Deadline: 3-Jul-22
GITAM Deemed to be University is inviting students for smartIDEAthon challenge to pitch in their ideas for startups that help build sustainable resilient communities.
SmartIDEAthon is a student pitching competition of ideas built on themes that are currently relevant to their nation. Encouraging students to work on startups that help build sustainable and resilient communities through social innovation is the core focus of the event. SmartIDEAthon program includes providing personalised coaching and grooming students’ ideas with bootcamps and coaching sessions for shortlisted candidates conducted by internationally trained venture coaches.
Themes
- Food & Agriculture
- Clean & Green Technology
- Waste Management
- Health Tech & Assisitive Technology
- Water Management
Incentives
- Fiscal Incentives:
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Winner
- INR 2,00,000 cash prize
- Fully sponsored two weeks trip for two members (Founder and co-founder ONLY) to Boston during October 2022 to participate in the India@75 Celebrations, worth INR 6,00,000. Includes visa fee, roundtrip economy airfare, food, stay and local transportation.
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Runner-up:
- INR 1,00,000 cash prize
- Partly-sponsored two weeks trip for two members (Founder and co-founder ONLY) to Boston during October 2022 to participate in the India@75 Celebrations, worth INR 3,00,000. Includes visa fee, food, stay and local transportation.
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Winner
- Non-Fiscal Incentives:
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Winner
- Goodies worth INR 20,000
- Access to Northeastern University’s NU-IDEA Ready-Set-Go structured Venture Development Program and one on one coaching from VDC venture coaches worth INR 3,00,000
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Runner-up
- Goodies worth INR 10,000
- Access to Northeastern University’s NU-IDEA Ready-Set-Go structured Venture Development Program and one on one coaching from VDC venture coaches worth INR 3,00,000
- All finalists are also eligible to participate in NUCEE’s Ready-Set-Go venture development coaching program for one year, worth INR 2,00,000 each.
- All semi-finalists and finalists will receive a certificate of recognition, jointly issued by GITAM University and NUCEE, Boston, USA.
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Winner
- Special Incentives:
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Best Social Impact Business Idea
- INR 50,000 cash prize
- Fully sponsored two weeks trip for one member (Founder or co-founder ONLY) to Boston during October 2022 to participate in the India@75 Celebrations, worth INR 3,00,000. Includes visa fee, roundtrip economy airfare, food, stay and local transportation.
- Goodies worth INR 10,000
- Access to Northeastern University’s NU-IDEA Ready-Set-Go structured Venture Development Program and one on one coaching from VDC venture coaches worth INR 2,00,000
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Best Social Impact Business Idea
- Special Category Incentives:
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Best Woman-led Entrepreneurship Idea
- INR 50,000 cash prize
- Fully sponsored two weeks trip for one woman (Founder or co-founder ONLY) to Boston during October 2022 to participate in the India@75 Celebrations, worth INR 3,00,000). Includes visa fee, roundtrip economy airfare, food, stay and local transportation.
- Goodies worth INR 10,000
- Access to Northeastern University’s NU-IDEA Ready-Set-Go structured Venture Development Program and one on one coaching from VDC venture coaches worth INR 2,00,000
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Best Woman-led Entrepreneurship Idea
- SmartIDEAthon-2022 Leben Johnson People’s Choice Award
- INR 50,000 cash prize
- Selected on the basis of voting by audience during the finals
Eligibility Criteria
- The competition is open to all current students enrolled in any undergraduate or postgraduate program in any educational institution across India and also to recent graduates (graduated not earlier than 2020).
- The team can be an individual or a group not exceeding two students. A student is only eligible to be part of one idea submission team.
- Once a team is shortlisted, students would need to submit a letter from their college or their Student ID cards validating their student/alumnus credentials.
- If all members of a team are from the same institute, one joint letter is acceptable.
For more information, visit https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/challenge.html?applicationId=6295952ce4b028cbac16f322