A message from Naman Shah, representing the Piramal Foundation, an’ NGO pursuing social enterprise development in India’, which has recently announced a social entrepreneurship competition, The Piramal Prize, ‘focused on democratizing health care in India’- here are the details:
Linked by kuffir. Join Blogbharti facebook group.What: The Piramal Prize a $25K Social Entrepreneurship Competition focused on democratizing health care in India
Goal: The competition seeks to encourage and support bold entrepreneurial ideas which can profoundly impact access to higher standards of health for India’s rural and marginalized urban communities. The award recognizes high-impact, scalable business models that innovative solutions directly or indirectly addressing India’s healthcare crisis.
Entries may include (but are not limited to):
· innovations in service delivery
· technology applications
· health-related products
· mechanisms to address public health necessities (i.e. potable water)
Why enter the competition?
Contestants will have access to mentorship by prominent business and health leaders and the support of an online community to fully develop their ideas.
· Finalists will spend a weekend in Ahmedabad presenting to a panel of distinguished judges and showcasing their ideas to leading finance firms.
· Winners will receive over $25,000 in seed funding and access to further venture capital support to launch their ideas.
· Winners will be given incubation support at the internationally recognized Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
Deadline: Initial entries are due April 1st, 2008.
Contact: The competition is sponsored by Piramal Foundation, a NGO pursuing social enterprise development in India. If you have any questions or need any more information, please contact Naman Shah (naman@piramal.org.in) or visit (http://www.piramalprize.org ).
please reply me about competition when it starts, we want to take part and win the cash prize so that our aims to serve society can be fulfilled; we run ngo org. ‘arya kanya vidyalya samiti’ at sirathu kaushambi in uttar pradesh india and as funds needed to execute our ongoing project in education of margenlised section of our area and old age homes working since 1984 having all required registration including 80G tax exemption certificate provided by government of india.
also tell me that is there any option to work in any off your project in partnership deads to improve people and community.
with regards
sanjay kesarwani(representative)
contact no.09956597748