Benefits

Benefits to Competition Winners:

1. What do all the competition entries get?

Tata First Dot is designed to give all validated entries a platform to attract attention through the Tata First Dot People's Choice Competition, and the chance to exhibit themselves, and network with peers and experts at the Tata First Dot Conference.

• - All validated entries will be featured on the 'People's Choice' Online Voting forum and will be given an opportunity to market their ventures and appeal for votes in any forum they choose.
• - Free participation at NEN First Dot
• - Invitation to set up stall at the event
• - Participation certificate by NEN Trust
• - Networking with Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Mentors, Experts and other Student Startups at the event

2. What do the 25 Shortlisted Entries get?

• - Publicity - The 25 shortlisted will get an opportunity for publicity in publications across the country in Print and Online medium with TV Media coverage
• - HT-MINT - Official Print Media Partner
• - NEN 360 - Official Community Partner; Reach to over 2,00,000 Members in the Entrepreneurship Eco-System

3. What do the 5 Tata First Dot National Winners and the 5 Tata First Dot People's Choice Winners get?

• Mentorship - Professional Mentorship via the NEN Mentoring Platform Networking with Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Mentors, Experts and other Student Startups

4. How does Tata First Dot help us all?

• - The more student entrepreneurs we see, the more entrepreneurial leadership and venture creation we can expect from all graduates - the more ventures and jobs will come to drive India's growth.
• - Student entrepreneurs are important sources of inspiration to their peers. More than one participant, while looking at the student entrepreneur being felicitated, has remarked, "Next year...that will be me!"
• - Student entrepreneurs are amongst the brightest, most driven and most innovative young leaders of their generation. These student ventures, the "First Dot" on their career maps, may not be the ventures that ultimately succeed, but identifying these young people through the competition, and then helping them develop their skills, will help jump start the contributions they will make to society.