Smart Pitch: Aakaar IIT Bombay and SINE’s Initiative to Promote Entrepreneurship and Support Startups

Aakaar IIT Bombay, in partnership with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), is proud to present Smart Pitch, a competition designed to promote entrepreneurship and support the startup ecosystem. Startups are given the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a distinguished panel of investors and SINE mentors. This competition offers excellent opportunities for startup incubation and investment in innovative startup ideas through our panel of investors and judges.

About SINE: Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) is a leading Technology Business Incubator (TBI) hosted by IIT Bombay (IITB). SINE has pioneered incubation efforts in academic institutions in India and offers Start-to-End support to innovators and entrepreneurs. Since its inception, SINE has catered to 170+ start-ups and 550+ entrepreneurs. ( www.sineiitb.org )

About AAKAAR: Aakaar is IIT Bombay’s annual technical festival of the Civil Engineering Department. Aakaar is well established as Asia’s Largest Civil Departmental Festival with an online reach of 5,50,000+ people and a wide social media reach with over 15,000 Facebook followers. We have organized international research conferences, workshops, business summits, competitions, lectures, and more in partnership with the most prominent corporate organizations for 14 years.

Registrations for the Smart Pitch are open now! You can click on the following link to register:

Registration Link: https://aakaariitbombay.org/smartpitch/register

Incentives:

  1. Prize money worth INR 2 Lakh. 
  2. Opportunity to pitch for incubation at SINE, IIT Bombay. 
  3. Opportunity for investment by the panel of investors
  4. Get featured in Civil Insight, Annual Magazine of Civil Department, IIT Bombay. 
  5. E-certificates for the participants.

Schedule:

  • Last Date for Registration: 10th February, 2023 
  • Last Date for Pitch submission: 20th February, 2023
  • Final Pitch : Aakaar Main Fest (TBD)

For detailed instruction go through: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpccVPd742a8ev64v5PPTt2pr7qO_Cok/view?usp=sharing

 To know more about Smart Pitch, visit our Website: https://aakaariitbombay.org/smartpitch

For any further clarifications, you can contact:

Divyansh: +91-7985654816

(divyansh@aakaariitbombay.org)

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