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Sell your idea, make it big on a iWeekend in Ahmedabad

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:07:35 +0000

If you have an idea and don’t know how to turn it into a business, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM-A has the solution.

‘iWeekend’ where for the first time, a highly motivated group of 50 entrepreneurs and professionals will select a few ideas and work together to launch a version of the products. All of this in a weekend. Of the final presentations, some products will be selected and funded by venture capitalists and other funding agencies.

“iWeekend is a non-profit organization started in Spain in 2008 with the mission of promoting culture of entrepreneurship in new technologies. Since then, it has conducted several programmes,” said Aditi Gupta from CIIE.

This year, they will conduct three programmes in India — from March 12 to 14 in Bangalore, March 19 to 21 in New Delhi and finally in Ahmedabad from March 26 to 28.

The iWeekend will be organised with the help of Nadathur Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (IIM Bangalore), CIIE (IIM Ahmedabad) and Indus Entrepreneurs, Delhi chapter.

“Registrations have begun for the event meant for professionals, freelancers, programmers, designers, marketers, businessmen, lawyers and even students. Technology innovation will be the main theme where ideas based on software and internet-based applications will have to be developed,” added Gupta.

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IIM-A to host Finance conclave 2010

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:10:42 +0000

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will be hosting its two-day Finance Conclave 2010 from Friday. The theme of the conclave is India: Challenging the New Normal’. The conclave is being organised by the special interest groups of the students, Beta The Finance Club and Leverage The Private Equity and Venture Capital Club with the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)

The first day of the conclave will focus on A New World Order’ and will address questions pertaining to a new regime of regulations, consolidation activity and inclusive growth that will shape the new economic order post the financial crisis.

The speakers invited for the conclave include chief general manager of RBI, B Mahapatra; Private Equity Pro Advisors, Arvind Mathur; Sunil Kolangara from UTI Ventures; Nikhil Khatau from Mayfield Ventures and Anand Tandon from Brics Security amongst others.

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AMA Seminar focuses on global trends in pharma

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:54:59 +0000

The Science and Technology Committee of the International Union of Architects (UIA) is in town for their annual working group meeting.

It conducted a day-long seminar at AMA (Ahmedabad Management Association) on Wednesday as part of their meeting. Several technical presentations were made by the committee members hailing from India, the US, Germany, Hungary and Israel.

The focus of the seminar was global trends in pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare design, including sustainable design, alternative energies and other concepts that are changing the way these facilities are conceived, designed and operated.

A delegation of international engineers and designers along with reputed experts and industry leaders participated in the seminar.

The UIA was founded in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1948 to unite architects of the world.

The UIA, headquartered in Paris, represents over two million architects worldwide and has 10 working groups including the Science and Technology Committee. These groups meet annually. The theme for this year’s meeting was research. Presentations were made on research and manufacturing facilities for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The group cited Gujarat as one of the major hubs of their activity, and hence chose Ahmedabad as their destination for the meeting.

Besides discussing case studies on local projects such as Claris and JSW, the group will conduct technical tours of IIM-A, CEPT and Claris Pharmaceutical campus.

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Gujarat Goverment approved three new private universities (Ahmedabad University, ICFAI University, Navrachana University)

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:00:19 +0000

1) Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad
H L Institute of Commerce,
M G Science College,
L M College of Pharmacy
LD Arts College.
Gujarat Law Society-run H A College of Commerce and its law college
2) ICFAI University, Ahmedabad (Rs1800 crore campus )
3)Navrachana University, Baroda
The Government of Gujarat has approved three new private universities in the state. Ahmedabad University proposed by the Ahmedabad Education Society campus to come up near Helmet Circle, ICFAI University proposed by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India and Navrachana University proposed by Vadodara based Navrachana Education Society.

Gujarat’s Education Minister Shri Ramanbhai Vora said that the proposed universities would enjoy complete university status after legal formalities in the next assembly session.

He said that five self financed colleges run by Ahmedabad Education Trust that are currently associated with Gujarat University would become a part of the new Ahmedabad University(AU) from June-2009. These are H L Institute of Commerce, M G Science College, L M College of Pharmacy and LD Arts College. Apart from Gujarat Law Society-run H A College of Commerce and its law college, Gujarat University will be left with second-rung colleges in the city and institutes in rural areas.

AU’s academic operations will start in June 2009. All self-financed Bcom, BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA institutes will be affiliated to AU. Students who wish to enroll in the first year will now have to apply to AU for enrollment. AU is planning to revise the syllabus and introduce a grading system. First task however would be of announcing a vice chancellor.

The governing body of Ahmedabad University includes Arvind Mills managing director Sanjay Lalbhai, chairman and managing director of Torrent Sudhir Mehta and member of IIM-A’s governing council Praful Anubhai.

Another proposed University ICFAI will offer B Ed, MCA, B Tech, Finance, MBA, Diploma in Port Management etc. courses at it’s Rs1800 crore campus in Ahmedabad. The minister said that Vadodara based Navrachna University will offer four years Teachers Training course with capacity of 200 students.

Gujarat has already seven private universities; CEPT, Nirma, DDIT, DAIIT, Ganpat University, Kadi Sarva Vidhyalaya and Pandit Dindayal Petroleum University.

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Symbiosis plans campus near Ahmedabad!

admin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:32:36 +0000

After Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) and the National Institute of Design (NID), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Nirma Univercity & Petroleum University now Symbiosis International University (SIU) has now decided to set up a fully-residential academic campus near Ahmedabad, with an initial focus on infotech (IT) and engineering courses.

SIU principal director Vidya Yeravdekar, who was in Ahmedabad recently to attend the Vibrant Gujarat 2009′ industrial summit, said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on January 13 between SIU and the Gujarat government regarding the proposed campus.
“We have asked for a 30 to 40 acre land at a concessional rate along the belt between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar,” Yeravdekar said and added that the Gujarat government was working on the location for the proposed campus. “Our objective is to see that phase I of this upcoming campus becomes functional by the beginning of academic year 2011-12,” she said.
Among the premier deemed universities in the country, the SIU started over 25 years ago from the city and has extended its footprint to five campuses across Pune besides Noida, Bangalore and Hyderabad. With more than 25,000 students under its belt, the SIU is better known for its flagship unit the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management.
Yeravdekar said, “The Noida campus will become operational from 2009-10, while the Hyderabad and Ahmedabad campuses are expected to start simultaneously in 2011.”
She said, “The planned initial focus on engineering and technology courses is a conscious decision, considering that Ahmedabad is already home to other major entities in the field of management and design education, like the Indian Institute of Management and the National Institute of Design.”
“The sizeable presence of industries in and around Ahmedabad provides us with a captive ground for placing the engineering and technology pass-outs besides utilising services of industry experts for visiting faculty assignments,” she said. “The industry-academia connect will be more pronounced,” she added.
In the longer run, Yeravdekar said, the SIU does have plans to take its other academic programmes like management, design and health sciences. “The proposed campus will be full-residential facility,” she said, adding, the projected investment was to the tune of Rs 100 crore.

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