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.