CapitalVia Organizes India Ideathon2.0 Grand Finale

'India Ideathon' a platform for all the budding entrepreneurs, organized its 2nd edition grand finale today in Indore. The inception of India Ideathon was done by CapitalVia with a mission to provide an opportunity to entrepreneurial ideas that are worth pursuing. The competition which was started on 3rd October 2014 has witnessed more than 608 numbers of entries from all over the India in the Phase I. These ideas were evaluated by the top industry representatives who had chosen Top 20 innovative ideas in its second phase results declared on 9th March 2015.

Ankit Jain & Yash Sheth who presented the concept of Local handyman, with their Idea of 'Local Ustaad' were conferred the Ist prize with a cash prize of Rs. 1, 00, 000. Chaitanya Kolhatkar won second prize with cash prize of Rs. 50,000 for his Idea of 'Parking Scout' and the 3rd prize of Rs. 25, 000 was won by Jay M and Devendra P for Wind AC Trucks. The rest of the 17 participants were given a cash prize of Rs 5000/- and a certificate of appreciation.

Congratulating the winners on the occasion, Mr. Rohit Gadia, Founder CEO of CapitalVia Global Research Limited, said, "We organized the second edition of India Ideathon to ignite and celebrate the spirit of the Entrepreneurship. We are glad that our 2nd edition emerged with record level of participation and witnessed a 122% rise in Ideas. All the participants have exhibited great potential in taking their Ideas to the next level. With this initiative, we seek to honour and reward young minds that are bringing new ideas to the forefront, redefining the existing business models and strategies, and discovering new and profitable markets, he added.

The edition was Initiated in partnership with Valueleaf and Mantra Media, and supported by Letsintern as Student Internship Partner, Indian Institute of Management- Rohtak & Rachi, Hello Intern, International School of Business & Media. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Pune, Amity University, Sri Balaji Society, Pune, Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad, Wadhwani Foundation, SCMLD and National Entrepreneurship Network. http://www.indiaideathon.com

Source : Equity Bulls

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