tracks:
‒ Business
‒ Social
Business Track ‒A Business Model that is function oriented and is aimed at providing sustainability of both consumption and production. Ideas/Prototypes based on meeting diverse consumer requirements or providing an innovative service.
Social Track ‒A Business Model that focuses on adding value to the people at the bottom of the pyramid and/or help building a greener tomorrow.
• A 3 day conclave of Top 50 Vyapar! entries withIndustry Experts and seasoned Entrepreneurs
• Personal Mentoring and various advanced levelworkshops are conducted
• Minimum Viable Product is developed throughLean Startup Machine
Mentor’s Meet
The Final Pitch
• Closed Room Pitching : The Finalists pitch their MVP (Minimum Viable Product)in front of Vyapar! Jury Panel in a closed room
• The panel of experts includes India’s leading Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists and Seasoned Entrepreneurs
• Vyapar! Finals take place at the Entrepreneurship Summit
• The winners are decided on the spot and walk away with!!!
Prizes
Nasscom 10000 Start-up Fellowship Kairos Society Fellowship
Cash Prizes (Business)Winner : INR 1,00,000Runner : INR 50,000
Cash Prizes (Social)Winner : INR 50,000
• Technology and Sustainable Development Award • Youth Award • VSIT B-Plan of the year Award
Incentives
Elevator Pitch Expert Mentoring
In order to develop the idea and bring into reality, the semi-finalists are provided mentors (seasoned entrepreneurs and experienced industry professionals)
Chance to pitch in front of leading angel investors, venture capitalists and industrialists from reputed firms.
Incentives
Networking Start-up Services
Advice on legal, taxation, financial, technical aspects of running a start-up, co-working space, HR needs etc.
Networking opportunities with potential partners, investors and world class entrepreneurs.
Incentives
Incubation opportunities. Feedback
Content rich feedback on the business model from world class entrepreneurs, investors, and professional service providers on our judging panel.
Get opportunity to win the incubation
It would be a privilege to be associated with you,
Looking forward to a fruitful and long lasting association.
Thank You Akhil Dalvi
Overall Coordinator
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