Business Pitch Event
We are organising this event with ENpower
About Us
Established in 1985 as a non-profit, Maa Anandmayee Memorial School (MAMS) is a co-educational K12 High School that was founded in the memory of Divine Maa by her followers. After hectic Utsavas, Maa often retired here in the village Gohri Mafi, where the school is located. Although the school is founded as a memorial to Maa, it is run absolutely as a secular institution. Maa believed in human and moral values, which we endeavour to inculcate in our students. Maa had once remarked that the place would become valuable one day, and what can be more valuable than imparting knowledge.
About Enpower
We are organizing this event in association with ENpower. ENpower is India’s first comprehensive entrepreneurship learning ecosystem for schools. Nurturing an Entrepreneurial mindset amongst our young minds, ENpower aims at creating the change makers & leaders for tomorrow. Through their various interventions like boot camps, hackathons, entrepreneurship clubs, and workshops, ENpower always strives to nurture an entrepreneurial mindset among children in the most engaging and experiential way. So far, ENpower has mentored 29,000 students across 45 schools.
Event Details
We here at MAMS are organizing an inter-school business pitch competition to develop students’ minds towards innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. In this competition, schools from all over India will be participating. Every school will come up with a unique idea and try to solve a problem they see in their locality. MAMS business pitch event allows young minds to think analytically and come up with unique business ideas. Due to the pandemic, this competition will be organized online on the Zoom platform.
Each school will present one pitch with one team of 2-3 students and these students will be able +to access the one-week boot camp in which mentors from ENpower will teach skills such as; Critical thinking, Presentation skills, Time management, Communication skills, and other necessary entrepreneurial skills. One mentor will be given to every 5 schools; each mentor will select 2 schools that will later compete in the main event.
The main event will take place on 6 October 2021. The ten selected schools will present their business ideas within the given time limit.
Criteria
The participating schools have to choose one of the following issues –
- Migration – A lot of families have to uproot their lives and move to different parts of our country due to widespread unemployment.
- Unemployment – Job opportunities in India are very limited and restricted mostly to privileged people.
- Low literacy Level – Over the past few years India has seen a drastic growth in its literacy rate but we still have a long way to go, there are still a lot of children who remain uneducated due to multiple reasons.
- Hygiene and Health – India has always had a lot of hygiene and health problems, although the average life expectancy in India has increased from 60 years to 70 years in 2020 it’s still not close to that of other countries.
- Waste disposal – Lack of awareness about waste disposal is one of the disappointing features of Indian society.
- Natural disasters – Frequently occurring earthquakes, floods, and other natural calamities disrupt the life cycle of our citizens.
Sector
The participating schools must focus on businesses that relate to the following sectors –
- Education sector – India’s education sector offers a great opportunity with ~26.31% of India’s population in the age group of 0 to 14 years.
- Waste Management Sector – Waste management industry, or waste industry for short, subsumes all industrial branches concerned with waste management, waste dumping, waste recycling, and waste prevention.
- Renewable energy Sector – Indian renewable energy sector is the fourth most attractive renewable energy market in the world. India was ranked fifth in wind power, fifth in solar power, and fourth in renewable power installed capacity, as of 2019.
- Agricultural Sector – As of 2018, agriculture employed more than 50% of the Indian workforce and contributed 17–18% to the country’s GDP. In 2016, agriculture and allied sectors like animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries accounted for 15.4% of the GDP (gross domestic product) with about 41.49% of the workforce in 2020.
- Infrastructure sector – The infrastructure sector has become the biggest focus area for the Government of India. India plans to spend US$ 1.4 trillion on infrastructure during 2019-23 to have a sustainable development of the country.
RULES
- Each school can enroll any number of students to participate.
- The students must be divided into a group of 2-3 people.
- Out of the many teams, only one team with the best idea will be selected from each school that will get access to the ENpower organized boot camp.
- The competition will be held on the Zoom platform, and the link for the same will be given a few hours prior.
- 3.5 minutes will be given to the students for presenting their product which will be followed by 1.5 minutes of questions by the judges.
- All decisions taken by the judges will be final and binding.
- The zoom meeting will be recorded at all times.
- Students must switch on their cameras during their presentations.
- As all the ideas are related to innovation all the students must stay throughout the program and learn about other innovative ideas.
Competition Timeline
August
1- The whole month will be spent on planning the event.
2- All the Invitations will be sent out this month.
3- Our website will be published this month.
September
1– A List of participating schools will be published on social media this month.
2- One Team from each school will be selected.
3- The Enpower organized bootcamp session will begin.
October
1- The top 10 teams will be selected.
2- The main event takes place this month.
3- The prize distribution ceremony takes place this month.
Eligibility Criteria
01 Grade
School students from classes 8-12 can participate in this competition and come a step closer to becoming an entrepreneur.
02 Grade-
Apply with a team of 2 - 3 students. Any number of teams can enroll from 1 school.
Why Participate?
1. Developing Entrepreneurial skills-
This event will push you to learn many skills and become better every day. Thinking about business ideas is very hard, and this event will inspire critical thinking in all of the participants.
2. Free learning for all-
Online Bootcamp sessions will be organized by ENpower, in those sessions, you will learn a lot about presenting your pitch perfectly and making the most out of the time you will have to share your idea.
3. Exposure is everything-
In this event schools from all over India will participate, and this will be very good exposure for everyone participating in an event like this for the first time.
Rewards & Recognition
Keeping that in mind ENpower will be giving IDEA Lab programs developed by ENpower completely free of cost to the top 3 teams. The remaining 22 teams would get a 50% discount on the IDEA Labs Program. (Cost of the Program is INR 6000+ 18% GST).
Event Organizers
Mr. Prerak Sharma
From MAMS
701 782 2219
Prerak.sharma.edu@mamschool.ac.in
Mrs. Pooja Singhal
From ENpower