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Coimbatore: Entrepreneurial activities for school students
Coimbatore,
Nov
14:
The
national
level
business
plan
contest
for
business
school
students,
organised
by
the
Sri
Krishna
College
of
Engineering
and
Technology,
Coimbatore,
culminated
in
an
avalanche
of
innovative
plans
that
could
compete
with
any
of
those
made
by
seasoned
entrepreneurs.
'Pinnacle
2008'
received
over
50
proposals
from
35
business
schools
from
various
parts
of
India.
"Six
were
short-listed
based
on
concept
feasibility,
novelty
implementation
plan,
impact
on
socio-economic
environment
and
scalability," A
G
V
Narayanan,
Director,
School
of
Management
of
Sri
Krishna
College
of
Engineering
and
Technology,
said.
The
final
two
from
the
short-listed
six
were
selected
here
on
Thursday
by
a
jury.
The
team
had
to
present
the
business
plan.
The
presentation
was
followed
by
a
question-answer
session.
The
jury,
consisting
of
K
Kumar,
Chairperson,
NSRCEL,
Indian
Institute
of
Management,
Bangalore,
Raghu
Rajagopal,
Programme
Co-ordinator,
Angel
Investor,
Chennai,
and
K
Sureshkumar,
Manager,
PSG
STEP,
Coimbatore,
heard
the
presentations
and
chose
the
top
two
plans.
Thiagarajar
School
of
Management,
Madurai
Kamarajar
University,
bagged
the
first
place,
while
Saveetha
School
of
Management,
Chennai,
claimed
the
second.
Handing over the prizes, Kumar addressed the students on "Entrepreneurship in Emerging India - Challenges and Opportunities". He urged them to take up entrepreneurial activities.
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