TATA First Dot - A Look Back
First Dot 2011 - A look back
Last year, for the first time ever, NEN First Dot recognized and supported student entrepreneurs from across India.
141 nominations from 30 cities, top 30 student ventures, a two-day energy-filled event, an award ceremony, an unconference, more than 700 participants and a whole lot of enthusiasm pretty much sums up what First Dot 2011 was all about.
A brain-child of the NEN E Cell in Chennai and the NEN Trust team, First Dot 2011 was a first-of-its-kind initiative, to uncover and showcase the largest number of student start-ups in the country. The showcase offered participating start-ups access to significant business support and media publicity.
The Winners:
The Top 30 student ventures to emerge winners of NEN First Dot 2011 were a varied bunch. An egg-specialty restaurant, a shoe-design firm, and a staffing company for kabadiwalahs were all unique and brilliant enough to make their mark on the judges.
Check out who the Top 30 First Dotters were.
The participants of First Dot 2011 were a happy group. Check out some feedback from NEN First Dot Facebook page:
“Gunajit Brahma Really liked interacting with my mentor (for Renewable Bazaar).. NEN has taken great effort to assign relevant mentor to each of the 30 startups.. And I made few good friends and load of networks during the event..”
“Prajwal Kashyap A loud cheer to NEN 1ST DOT & Chennai E-cells for bringing out an awesome event....met all the awesome CEO's & other dignitaries.................Thank You NEN..............”
“Hima Javvadhi J ?3 year (cse ) IN R.M.K ENGINEERING college in T.N, though i am not a NEN group student i got an chance to attend this meet i am soo Gr8ful TO ALL WHO CREATED THIS EVENT TO ALL THE STUDENT'S AROUND THE WORLD ?.”
“Ajay Kiran P NEN First Dot did it all and in style!!!!
The event was full of fun and exciting, great enthusiasm being seen in every person who is responsible for the huge success of the event.”
“Rocket Events will take a great shape here on as we have come across a huge network of Great personalities, start up's, Entrepreneurs, and o...”
“Darshika Rajasekaran hey...this is my first year to NEN..But I realized that I'll be one among the start ups very soon..It's because first dot encouraged the debuts a lot..was enjoying the two days..i hope we'll meet again,as Laura said,'The Second Dot'.”
“Eshwar K Vikas NEN First Dot has taught me so much about management skills, got me so much networking, so many skills and friends.....REALLY A GREAT EVENT!!!.”
First Dot Stories
Brothers in Arms
Being great grand nephews of Subhash Chandra Bose was the lesser of the two things that impressed me about Abhimanyu and Avishek Bose – founders of Bosetechnics, a web company that made it to the Top 30 student startups at NEN First Dot. What was more interesting to see was the sibling equation that the two shared.
Waste to Wealth
"The challenge lies in creating social impact but one also needs to make money alongside," says Pavan Murali, co-founder of Enviromitra, a start-up working in the domain of solid waste management and recycling.
On a Cleaning Spree
Started as part of a college project in October 2009, Tiszta Cleaning Solutions is today, a venture that provides cleaning services to over 500 customers in and around Mysore. Founded by student entrepreneurs, Srihari BT and Chirag Anand, the start-up provides quality cleaning solutions for overhead and underground tanks, flooring, kitchen tiles and solar de-scaling.
Cashing in on the Ride
Full of ideas, 21-year old engineering student from Lucknow, Durgesh Nandan, says he always wanted to do something different but learnt about entrepreneurship only after reading numerous magazines and books on the subject. The social sector excited him and he was contemplating various start-up ideas, when an auto-ride one day gave him his answer!
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Success Stories
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Brothers in ArmsBeing great grand nephews of Subhash Chandra Bose was the lesser...
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Waste to WealthThe challenge lies in creating social impact but one also needs...