E Week India Awards

 

E Week India 2014 awards

Overview

Description of Awards subsections

Participation and Criteria for the E Week India 2014 Awards

Regional Awards:

Who can compete for the E Week India Awards?

What criteria determine the Premier Awards winners?

What criteria determine the Special Awards winners?

Judging

What is the process of selecting the winners?

What do the winners get?

When and how will the winners be notified?

 

 

E Week India 2014 Awards

 

1.      Overview

From March 1st to 8th 2014, NEN academic members will come together across the country to promote entrepreneurship and innovation, and celebrate opportunities in today's India. Every year, E Leaders and Faculty leaders from these institutes lead the show and surprise everyone with their zeal, effort and thinking to drive the E Week movement in India.

 

Their contribution to increasing awareness and support for entrepreneurs in India is commendable and is recognized through the E Week India Awards. Winners are those institutes that best demonstrate the spirit of E Week, providing the extraordinary leadership required to make E Week India a success while sustaining and growing a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem on their campuses through the year.

 

What’s New this year!

 

With the ever growing entrepreneurship ecosystem in India, E Week India is now getting bigger with more ecosystem partners supporting the current ecosystem in the country. This year we will see not just one Gala Ceremony as we end Eweek, but 4 Gala Awards Ceremonies will take place across the country, as we culminate Eweek India 2014.

 

The Premier Awards this year will not be judged just based on the one week activity but will include the entrepreneurship programs and activities executed on campuses through the academic year 2013-2014.

 

Regional Awards Ceremonies across India will announce the following Awards, in each region:

 

For Eweek Activities and Programs:

 

  1.   E Week India 2014 Premier Awards (2 nos.)
  2.   E Week India 2014 Runners Up Awards (3 nos.)
  3.  E Week India 2014 Honor Roll (4 nos.)
  4.   E Week India 2014 Debut Awards (2 nos.)

Additionally, there are Special Awards winners selected in 2 categories:

  1.   E Week @School Innovation Award 2014 (1 no.)
  2.   E Week @School Innovation Award 2014 (1 no.)

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2.      Descriptions of the Awards

All E Week India Regional Premier Awards are given for overall excellence and leadership during E Week. The entrepreneurship activities and programs implemented on campus by faculty and e-cells during the academic year will be included, reviewed and evaluated for these awards.

 

They include:

  1.   E Week India 2014 Premier Awards (2 nos.)
  2.   E Week India 2014 Runners Up Awards (3 nos.)
  3.  E Week India 2014 Honor Roll (4 nos.)
  4.   E Week India 2014 Debut Awards (2 nos.)

The above are given in 2 categories: a) Institutes with less than 500 students and b) Institutes with more than 500 students

 

Special Awards

Special awards are given for specific events irrespective of the student strength of the campus. The awards under this category include:

 

  1.   E Week @School Award: Given to the Member Academic Institute that engages the highest number of school students in entrepreneurship through the E Week@School activity
  2.   E Week @School Innovation Award: Given to the school team which has developed a project that will have a significant and measurable impact on society

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3.      Regional Awards:

NEN member institutes can apply for the awards, based on their location, at respective regions as follows:

 

North Region: includes Delhi, Gurgaon, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh

Central Region: includes Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra

South Region: includes Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh

East Region: includes West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Jharkand


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4.      Who can compete for the E Week India Awards?

E Week Premier Awards and Special Awards are given to NEN Member Institutes. Student led E Cells of NEN Member Institutes compete against each other for the Premier Awards and special awards. In order to compete for the awards, an institute MUST:

 

  •   be an NEN member institute
  •   have applied for the various categories of E Week India 2014 on the E Week Website
  •  have submitted the required information in the relevant formats for evaluation
  •   have agreed to the terms and conditions of the award process

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5.      What criteria determine the Premier Awards winners?

E Week Premier Award winners exhibit overall excellence and leadership in increasing the reach and extent of awareness in entrepreneurship and in the quality and depth of the programs. The key indicators that determine the E Week India Champion Awardees and Debut awardees include the:

 

  •   High level of impact created based on the entrepreneurship ecosystem existing on campus.

  • Includes:

    - Entrepreneurship programs and activities implemented on campus between April 2013 to 28th February 2014(academic programs)

    •   The existing infrastructure for entrepreneurship, programmatic development and capacity built on campus to create and support entrepreneurs with outcomes in terms of student entrepreneurs, graduating start-ups, students joining start-ups, interning with start-ups
    •  Strong ongoing programs for various audiences in entrepreneurship
    •   Strong interface with external stakeholders outside the campus
  •   High impact from programs – programs are of high quality, innovative, creative and learning oriented
  •   Eweek activities and programs to have high relevance to the E Week theme: Innovating for India (between 1st to 8th March)
  •   Large scale public engagement program: Creative outreach program or event reaching and directly engaging large numbers of people in E Week. Innovative programs implemented in a sustainable manner in the community - solving hard problems of waste, power, education, health, sanitation. These programs should engage different segments of society to build sustainable resources and support

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6.      What criteria determine the Special Awards winners?

Special awards are built around specific events and E Cells can apply for this award separately from applying for the overall Premier Awards. Key indicators that determine the special awards are as mentioned below:

 

  1.   E Week @School Award: Given to the Member Academic Institute that engages the highest number of school students in entrepreneurship through the E Week @ School activity

    - Only the Rs.50/- exercise is considered for this award

    - Total number of school students covered through this activity is the measure for award

  2.   E Week @School Innovation Award: Given to the school team which has developed a project that will have a significant and measurable impact on society and includes:

    - Creativity, demonstrated innovativeness and originality – Is it an original concept or refinement of existing product/ service

    - What problem does it solve? Is the need clearly defined

    - Effectiveness: What is the extent of impact it will create


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7.      Judging Process for the Regional E Week India Premier Awards

Judging process

 

The judging process for the Regional E Week Premier Awards and the Special Awards includes the following:

 

Step 1: Application for the awards (please mention the region appropriately)

Step 2: Shortlist based on authenticated info from the institutes

Step 3: Verification and audit of the submissions from all shortlisted

Step 4: Selection by a final E Week panel based on the audited information

 

Step 1: Application for an Award

 

E Cells MUST APPLY specifically for the different categories of awards that they are contending and submit the same in appropriate Regional category. It is fine to apply for more than 1 category. Please refer back to the award categories for details of the awards.

 

Application to an award includes submitting:

 

a) Overall application form on behalf of the institute

 

b) Submitting details of the programs that the E Cell is running, depending upon the awards that the E Cell may be applying to. All annual activities implemented on campus from April 2013 to 28th February 2014 should be filled on InCapME (Institute Capacity Measure for Entrepreneurship- please contact your respective NEN Consultant for more information). The conferences, courses, workshops, campus companies and details of all other entrepreneurship programs should be tracked there. Apart from this any other documentation required should be submitted for evaluation for awards.

 

Please refer to the E Week documentation requirements before submitting your application.

 

E Cells can download the Application form and the other documentation formats from the E Week India Website (www.eweekindia.org) starting February 1st, 2014.

 

Every application form must be filled up completely, verified and signed by the Dean or the Director of the Institute. The Institute takes responsibility for the authentication of the information submitted by the contesting teams

 

Only completed application that includes, the Application form along with the required documents will be accepted for consideration for the Awards.

 

Step 2: Shortlist based on authenticated information from the institutes

 

A first shortlist of 25 contenders based on the authenticated information from the institutes is developed by a NEN Trust team panel for the E Week India Regional Premier Awards.

 

Shortlists of 5 each for the ‘2 categories of the Debut Awards’ and the ‘2 categories of the Special Award’ are developed

 

Step 3: Audit of information submitted

 

The application submissions of each of the short-listed programs is verified and audited extensively for authenticity by the NEN Trust team. The auditors will be looking for the following indicators:

 

  •   Actual implementation of the presented plan – you are doing what you have said, including all the programs and activities implemented on campus during the year
  •   ‘Buzz’ or ‘energy’ on campus during Eweek: there is general vibrancy around campus with lots of things happening; clear presence of E Week branding with extensive & creative use of materials; large scale participation in any given event or program; general awareness amongst students, management and faculty about E Week and entrepreneurship
  •   Awareness off campus: the campaign has created large scale awareness off campus about E Week and entrepreneurship. Additionally, the program has meaningfully engaged stakeholders - directly involved the public in awareness campaigns including pledge ceremony, discussions and other activities
  •   High quality of programs in entrepreneurship through the year and Eweek – this is reflected in content and delivery of the program to inspire, inform and educate; and in how well the program is organized. High quality is an outcome of thoughtful and systematic work and advance planning. Programs with higher speaker and teaching content; and first hand entrepreneurial experience generally result in higher learning and are desirable.

The audits will include:

 

  1.   On the ground verification: A NEN Trust team member will visit each campus on the short-list for E Week India Award to verify the on the ground ‘buzz’ and ‘energy’ in addition to developing a clear sense for the quality of the programs run by you.

     

    The audit team member will use your submitted schedule of Eweek activities to decide best times to visit. The visits will be unannounced and during the visit the audit team member may choose to do one or all of the following:

     

    a) Meet with the management

    b) Look around the campus

    c) Interact with the students

    d) Interact with members of the audience of a specific program

     

  2.   Meetings/phone calls with management, faculty and students will happen to audit the annual activities /programs filled on InCapME
  3.   Phone audits: In addition to the ‘on the ground audit’ one or more audit team member/s will verify the happenings on campus and information related to sponsorships etc. through phone conversations with participating speakers or sponsors or any of the organizing team members including E Leaders and Faculty leaders

    Please note: contact info of all speakers, sponsor contacts and organizers is required if you are competing for the Awards along with details of faculty and E-leaders involved

     

Step 4: Final Selection of the winners from the audited information:

 

The audited information will be presented to the E Week 2014 panel of judges. The panel will include senior Trust team members and entrepreneurs from the community.

 

Weightage for the Premier, Runners Up and Honor Roll Awards will be as follows: 50% on regular entrepreneurship activities/programs implemented on campus between 1st April 2013 to 28th Feb 2014 and 50% on Eweek programs between 1st-8th March 2014.

 


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8.      What do the winners get?

All winners will receive their trophies during the Regional Gala Awards Ceremony. They will be showcased on the E Week India Website and the NEN website.

 

Principals, Directors, Faculty and students from respective regions are encouraged to attend the Regional Awards Ceremony!

 


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9.      When and how will the winners be notified?

All nominees are invited to attend the Regional Awards Ceremony where the winners will be announced!


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