TATA First Dot contest for student entrepreneurs

Updated on: Wednesday, December 07, 2011

In an effort to foster entrepreneurial culture and innovation amongst the young generation, TATA First Dot, powered by NEN', a mentoring body, conducts national level competition for student entrepreneurs.

As a part of this multi-strand initiative, two competitions for the Top 5 Student Ventures each will run nationally in parallel.

The first competition is Tata First Dot National Competition where a panel of eminent judges will judge the venture on business parameters and select 5 best student ventures after a process of validation and short-listing by NEN experts.

The second competition is a Peoples Choice competition based on national level online voting for determining 5 winners of Tata First Dot Peoples Choice competition. The program values public opinion and their sentiments and encourages their valuable inputs to decide the winner through online voting.

The detailed profiles of all the student ventures have been featured on The Tata First Dot website for voting, which is scheduled to end on December 15, 2011.

Speaking about the initiative Mr. Atul Agrawal, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Tata Service said, “At the Tata Group we are committed to foster an entrepreneurial culture and innovation amongst the young generation. Tata First Dot recognizes and respects the brilliance of the young minds of India and we are happy to provide a launch-pad to these young entrepreneurs to turn their dreams and ideas into successful business ventures.”

Laura Parkin, CEO and co-founder, National Entrepreneurship Network said, “Driven by the growing number of opportunities opening up in the country, and supported by the entrepreneurship programs available on campus, more and more students in India are turning to entrepreneurship. If India is to grow into a strong, entrepreneurial nation, these efforts need to be encouraged and recognized.”

Winners of the competition will be provided professional mentorship via the NEN Mentoring platform for a period of 12 months and will also get networking opportunity with Entrepreneurs, Angel investors, mentors, experts and other student start-ups. Winners will be felicitated in Chennai on 9th-10th January, 2012.

For more information about the initiative and contestants, and to vote log on to www.tatafirstdot.com.

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