General rules:

• All full-time and part-time students enrolled in a graduate program of business administration during the academic year 2005-06 are eligible to participate in the competition
• Teams should register on the Poseidon website before sending in their entry
• A unique team Id will be provided to each team upon successful registration.

Team formation rules:

• Each team must consist of 2 to 6 members.
• All team members must be enrolled in the same business administration program.
• There is no limit on the number of entries per institute.
• A participant cannot be member of more than one team.
• No changes are allowed in the team after registration.

Contest will be held in following stages:

Stage 1:

• Each team will be required to send in an executive summary for their business plan on a technology related business idea. Executive summary should be comprehensive to highlight key aspects of the plan.
• Format of submission:
  • Page Limit: maximum 5 pages (including exhibits)
  • Font: 12 point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing and page margins of 1" all around
  • File Type: PDF
  • Each entry should have a cover page (not included in the 5 page count) containing only the team Id.
  • File name: TechInnovation_TeamId.pdf
  • There should not be any mention of the school name or any of the student's names anywhere in the document, including the cover page
• Entries should be emailed to tech-innovation@isb.edu by 11:59 PM (IST) on or before Nov 30th 2005. Email subject line should be "Tech Innovation Challenge, TeamId".
• Ten teams will be short listed for the second round based on uniqueness of idea, technical and financial feasibility.
• Results for this stage will be declared by Dec 3rd 2005.

Stage 2:

• Top 10 teams from round 1 will advance to round 2 and will need to submit the complete business plan.
• Format of submission:
  • Page Limit: a maximum of 15 pages (including exhibits)
  • Font: 12 point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing and page margins of 1" all around
  • File Type: PDF
  • Each entry should have a cover page (not included in the 15 page count) containing only the team Id
  • File name: TechInnovation_TeamId.pdf
  • There should not be any mention of the school name or any of the student's names anywhere in the document, including the cover page.
• Entries should be emailed to tech-innovation@isb.edu by 11:59 PM (IST) on Dec.12th 2005. Email subject line should be "Tech Innovation Challenge, TeamId".
• This is not an elimination stage.

Stage 3:

• Top 10 teams who entered round 2 will need to present their business plan to panel of judges on Dec 16th, 2005.
• Further information on this stage will be emailed to short-listed teams.

Register the team

Parveen Bansal (+91 98487 47137)
(Parveen_Bansal@pgp2006.isb.edu)