Students of Welingkar Institute of Management and Research were awarded the FIRST PLACE at the Mind2Market Competition held by the Indian School of Business (ISB). From over 100 entries received, 12 teams were shortlisted for 1st round and the teams were from India’s well-known B-schools. The most significant thing was when Mr. Krishna Tanku asked the students of Welingkar that if he finances their project would they be willing to execute it from tomorrow.

2. Mr. VenkatramVasantavada, Assistant Professor at ISB and a Chartered Accountant

3. Mr. AnandNandkumar, from PHI Seeds

4. Mr. KaruppanChetty, Deputy CEO, Agri-Business Incubator at ICRISAT

5. Mr. SantoshSrinivas, Assistant Director, WCED.The 15 minute presentation was followed by a 10 minute intense and grilling Q&A. The best moment was when Mr. Krishna Tanku asked usthat if he finances our project would we be willing to execute it from tomorrow. The answer was an un-equivocal YES !!! The judges appreciated our ideas and plans which were more practical than theoretical. We had made good use of colours , text And photographs. We believe that the tools and techniques taught to us by the BUSINESS DESIGN course has been the ONLY reason for oursuccess. Our presentation would have never been complete without Dr. Gondhalekar sir’s help, Kaustubh sir’s THINK BASICS, Anuja Ma’amsDesign Thinking tools, Vineel Sir’s Experience, Nomita Agarwal’ ma’ams Guidance and JalpaMa’ams encouragement. We are delighted to inform you that our team was awarded the FIRST PLACE at the Mind2Market Competition held by the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Mind2Market was an open innovation platform open to students, professionals, innovators And entrepreneurs. The live case given was on Stoves (Chullahs) being used in the Rural India and we were to device A complete EXECUTABLE Plan around it . In the Round Zero of the competition we were to submit a ONE SLIDE Presentation. With the use of a MIND MAP we presented the solutions in a very crisp manner. From over 100 entries received, 12 teams were shortlisted for Round 1. The teams were from ISB, IIM Bangalore, Calcutta, Shillong, Indore, SP Jain, MICA, IIT Delhi, NMIMS and others. Then a 16 slide presentation was submitted covering the several aspects in detail. On the basis of this 3 teams were shortlisted for the Round 1. The teams were from ISB, IIM Bangalore, Calcutta, Shillong, Indore, SP Jain, MICA, IIT Delhi, NMIMS and others. Then a 16 slide presentation was submitted covering the several aspects in detail. On the basis of this 3 teams were shortlisted for The FINAL Presentation. ISB, IIM Shillong and Welignkar Institute reached the Finals.

6. TEAM : SHARP MINDS Nikhil Shah : +91-9987407349 : nikhiljshah85@gmail.com DilipTalreja : +91-9892065545 : talrejadilip@hotmail.com VivekAgarwal : +91-9833885021 : viveagar@gmail.com Students of WelingkarBUSINESS DESIGN Batch 2010-12 with the FIRST PLACE certificate at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.