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		<title>Healthcare Startups: Piramal Prize 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Snigdha Sengupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some news for healthcare entrepreneurs. The Piramal Prize 2010 is inviting applications from high-impact business models and ideas that address India&#8217;s healthcare crisis. There are two categories &#8212; emerging ventures and established organizations. The winner in the emerging ventures category, who must be less than three years old, will receive structured funding worth Rs 10 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some news for healthcare entrepreneurs. The <a title="Piramal Prize 2010" href="http://www.piramalprize.com/" target="_blank">Piramal Prize 2010</a> is inviting applications from high-impact business models and ideas that address India&#8217;s healthcare crisis. There are two categories &#8212; emerging ventures and established organizations. The winner in the emerging ventures category, who must be less than three years old, will receive structured funding worth Rs 10 lakh and additional support such as office space, mentoring and access to further funding. The awards are a joint initiative of the <a title="Piramal Foundation" href="http://www.piramal.org.in/" target="_blank">Piramal Foundation</a> and <a title="CIIE" href="http://www.ciieindia.org/" target="_blank">CIIE</a> at IIM Ahmedabad. The last date for applications is August 15.</p>
<p>Updates on networking for startups, entrepreneurs and anybody interested in entrepreneurship:<span id="more-2185"></span></p>
<p>Startup Saturday, from the <a title="HeadStart Network" href="http://headstart.in/" target="_blank">HeadStart Network Foundation</a>, is hosting its July 2010 edition on the 10th (Saturday). Those in Mumbai can register<a title="Startup Saturday Mumbai -- July 2010" href="http://startupsaturday.headstart.in/event.php?eid=46" target="_blank"> here</a>. The theme this month is &#8216;workshop-wallahs&#8217;. Entrepreneurs of a different variety, from the <a title="About SSI" href="http://exim.indiamart.com/ssi-corner/" target="_blank">small scale industries</a> segment, will share their experiences and learnings in building their businesses. The accent will be on businesses that are completely offline. Information on the Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata editions <a title="Startup Saturday July 2010" href="http://startupsaturday.headstart.in/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><a title="The Startup Centre" href="http://www.thestartupcentre.in/" target="_blank">The Startup Centre</a>, a new initiative born in Chennai and announced recently, will host its first meet <strong>today</strong> at 6.30 pm. The venue is Ascendas &#8212; trust folks in Chennai are familiar with the place. The agenda is to interact with the team (Vijay Anand, Dorai Thodla, Mahesh Radha Krishnan) behind the initiative and talk about the whats and hows of making the centre work. They&#8217;re gunning for a September launch.</p>
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		<title>TiE-ISB Connect 2009, BarCamp Mumbai 6, Eureka! 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re entering the big season for startup and venture capital networking in India. Here&#8217;s an update on the marquee events to look out for in the next few months: BarCamp Mumbai 6 &#8211; This edition is at the SP Jain Institute in Andheri West on October 11. The wiki page is down for maintainence, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re entering the big season for startup and venture capital networking in India. Here&#8217;s an update on the marquee events to look out for in the next few months:</p>
<p><a title="BarCamp Mumbai " href="http://barcampmumbai.org/" target="_blank"><strong>BarCamp Mumbai 6</strong></a> &#8211; This edition is at the SP Jain Institute in Andheri West on October 11. The wiki page is down for maintainence, but you can register <a title="BCM6 Registration" href="http://bcm6.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. Also on the same day, <strong><a title="BarCamp Kerala" href="http://www.barcampkerala.org/blog/" target="_blank">BarCamp Kerala 6</a> </strong>kicks off at Rajagiri College in Ernakulam.</p>
<p><a title="TiE-ISB Connect 2009" href="http://www.tie-isbconnect.com/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>TiE-ISB Connect 2009</strong></a> &#8211; The annual networking event in Hyderabad, on October 22 and 23, has an interesting theme this year, &#8216;The Crisis Will Pass&#8230;Will You? More details coming up soon.<span id="more-1647"></span></p>
<p><a title="Eureka! 2009" href="http://eureka.ecell.in/" target="_blank"><strong>Eureka! 2009</strong></a> &#8211; Registrations are currently open for the country&#8217;s biggest business plan contest. The total prize money at Rs 21 lakh ($50,000) is a tad lower than last year&#8217;s Rs 25 lakh. The first prize at Rs 5 lakh remains the same. As usual, students and working professionals are invited to participate. Read the <em>Mint </em>story on last year&#8217;s winners <a title="Mint Article" href="http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/09224236/Clean-tech-new-designs-win-at.html" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
<p><a title="iAccelerator" href="http://iaccelerator.org/" target="_blank"><strong>iAccelerator Winter Edition</strong></a> &#8211; The final shortlist for startups that will be part of this edition will be announced on October 1. The teams start working with their mentors on December 1, in Bangalore. See the list of startups currently being incubated at the IIM Ahmedabad campus <a title="iAccelerator Portfolio 2009" href="http://iaccelerator.org/portfolio-2009/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>
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