Calling young entrepreneurs across India

What: Announcing Entrepreneurship Week India supported by the Wadhwani Foundation and run by the National Entrepreneurship Network.

The event will be held from February 6-13, 2010 and is designed to build public awareness and support for entrepreneurship.

The campaign will see active involvement of more than 30 organisations that support entrepreneurship; corporate entities; industry captains, experts, non-profits, and faculty leaders to inspire, encourage and guide students.

Events and awards
During E Week, participants on and off campuses across the country -- students, parents, friends and key members of the community -- will engage in competitions, expositions, educational movies screening, leadership and motivation talks with successful entrepreneurs, panel discussions, business plan and skills-building workshops, business and tech bazaars, awareness campaigns and more.

In addition, participants can register on the E Week website (www.eweekindia.org) to share their experiences, view events information, and connect to the larger NEN community.

E Week will culminate on with a gala awards ceremony in Bangalore. NEN member academic institutes will be chosen for the E Week India 2010 Championship Awards as well as two special awards:

• Nilima Rovshen Creativity and Innovation Award
• Most Effective Public Awareness Campaign Award

Student representatives of the award winners will be flown to Bangalore for the awards ceremony attended by students from various institutes, eminent people from the industry and the government.

Contact
For details of activities and programmes being conducted by NEN member colleges in your city during E Week, you may visit http://eweek.nenonline.org/events/events_by_city

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