2nd May, 2023 - The BSSS Incubation Centre in collaboration with Department of Commerce organized a Startup Idea presentation competition “The Big Idea” on 29th April 2023 at 10:30 am and 2nd May 2023 from 2:00 pm in BSSS Seminar Hall. The competition was graced by the presence of Dr. N.K.Choubey who is Sr. Principal Scientist, Patent Information Centre, M.P. Council of Science & Technology as Guest of the Day.
The competition was coordinated by the IIC student council members of BSSS Incubation Centre.
The objectives of the event were:
The competition was of two days as on the first day i.e., 29th April 2023, five of the ten teams presented their ideas and the left five presented it on 2nd May 2023.
The event started with IIC Students Council Internship Coordinator Ms. Simra Khan from B. Com Economics 4th semester and Ms. Sejal Jhmawani from M. Com 4th Semester welcoming the guest of the day Dr. N.K. Choubey, judges Dr. Arti Mudaliar from Department of Commerce & Dr. Shumayela Hasan from Department of Economics, BSSS Incubation Centre Nodal Officer Dr. Smitha Pillai, Dr. Rana Shahwal from Department of Commerce and all the participants & audiences to the event. The comperes briefed everyone present about the competition and the rules for the participants. Thereafter they invited Dr. Smitha Pillai to the stage, where she oriented everyone present on BSSS Incubation Centre and its achievement, along with motivating the participating students. Also, she offered the participating students the support from BSSS Incubation Centre and also motivated them to dedicatedly work on their business ideas instead of looking for employment opportunities in future.
Rules of the competition:
For the competition, Ten teams had registered to present their ideas, with each team consisting of three to seven students from the B. Com second semester of the college. The participants had prepared PowerPoint presentations, which briefed about their business idea. After each team presented their ideas, Dr. N.K. Choubey detailed them on which IPR they can register for their ideas, which will protect their ideas from copied by others. Also, the judges raised their queries with the teams and also gave their suggestion for their ideas.
After the presentation of the five teams, Dr. N.K. Choubey was invited to speak to the participants and the audience present at the competition. He detailed on Intellectual Property Rights, the session which was in-line with the Intellectual Property Rights Day which was on 26th April. He initiated by introducing himself and his organization to the everyone and thereafter spoke about Intellectual Property Rights. He detailed on various aspects of IPR along with real world examples, which helped everyone present in understanding of IPR. The key areas he covered of IPR were:
Dr. Choubey, also informed the audience how his organization M.P. Council of Science & Technology is assisting individuals and organization in applying for IPR and offered the same support to the students of BSSS College.
The fist day event concluded with Dr. Smitha Pillai presenting her vote of thanks to Dr. N.K. Choubey for giving his valuable time, by being present at the competition and guiding audience on IPR.
On 2nd May 2023, which was the second day of the competition the rest five teams presented their ideas. While Dr. N.K. Choubey was not present, the judges interacted with the presenting teams with their suggestion and support after each team presented their start-up idea. After all the teams presented their ideas, the judges along with Dr. Smitha Pillai addressed the participants to motivate them to pursue their career by being an entrepreneur. Dr. Shumayela Hasan, who was one of the judges offered her assistance to one of the start-up ideas of sports equipment for market research and prototype testing. There after the judges announced the top three ideas presented in the competition with the idea of Surkh Saffron winning the first place, followed by Crickbow as first runner-up and Krishi Hal as second runner-up. The competition concluded with Ms. Isha Bahrey, Innovation Coordinator of BSSS Incubation Centre, IIC Students Council presenting the vote of thanks to our Principal Dr. Fr. John P.J., Vice-Principal Dr. Sonia Kurian, Guest of the Day Dr. N.K. Choubey, BSSS Incubation Centre Nodal Officer Dr. Smitha Pillai, HoD Department of Commerce Dr. Ashish Dilraj, Judges Dr. Arti Mudaliar & Dr. Shumayela Hasan, Dr. Rana Shahwal, BSSS Incubation Centre Manager Mr. Arun Panicker and all the participants & audience in the competition.
Start-up Idea Teams