AVENUES is the Annual International Business festival of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), IIT Bombay

AVENUES 2009(31st Oct – 1st Nov) represents our relentless commitment towards the promise to attain the balance of all the three aspects (People, Planet and Profit) of business excellence. Over two days of frenzied activity, participants comprising students, industry and academia will converge to contemplate on business ideas consistent with the theme – People, Planet and Profit!

NAVONMESH -the International Entrepreneurship Convention, being held as part of AVENUES 09, aims to breathe new life into the spirit of innovation and enterprise in the country.

The objective of NAVONMESH is to offer a helping hand to start-ups and sensitize the modern business school fraternity about the potential and power of their enterprise. 6 start-ups have been chosen and B-school wizards are invited to prepare business plans around those start-ups. Four of these start-ups are supported by TePP, Technopreneur Promotion Programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The primary objective of the Business Plans should be to help the start-ups go to the next level.

The event will be conducted as a two round process, and shall culminate with a presentation where in the participants would be required to pitch their B-plan in front of esteemed judges and VCs at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay.

Prizes:
*First Prize worth 50,000 INR
Second Prize worth 20,000 INR*

Event Timelines:
Call for Registration: 4 September 2009 (registrations open till 14 Sept)
Deadline for Executive summary 14 September 2009, 23:59:59 IST
Shortlist Declaration 20 September 2009
Second Round 20 September to 20 October 2009
Final Round 31 October – 1 November 2009

Venue: Shailesh J.Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Powai, India

“Run of the mill B-plan competitions are a plenty, but starting up an enterprise is just the first step. What Navonmesh gives a bird’s eye view into the challenges in scaling up an enterprise – globally”, says Madhavi Ramachandran, a second year student at SJMSOM.

For queries please contact
Organizing Team, Avenues 2009
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Web-Site: http://www.sjmsom-avenues.com under the head Events.