The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), is to host the ninth edition of the National Annual Entrepreneurship Summit - Eximius 2016, on August 6 and 7 at its campus.

 

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell will organise Eximius 2016 in association with the N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIMB.

 

Celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship, the summit themed, ‘The Time Is Now’, aims to encourage start-ups and students from across the country to think big and take the plunge.

 

The two-day engagement will feature over 150 start-ups and is expected to get a footfall of over 5,000 individuals from across the country, participating in over 30 events.

 

Eximius 2016 will host eminent speakers including P Chidambaram (former Finance Minister of India); Duvvuri Subbarao (former RBI Governor); Dr Jacob Crasta (Prime Minister's SME Council); Dr P Namperumalsamy (Padma Shree Awardee, Chairman, Aravind Eye Care); Dr Devdutt Pattanaik (bestselling author); Shradha Sharma (Co-founder YourStory); Sujayath Ali (Co-founder CEO Voonik); Kunal Kapoor (actor and co-founder Ketto.Org); Mukesh Singh (co-founder & CEO Zopnow); Piyush Mishra (actor) and Anshu Gupta (founder Goonj).

The summit will host events that will give hands-on exposure to participants on various aspects of starting and running a business. Among the flagship events that will be featured include:

 

Bzzwings:  Bzzwings, the business plan contest, encourages individuals to conceptualise, ideate and take the plunge. Winning teams will get incubation at IIMB’s NSRCEL. Prizes worth Rs 40 lakh will be given away in this contest.

 

Fast Forward:  Fast Forward is targeted at business ideas built around information technology that can impact millions and start a revolution. It offers exclusive mentorship to selected teams. The winners of Fast Forward will get prizes worth Rs 2.5 lakh.

 

The Other Incentive:  The event is aimed at promoting and supporting social entrepreneurship. This is for ideas where revenues and bottom-line profits are hygiene factors and social impact is the key measure of success. The event is being organised in association with Villgro, a leading social incubator. Social entrepreneurs could win an incubation opportunity of up to Rs 65 lakh from Villgro and prizes worth Rs 80,000.

 

The Game of Clicks:  The event bridges the gap between students and start-ups. In this marketing challenge, teams compete in real-time for digital marketing. It gives students the opportunity to collaborate with start-ups to develop their marketing strategies. Each student team works closely with a start-up to develop and implement its digital marketing strategy over a period of three weeks. The winning teams get a chance to win prizes worth Rs 50,000.

 

Wipro Earthian Sustainability Quiz:  Governments, organisations and leaders across the world are thinking about sustainability. Eximius 2016 will present the Earthian Sustainability Quiz in association with Wipro, based on sustainability and the environment. Prizes worth Rs 1.1 lakh are to be won.

 

Bootcamp Kiosk:  Early stage start-ups can showcase their business models and company goals at the Startup Bootcamp. The bootcamp will give start-up founders the chance to demonstrate their vision to a captive student community of future business leaders and entrepreneurs. Additionally, start-up founders will get a chance to imbibe key lessons from industry veterans and investors.

 

Workshops:  This year the bootcamp workshops will be conducted by IBM, Greg Maron (co-founder Zoomcar) and HeadStart Network, India’s leading community for start-ups. The workshops will cover diverse themes such as innovative business models, leveraging start-up ecosystems, start-up marketing, scaling and building an empowered venture.

There will also be an array of events that will challenge participants to solve a range of problems faced by start-ups and entrepreneurs in domains such as marketing, operations, finance, sustainability and fund-raising. Eximius 2016 will also have many online and on-the-spot events such as quizzes and simulation games.

 

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