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Entrepreneurship

E - Workshops

Introduction

New enterprises featuring innovation in concept and implementation are essential to keep the momentum of “Rising India” going!

If you are the next “ R Subramaniam ”waiting to unleash a revolution like “Subhiksha” and confused about how should you do it then this is the chance for you!

There is an adage which believes that the best learning is the one attained by doing. Theory and textbooks can only get you that far, there are several things that books can’t teach. This holds good for entrepreneurial skills like it does for any other skill. With competition growing intense and consumers becoming savvier and value conscious, there is almost no margin for error. This Entrepreneurship Workshop @ Shaastra 2008 is aimed at giving some hands on experience in this regard

In the past editions, similar workshops have helped participants acquire both hard skills (such as finance, marketing, and accounting) and soft skills (such as public speaking, leadership, and networking) needed to excel in a business environment. Last year's workshop focused on helping budding entrepreneurs identify and study markets and come up with products to suit the targets accordingly.

This year, we intend to take up one key ingredient involved in the building of a successful venture, the team. For a nascent idea, it is the team that nurtures and delivers it that is of utmost importance. Different ideologies and differing personalities need to work in coordination, complementing each other, to produce the desired results. The E-Workshop this year shall focus on hands on team building. The workshop will help you strengthen problem solving muscles, take on responsibilities and accelerate results with greater ease.

Join us for this hands-on workshop tailored for budding entrepreneurs and learn how to solve HR dilemmas in real time using easy yet powerful techniques.

Event Format

Event registrations are closed.Please contact the coordinators for further details.

The workshop is going to be conducted by Pegasus Institute of excellence, one of the leading centres in India for outbound learning. They have 10 years of experiece in conducting similar workshops, and in the past have conducted the same for top-notch companies like Accenture, Cisco systems, DELL, GE, IBM, Intel, Bosch etc. The workshop shall be a 4-5 hour activity cum demonstration, with the participants being randomly divided in teams. Following are the details about the workshop :

  • Date : 4th october 2008
  • Venue :Stadium, IIT Madras
  • No. of participants to be taken in is less than 60

Download the Pegasus brochure here here!

Shortlisting Question

Indian telecom industry is booming. Pitching in the right area in the industry can really make you earn hell fast and easy.

Scenario:

You are the leader of a small team of software engineers who are all from very varied backgrounds. The differences are primarily in language and regions. Now, you are working on the concept of making a place in the as of now void in Mobile Phone Software industry.

  • Task 1
    Come up with a decent idea, that you think can be readily absorbed in the market and can make you a recognized name in it. This task can also require team efforts.
    Note: You need to explain that why the idea suits your team and why it is the right time for it. You can build up any current situation so as to suit you.
  • Task 2
    Once done with the brainstorming, plan your launch as a professional in the market, explaining a few marketing strategies and roles various people played in your team.
    PS: Your primary focus should be on the situation of the market, your idea AND how you propose to have your team resolve their differences and work together. Also we will be expecting you to understand that what problems you will be facing, being a new company and with employees with the above mentioned problems.
    Also remember having people with different backgrounds can often turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Tell us why and how you will exploit it to earn some brownie points!

Format:

Your report should:

  • Explain the current situation (that you come up with)
  • Have a strategy for both of the above mentioned tasks
  • Mention all relevant assumptions
  • Focus on how you propose to get inputs from all your team members
  • How do you propose to use this diversity
  • Please make sure it is not more than 5 pages long

Teams shall not have more than 2 members. Moreover send in all your details including your year of graduation and your future plans after graduation. If you are already placed in some company kindly tell us your job profile or if you are starting your own venture please brief us about that too.

Also remember this isn't a b-plan competition! You need explain only the outlines of your ideas, leaving the minor details. This report is just for testing whether you have the right temperament or not.

Submit your entries on the Userportal latest by Sept 5, 2008. On the userportal, click on "Team event registration". Select your team name and then select E Workshops.

For any further queries, contact Rakshit or Bharat at e-workshops@shaastra.org