ISB launches ‘The 3rd iDiya Challenge’, a national social venture ideas competition

Monday August 01, 2011 , 2 min Read

ISB 10 — The 3rd iDiya Challenge was launched on Saturday, 30th July 2011 at theIndianSchool of Business (ISB),Hyderabad. iDiya is ISB’s national social venture ideas competition that aims to be a launch-pad for high-impact and self-sustaining social businesses inIndia. Started in the year 2009, iDiya is targeted exclusively at working professionals and focuses on business ideas that create measurable social impact.

The launch event signaled the commencement of applications from teams across the country. After several rounds of selection and interviews, ten teams will be invited to the ISB campus for an intensive week long boot camp where industry experts, entrepreneurs and ISB faculty will train and coach them for challenges that they would face in bringing their ideas and ventures to realization.

Participants will have to log on to www.isb.edu/idiya to register and submit their ideas. The registration and idea submission process is open from 1^stAugust 2011 till 1^st September 2011.

About ISB

ISB (Hyderabad) was established in the year 2001. In 2008, it became the youngest institution to be ranked among the Top 20, in the Global B-school Rankings by the Financial Times,London, and since then has been ranked consistently among the top B-schools globally. The ISB is in the process of setting up its second campus in Mohali, Punjab, which will also have specialist institutes for promoting research and education in areas critical toIndia’s development. The Mohali campus is slated to be operational from April 2012.