In the beginning …

Saturday March 08, 2008 , 2 min Read

While this came to ThinkChange India’s attention after the deadline past, the competition seems like a great opportunity for our readers and should definitely be something to do next year.

Titled Genesis, this competition, which will be held at IIT-Madras, aims to do the following:

Genesis is a social entrepreneurship competition that aims to bring together social entrepreneurs, students, NGOs, innovators, incubators, corporations and financiers and encourage them to come up with innovative ideas which are socially relevant and feasible.

The competition is open to all students and working professionals (including NGOs) who have ideas that are innovative, feasible and can benefit society. Our only restriction is that 50% of the registered members of every team that enters this competition should be students.

This year the deadline for first round submissions was February 25th. The full schedule of events can be found after the jump.

Team formation and Idea Preparation	January 20 ,2008 – February 22 ,2008
Introductory Workshops	February 23-24,2008
First Round Submissions	February 25, 2008
Selection of Finalists	February 29, 2008
Preparation of refined business plans and targeted workshops	March 1 – March 29, 2008
Presentation of Final Business Plans to a judging panel and awarding of prizes	March 30, 2008