JOIN USThe ninth edition of the National Entrepreneurship Summit, Eximius, at IIM Bangalore got off to a start on Sunday with a number of activities aimed at inspiring the entrepreneurial spirit of students.
With the theme ‘The Time Is Now', the fest featured a broad range of innovative contests from B-plans to pitches and workshops to key panel discussions.
The flagship event of Eximius, ‘Fast Forward,’ saw budding entrepreneurs pitching their business plans to a distinguished jury. The ideas proposed ranged from online shopping to smart home solutions. The winning team pitched Mike Messenger, an innovative integrated messaging service. The digital marketing event ‘Game of Clicks’, gave students an opportunity to collaborate with start-ups to develop and implement innovative marketing strategies. ‘Disruptive Marketeers,’ tested the ability of participants to devise a CSR strategy for top Indian FMCG brands.
The six finalists proposed interesting ideas of helping chaiwallahs, vegetable vendors, homemakers, dabbawallas and construction workers among others. Team Vzards from IIM Visakhapatnam, battled it out to emerge as the winner.