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10th - 11th February 2009
 

Ethon – The national business plan competition held at IFIM Business School on 10th and 11th has concluded successfully. 33 Business plans battled fiercely in final presentations.

The distinguished panels of jury members of the final presentations were,

  • Prof.Achutkumar – Senior Professor – IFIM Business School

  • Mr.Arjun Sekri – CEO, Daily Bread

  • Mr.Balaji Pasumarthy – Chief Catalyst – Business Gyan

  • Mr.Jayant Tiwari– owner at Outsourced CFO and Business Advisory services

  • Ms.Nandini Hirinniah – Partner , Morpheus Venture Partners

  • Ms.Sameer Guglani – Partner, Morpheus Venture Partners

  • Mr.Venkat Mangudi – CEO, Venkat Mangudi Consulting 
     


The Cash prizes and mentoring opportunities:

1st Prize: Rs. 1 Lakh
2nd prize: Rs.75,000

  • The top five B plans will be mentored further by Morpheus Venture Partners. One of the selected team will get a semi final slots for the Morpheus mentoring programme in April.

  • All the final participants will receive a 6 months subscription of Business Gyan Digest.

 
The Winners:
 

First Prize of Rs. 1 Lakh
Business Plan: Kadam – A school for the elderly
Team Aspirants: K.J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
Team Members: Ms.Avipsha Banerjee and Mr.Siddharth Behl
 

Second Prize of Rs.75,000
Business Plan: Swatch –waste management
Team: Mats Business School Bangalore
Team members: Mr.Sandeep Jain, Mr.Sharanagouda M, Mr.Ankit Vohra and Mr.Ajay Mishra
 

Third Prize
Business Plan: Consultancy development scholars (CDS) Saakshar Team: BITS Pilani
Team members:
Mr.Lohit Sahu and Ms.Nitya N
 

4th Prize
Business Plan: Tovac
Team:
BITS Pilani
Team members:
Mr.Sahil Chalana, Mr.Karthik Gupta, Mr.Dhruv Malik and Mr.Saurabh Maggo
 

5th Prize
Business Plan: Portable water purifier
Team:
Alliance Business School, Bangalore
Team members:
Mr.Akhil Sonthalia, Mr.Dhvanil, Mr.Debashish Kar and Mr.Vikram Nahar
 



The other Toppers are as follows:

No. 6: Tecovate Engg – XIME, Bangalore

No. 7: Green Energy – BITS Pilani

No. 8: Designer 18 – St.Joseph’s College of Commerce

No. 9: The English Manor – Mount Carmel College Bangalore

No. 10: Genisis Tutorials - Christ University , Bangalore

 

We thank all the jury members, Participants, faculty, student and staff members who helped us to organize this event and support creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem.