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ABOUT US

Kalpavriksha holds the esteem of being a national level, social business challenge. It has

been the flagship event of Ahvan since 2006. Kalpavriksha is a platform for generating

sustainable business ideas that contribute to the welfare of the society at large. The belief

that drives Kalpavriksha is that the amalgamation of business principles with societal

upliftment, can be a sustainable and powerful tool for change.

By encouraging such ideas and helping budding entrepreneurs seek expert advice and seed

funding, Kalpavriksha promotes IIM Indores belief that the essence of management lies in

managing ones own ambitions. It provides a platform for students, social enterprises and

student social enterprises to share and implement their ideas and get mentors to help them

to make an impact to the society.

Since its national launch in 2006, Kalpavriksha has seen immense participation from

students (average ~100 teams) and support from big corporate houses like Infosys, Tata

Group, Deloitte and Cognizant. Kalpavriksha has given the platform for finalists to take

part in the GSEC (Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition) and one team won the

finals in 2009 held at Foster Business School, Seattle.

Last year, Kalpavriksha tied-up with TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Mumbai Chapter as a

knowledge partner and organised a webinar for the finalists on social entrepreneurship.

INNOVATION FUND

Business PlanINR 50,000/-Social EnterpriseINR 70,000/-

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EVENT DETAILS

The event will comprise offour phases. It is open for both B schools and corporate (category1) and 0-2 years old social enterprises (category 2). In phase 1, the teams will have to submit

anexecutive summary of the business plan for a self sustainable social venture. At the endof phase 1, we would select10 teams from each category. The business plans from 20 teamswould be invited and 3 teams from each category move to the mentor stage, which is phase

3. In phase 4, these six teams would present their business plan to a panel of investors and

industry experts who decide the final winner from each category.

Description of CategoriesCategory 1 Mainly comprises of any socially relevant business idea. Participating teamcan be from any Business school or corporate team

Category 2 Any 0-2 year old social enterprise, including student enterprises started and/orincubated in IITs.

REGISTRATION RULES

Students pursuing full time MBA or equivalent courses; graduation in IITs (havingsocial enterprises 0-2 years) are eligible to participate in this competition

The event is alsoopen to corporate & other social enterprises (0-2 years) Each team will comprise of not more than 3 members from the same institution Multiple entries from a single institution are allowedAn applicant cannot be a part of more than one team

One member of each team should be nominated as the team representative (POC) and thesame should be communicated to the Kalpavriksha team at the time of the initial

submission. All communication from Kalpavriksha will be directed to this representative

Two members of the team, coming for the phase 3 and 4, would be reimbursed 3-Tier ACtrain tickets and accommodation at IIM Indore hostel on twin sharing basis

Teams who do not adhere to any of the rules and guidelines will be disqualified at anyphase of the event

All mails for Kalpavriksha are to be directed tokalpavriksha@ahvan.in

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RULES OF PHASE 1

The first phase of the contest involves submission of an Executive Summary of the plan foraself-sustainable social venture. Itbegins on 2ndOctober 2011. Interested team needs to register using thelinkand clicking theEventRegistration tab. Executive summary should be submitted as a Word document (.doc or.docx format) The summary should be in 11 point font, 1 line spacing and 1

inch margin on each side

Executive summary should not exceed 2 pages. Exhibits, if any, can be included in oneadditional page

The name of the institute and the names of the participating members, email ids and phone numbers are to be mentioned only on the cover page of the Executive Summary. Itshould not appear anywhere else in the body of the document. Also highlight the nameof the team representative (POC) for the group. There should be no mention of the B-school or the name of the contestants anywhere else in the document

The file should be named asKalpavriksha__ The document should be mailed tokalpavriksha@ahvan.in Originality of idea, creativity and clarity of thoughts will hold a better chance of

making it to the next round

The Executive Summary is expected to address the following areas:Focus Area Key Issues to AddressThe problem or conditionbeing addressed

1. A brief account of the issue and its present status2. Implications of the same on society

The B-Plan 1. Statement of the initiative2. Details of the execution plan3. Feasibility and sustainability of the idea4. Magnitude of impact on the society

Novelty and scalability ofthe Idea

1. How is your initiative unique?2. Is your plan replicable?

Additional Details Any feature of the idea that requires special attention.

On the basis of Executive summary, the best 20 Teams from Phase 1 will be selected fornext phase.

The Rules for Phases 2 till 4 will be communicated to the top 20 teams.

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IMPORTANT TIME LINE

Phase 1: Deadline for Executive summary submission 17th OctoberResults of phase 1 : Announcement of top 20 teams 26th October

Phase 2: Deadline for submission of detailed BPlan 2nd NovemberResults of phase 2 : Announcement of top 6 teams 8th November

Phase 3: Assignment of mentors to top 6 teams 8th NovemberEnd of Phase 3: Submission of refined Bplan 16th November

Phase 4Campus rounds & presentationAnnouncement of winner and runners up teams

18th-20th November

TEAM MEMBERS

Himadri Gangwar p10himadrig@iimidr.ac.in +91 7869270936Gunajit Brahma p10gunajitb@iimidr.ac.in +91 7898499476Meenakshi Lakra p10meenakshil@iimidr.ac.in +91 8085731133Puneet Soral p10puneets@iimidr.ac.in +91 8085729146Dinesh Kumar P p10dineshk@iimidr.ac.in +91 7898499829Guneet Kaur p10guneetk@iimidr.ac.in +91 8085722823

Abhinav Khullar | Karthik Shrivastava |Prachi Gupta | Preeti Gupta | RishabhChauhan | Sneha Runwal

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