B-PLAN COMPETITION

We believe that there are many deserving ideas which need to be nurtured into successful ventures. The contest is thus, a platform for such ideas and start-up ventures to be heard and felicitated for their efforts. The purpose of this event is to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of young students.

"CASH PRIZES WORTH Rs. 50, 000"
First prize worth Rs 35, 000 and Second prize worth Rs 15, 000.

We invited an Executive Summary/Abstract of the Business Plan.

Following were the broad themes for this event:

• IT systems at work in the Healthcare industry

• E-Healthcare: need of the hour

• Bio-technology germinating the seeds of a new future

• Knowledge solutions to develop rural healthcare

• Pioneering innovations in Life Sciences

Rules:

• Maximum of 4 participants from the same B-school per team
  
• The criteria for short-listing shall include, for instance, feasibility of idea and plan economics, the format, accuracy and relevance of the supporting data, its analysis and the logic used. Innovativeness and uniqueness shall be given more weight in case of any clash
  
• The organisers reserve unconditional right to disqualify an entry or cancel the participation of a team for any reason including presentation of inaccurate/incomplete information, plagiarism, late submission, violation of any intellectual property rights, or any other reason
  
• Any team or individual cannot be a part of more than one entry. Each entry involving any such duplication is liable for disqualification.
  
• The contest is to be held in two rounds:

Round 1:

• In this round participants will be submitting the abstract of their B-Plan to the following e-mail id:
  healthcaresummit2008@isb.edu

• Last date for submission of abstract is September 3, 2008

• Based upon the abstract, 2 teams in all will be selected for Round 2

• Panel of judges will be eminent people from the healthcare and life sciences industry. The decision of the judges will be final and binding on all contestants

• The selected teams will be intimated by e-mail by September 11, 2008

Round 2:

• The first and second team will present their B-Plan in front of the judges in form of a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation at the ISB Healthcare and Pharma Conclave 2008

• A maximum of 20 minutes will be given to each team to present their idea

• The 20 minutes presentation will be followed by a question and answer round of 5 minutes by the judges as well as the audience

• Points will be deducted for exceeding the time limit

• The teams will be awarded their prizes at the event

• The winning teams will be reimbursed AC 3 tier train tickets to and from Hyderabad
  
  
  Executive Summary/Abstract Format:

• The abstract should be about 800 words long(excluding annexure), stating briefly the purpose of the plan, opportunities, financial & marketing plan, etc

• The document should be prepared in Times New Roman font sized 12 pt with 1.5 line spacing submitted in pdf format

• The cover page of the abstract should contain name of the team members, college of the team members and contact details. This cover page shall be detached before papers are given for panel evaluation. The name of the author or their institute should not appear anywhere in the body of the paper. Appearance of the same will lead to disqualification

• There should be no images in the abstract
   

• The submitted papers will be the property of the Indian School of business and can be used in any form

For registration:
Mail executive summary/ Abstract of your plan at the following email id: healthcareconclave@isb.edu


Please follow these guidelines:
Subject line of email: “Institute name_ first Author _Topic<#>”
Document File name: “Institute name_ first Author _Topic<#>.pdf”
Acknowledgement of receipt of soft copies of entries would be sent within 24 hours of receipt of papers.