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  • NDTV presents its first ever Unicorn start-up awards 2016

    NDTV presents its first ever Unicorn start-up awards 2016

    MUMBAI: The world of start-ups is bursting at the seams and India is becoming the start-up capital of the world. NDTV’s series Unicorn — Chasing the start-up dream has been leading the charge in discovering the next big idea from India’s belly which can be the next billion-dollar valued start-up.

    Carrying forward this anticipation NDTV presents the first ever Unicorn Start-up Awards in association with Vestige and Indigo Nation to honour those who have astonished the market with simple ideas and some great execution. The awards will witness some of the biggest mentors and venture capitalists from the start up space in attendance, including Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO, MakeMyTrip, and Sandeep Aggarwal, Founder, Shopclues & Droom.

    The awards will recognise the most credible dream-chasers who are going to change the way India does business with a stellar jury panel including R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, Suchi Mukherjee, Founder and CEO, Limeroad, and Raman Roy, a seasoned investor, to name a few.

    Start-ups like Grofers, Oyo Rooms, Ola, FlipKart and Shopclues will compete for coveted titles. NDTV has tied up with NASSCOM 10,000 Startups, as knowledge partner for the awards, and with Tracxn, a start-up intelligence and market research platform, as research partner.

    The exciting evening will be hosted by the glamorous Mandira Bedi, tech guru Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV.

    Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV is all geared up for the first innings of these awards. “We have entered a new business era of start-ups, and it could transform India. NDTV too has expanded its wings in the e-commerce arena and we are growing rapidly. The Unicorn Start-Up Awards is our attempt to honour the unique ideas which have made a mark. From here on, we expect the awards to get bigger and better, and to be the benchmark for entrepreneur recognition.”

    Rajiv Makhni, MD Technology, who is the brainchild behind these awards said, “From nascent ideas cooked up in a warehouse to booming ventures that are eating up market share and attracting consumers at breakneck speed, NDTV Unicorn Start-Up Awards will lift the iron curtain off them all. This is the highest form of recognition for those that have blazed a trail of their own. This is the start-ups’ moment to shine and occupy centre-stage on a prestigious platform like NDTV.”

    The awards will be presented and the webcast will be live on ground on July 29th at the Taj Palace, New Delhi, 7 pm onwards.

    • Bootstrapped start-up of the year – this category will award start-ups that are bootstrapped all the way and have made notable progress without external funding or support and own nothing outside of their start-up.
    • New Kid on the Block– this category will award the start-up that has an exceptional idea and is now attempting to scale up into a business. It should be an original idea with the potential to disrupt the market.
    • Dream-chaser of the year– this category will award the start-up that has a concrete plan and is now scaling up through funding.
    • Woman Entrepreneur of the year– this category will recognise a start-up helmed by a woman entrepreneur which has disrupted the market.
    • Health start-up of the year– this category includes health start-ups across wellness and fitness and more that have made an impact.
    • Unicorn of the Year– this category will be awarded to the billion-dollar start-up, or Unicorns that has shown highest year-on-year growth in the financial year gone by.
    • Start-up of the future– this category will award the start-up that has the ability to be the next big thing and has a fantastic idea at its core and is looking at establishing itself in a developing market.
    •  Global Start-up of the Year– this category will award an international start-up that has revolutionised its segment and has shown remarkable growth in the last financial year.
    •  Start-up mentor of the year–  this category will recognise an investor, a big shark, an incubator, which has funded start-ups. This individual or venture capital firm will be awarded for great investment acumen and success rate.
    •  Good Samaritan of the year– this category will award start-ups that are making a social impact through their idea.
    •  People’s Start-up of the Year: this will be the only category thrown open to public voting through a microsite and will not be part of the jury’s decision-making process. This convenience start-up will be awarded for pleasing consumers through great service, marketing, and brand retention.
    •  Start-up Person of the Year– this category will award and recognise Indian personalities who have played an important role in shaping India’s start-up sector. He or she could be a government representative, a leading investor, a Unicorn founder.
    •  Brand Ambassador of the Year– this category will award the person who has upheld his/her responsibilities as a start- up brand ambassador and is a true start up evangelist!

     

  • NDTV presents its first ever Unicorn start-up awards 2016

    NDTV presents its first ever Unicorn start-up awards 2016

    MUMBAI: The world of start-ups is bursting at the seams and India is becoming the start-up capital of the world. NDTV’s series Unicorn — Chasing the start-up dream has been leading the charge in discovering the next big idea from India’s belly which can be the next billion-dollar valued start-up.

    Carrying forward this anticipation NDTV presents the first ever Unicorn Start-up Awards in association with Vestige and Indigo Nation to honour those who have astonished the market with simple ideas and some great execution. The awards will witness some of the biggest mentors and venture capitalists from the start up space in attendance, including Deep Kalra, Founder and CEO, MakeMyTrip, and Sandeep Aggarwal, Founder, Shopclues & Droom.

    The awards will recognise the most credible dream-chasers who are going to change the way India does business with a stellar jury panel including R Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, Suchi Mukherjee, Founder and CEO, Limeroad, and Raman Roy, a seasoned investor, to name a few.

    Start-ups like Grofers, Oyo Rooms, Ola, FlipKart and Shopclues will compete for coveted titles. NDTV has tied up with NASSCOM 10,000 Startups, as knowledge partner for the awards, and with Tracxn, a start-up intelligence and market research platform, as research partner.

    The exciting evening will be hosted by the glamorous Mandira Bedi, tech guru Rajiv Makhni and Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV.

    Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV is all geared up for the first innings of these awards. “We have entered a new business era of start-ups, and it could transform India. NDTV too has expanded its wings in the e-commerce arena and we are growing rapidly. The Unicorn Start-Up Awards is our attempt to honour the unique ideas which have made a mark. From here on, we expect the awards to get bigger and better, and to be the benchmark for entrepreneur recognition.”

    Rajiv Makhni, MD Technology, who is the brainchild behind these awards said, “From nascent ideas cooked up in a warehouse to booming ventures that are eating up market share and attracting consumers at breakneck speed, NDTV Unicorn Start-Up Awards will lift the iron curtain off them all. This is the highest form of recognition for those that have blazed a trail of their own. This is the start-ups’ moment to shine and occupy centre-stage on a prestigious platform like NDTV.”

    The awards will be presented and the webcast will be live on ground on July 29th at the Taj Palace, New Delhi, 7 pm onwards.

    • Bootstrapped start-up of the year – this category will award start-ups that are bootstrapped all the way and have made notable progress without external funding or support and own nothing outside of their start-up.
    • New Kid on the Block– this category will award the start-up that has an exceptional idea and is now attempting to scale up into a business. It should be an original idea with the potential to disrupt the market.
    • Dream-chaser of the year– this category will award the start-up that has a concrete plan and is now scaling up through funding.
    • Woman Entrepreneur of the year– this category will recognise a start-up helmed by a woman entrepreneur which has disrupted the market.
    • Health start-up of the year– this category includes health start-ups across wellness and fitness and more that have made an impact.
    • Unicorn of the Year– this category will be awarded to the billion-dollar start-up, or Unicorns that has shown highest year-on-year growth in the financial year gone by.
    • Start-up of the future– this category will award the start-up that has the ability to be the next big thing and has a fantastic idea at its core and is looking at establishing itself in a developing market.
    •  Global Start-up of the Year– this category will award an international start-up that has revolutionised its segment and has shown remarkable growth in the last financial year.
    •  Start-up mentor of the year–  this category will recognise an investor, a big shark, an incubator, which has funded start-ups. This individual or venture capital firm will be awarded for great investment acumen and success rate.
    •  Good Samaritan of the year– this category will award start-ups that are making a social impact through their idea.
    •  People’s Start-up of the Year: this will be the only category thrown open to public voting through a microsite and will not be part of the jury’s decision-making process. This convenience start-up will be awarded for pleasing consumers through great service, marketing, and brand retention.
    •  Start-up Person of the Year– this category will award and recognise Indian personalities who have played an important role in shaping India’s start-up sector. He or she could be a government representative, a leading investor, a Unicorn founder.
    •  Brand Ambassador of the Year– this category will award the person who has upheld his/her responsibilities as a start- up brand ambassador and is a true start up evangelist!

     

  • Ronnie Screwvala’s UpGrad platform attracts entries from over 20 countries

    Ronnie Screwvala’s UpGrad platform attracts entries from over 20 countries

    MUMBAI: The online education platform UpGrad founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh and Prabhav Phalgun went live with its first course on entreneurship on 25 November. The 15 week program, in its first outing, has received entries from 100 cities over 20 countries. Close to 2000 participants applied for course. 

     

    The program features five distinguished faculty members from academia, 30+ entrepreneurs like Ola Cabs co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal, MakeMyTrip.com founder Deep Kalra, Zomato co-founder Pankaj Chaddah and over 10 industry stalwarts from various fields to provide deep insights and first-hand experiences to the student base. 

     

    The courses will vary from a duration of six weeks to nine months and will have multiple start dates through the year. Going forward, UpGrad will also be available on the mobile platform through an android app.  

     

    Speaking on the response, UpGrad CEO & co-founder Mayank Kumar said, “The fact that we received close to 2000 applications across various demographic sections during the first leg of the launch, stands testament to the need for quality online education in India. We aim to bridge this need gap through UpGrad.”

     

    “With UpGrad, we aim to revolutionise the online education industry by bringing credibility and scale. The response to our first course is a strong validation that we are on our way of achieving our vision. Our strong academics & media production team providing quality content, and our technology team building the most innovative learning platform enable us to provide a unique and first of its kind education experience to create industry ready professionals. Our programs will also offer a strong support services to ensure students have a seamless learning experience,” signed off UpGrad founder Ronnie Screwvala.

  • Viewers to decide CNBC-TV18’s top business icons

    Viewers to decide CNBC-TV18’s top business icons

    MUMBAI: Choosing an icon is never an easy task especially in a country like India where many have strived and done their bit to make the country proud.

     

    Economic growth being utmost importance; over the last decades, India has witnessed a flurry of business thinkers turn into history makers, reinventing its economic growth. To salute them, CNBC-TV18, which is celebrating its 15 years, has launched an initiative called Indian Business Icons.

     

    The endeavour is to form a league of the most powerful business icons that the people of the country think have had a monumental impact, not only on their lives, but also on the Indian economy.

     

    The channel has unveiled the list of the top 30 business icons, arrived at by a robust editorial process. The list includes leaders such as Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Kishore Biyani, Deep Kalra and Kiran Majumdar Shaw amongst others.

     

    Asked upon how were the icons shortlisted, a channel spokesperson highlighted, “These names were shortlisted after an extensive process of going through leaders who have impacted Indian economy in the past 15 years. An eminent jury was drawn up that consisted of the top editorial faces at CNBC-TV18 such as Shereen Bhan (managing editor) and Senthil Chengalvarayan (editor in chief) amongst others.”

     

    The initiative will let people have the power to vote for their own business icon, someone who has significantly changed lives, in the past decade and a half via missed calls, Facebook, Twitter and website voting.

     

    The final list of the chosen 15 business icons will be selected on the basis of public voting, which will be audited by independent auditor Grant Thornton.

     

    “We wanted the final list of 15 to be as close to the real truth as possible and decided that the final decision should lie with those who matter – the people of India. Each of these great men have not only impacted the economy at large but have also touched the lives of Indians in many ways. CNBC-TV18, for the first time in India, provided a platform for the public to decide, which leader according to them deserved to make the cut,” added the spokesperson.

     

    To highlight these icons, the channel has created especially packaged short films (two to three minutes) on each of the nominations. These short films have been running on the channel for some time now. Each film looks at the key high points of the nominee’s contribution to the Indian economy in the past 15 years, hence, the reason for their nomination. “It allows our viewers to make a rational decision while voting. Apart from this, our top anchors discuss the dynamic voting results almost on a daily basis as it throws up interesting rankings,” added the spokesperson.

     

    Additionally, an extensive on-air as well as off-air (digital, radio, print and social media) promotional campaign has been designed for the same.

  • MakeMyTrip becomes official travel partner for ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’

    MakeMyTrip becomes official travel partner for ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’

    MUMBAI: Travel company MakeMyTrip has announced its role as the official travel partner of the upcoming Bollywood movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani‘ The launch occasion witnessed the release of a ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani‘ -centric TVC which highlights the convenience and benefits of online hotel-booking with MakeMyTrip. The TVC will start airing later in this month while the movie is releasing on 31 May.

    MakeMyTrip.com CEO and founder Deep Kalra said, “We are very excited to come on board as the official travel partner of ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani‘, the most-awaited movie of the year. The movie is a perfect fitment for us as it celebrates travel, fun and friendships. MakeMyTrip is known for making all aspects of Travel easy and fun. Our new product – Last Minute Hotel Deals – offers the convenience of great deals for same-day check-ins to impulse-travelers like Bunny, the character played by Ranbir in the movie. We are confident that our new Online Hotel deals will encourage more customers to book hotels online and on mobile.”

    The new TVC looks to further build on MakeMyTrip‘s brand promise of ‘Hotels Unlimited‘ by showcasing the convenience and value-proposition of ‘widest range of Hotels with Best deals‘. MakeMyTrip also launched its new product Last Minute Hotel Deals targeting both impulse and business travellers. Under these deals, top Hotels and branded properties provide discounted inventory (at least 30% discount) for last-minute bookings on MakeMyTrip.

    Last-Minute Hotel Deals will be displayed as the first five hotels in the search results for same-day check-in on the MakeMyTrip site and mobile. Travellers on the move can access these deals through MakeMyTrip Mobile apps and on the mobile touch-site.

  • ET Now launches series on successful entrepreneurs

    ET Now launches series on successful entrepreneurs

    MUMBAI: ET Now, the English business news channel, is gearing up to launch a 10 episodic series, Leap of Faith, starting 4 August.

    The show will telecast the journey of true blue entrepreneurs, who have redefined the way business is done. “Leap of Faith will feature some of India’s innovative business leaders who, through their ideas, hard work and dedication have opened new avenues of business and will serve as inspirations for the future generations of young entrepreneurs,” the company said.

    ET Now has roped in Bajaj Hindusthan, the sugar and ethanol manufacturing company of Bajaj Group, as the title sponsor for the show.

    Some of the personals that the show will unravel include – PVR MD Ajay Bijli; MakeMyTrip.com CEO Deep Kalra; Dabur India vice chairman Amit Burman; and Volvo – Eicher CEO Siddharth Lal.

    The show will be hosted by Simone Singh. The chat-based show is divided into three segments.

    The first segment explores the inspiration, the toil and the challenges behind the enterprise; the second segment is driven by a mentor who discusses debates and guides the entrepreneur on his journey ahead. The third segment is a Q&A with business school students, some of whom would be future success stories, students who ask the obvious and the tough of the business leader. In this interactive segment B School students get the opportunity to converse with their role models as they share their perspective on life, the fundamentals of success and business.

  • IAMAI to kick off India Digital Summit on 18 January

    IAMAI to kick off India Digital Summit on 18 January

    MUMBAI: The Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), flagship event, the India Digital Summit is slated to kick off on 18 January in New Delhi. The summit will consist of a two day event.

    According to an official release, the first day will focus on Internet and will address issues such as “What will drive the growth of Internet in India?, How to leverage Internet to E-nable businesses?, Is youth the driving force behind Internet?”

    Meanwhile, day two will throw light on topics related to “Mobile Value Added Services (VAS) such as What makes a successful mobile marketing company in India?, How can mobile VAS be source of critical Information and Interactivity?, Will mobile payments change the rules of transaction?, Is the policy environment right for MVAS Industry?”

    Commenting on the need for a Digital Summit president Dr.Subho Ray said, “The Summit this year will focus on two distinct areas: internet and related issues of current and future policies, communications tools and commerce; and mobile devices and connected issues of mobile value added services over two days”.

    Much like last year, the Summit in 2007 would also have an array of speakers including:

    – People Group chairman Anupam Mittal
    – eBay India chairman Avnish Bajaj
    – Info Edge Ltd founder and CEO Sanjeev Bikhchandani
    – Makemytrip.com founder and CEO Deep Kalra
    – Google India head sales & operations Sundarraman Kalyanraman
    – Ministry of Communications and IT Joint Secretary Pankaj Agrawala
    – Connecturf managing director & CEO Neville Taraporewala,
    – Mouthshut.com founder Faisal Farooqui,
    – MSN and Windows Media Live CEO Jaspreet Bindra,
    – Zapak Digital Entertainment COO Rohit Sharma
    – Pinstorm Technologies founder and CEO Mahesh Murthy
    – Malayala Manorama COO Mariam Mathew