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Aura Herbal Wear features in Science Tech Entrepreneur Ezine
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Aura Herbal Wear features under the ‘Achievers Category’ of the Science Tech Entrepreneur Ezine, September, 2009 edition.
DST covers the success stories of incubatees of different Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in its e-magazine Science Tech Entrepreneur.
For more details: http://www.techno-preneur.net/information-desk/sciencetech-magazine/2009/september09/sep-index.htm
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Enpower wins Eureka 2009, the annual business plan competition organized by IIT-B
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Enpower finished first at Eureka 2009, the annual business plan competition organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). The team placed first in both the Cleantech category and the overall competition.
For details: http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/09224236/Clean-tech-new-designs-win-at.html
Gridbots: Launches a new range of Robots
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Gridbots, a technology startup currently incubated at IIM Ahmedabad’s business incubator CIIE works in the field of Robotics, Security- Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence.
Recently they have introduced three new products:
a. SleuthHound – Automatic target locking and tracking cameras with translational capabilities
b. peopleTRAK - A device to keep a track of people and to be used in media analytics space
c. Heaxapod Robots – A robot which has 6 legs and can be used in research and development on robotics.
For more details:
http://picporta.com/gridbots/PeopleTrak.pdf
http://picporta.com/gridbots/sleuthHound.pdf
CIIE partnered with Gujarat’s Largest Private Equity Conclave
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Capital Strategies For A Reviving Economy
VCCircle Investment Forum
VCCircle Investment Forum held in Ahmedabad on August 12 attracted 200 delegates from Ahmedabad and from the other parts of the country. The forum – titled Capital Strategies For A Reviving Economy - saw participation from leading private equity fund managers, venture capitalists, companies, entrepreneurs, bankers, advisors and management consultants.
The forum was organized by India Value Fund in association with India Equity Partners (IEP) to help PE and VC funds make inroads into the state. CIIE was the academic partner for the event. We helped them in promoting the event in Ahmedabad and hosting the StageD program.
StageD is like a formal networking forum for handpicked companies to talk about themselves. Each company was given a 10mins presentation slot in front of the expert panel followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. The panel members for the event comprised Bejul Somaia, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Rahul Chandra, Director, Helion Venture Partners; Rahul Khanna, Director, Clearstone Venture Advisors; Shiraz Bugwadia, Director, o3 Capital and Mihir Joshi, Managing Director, GVFL.
The participants for the event included Vama Communications- a media production house with specialized skills in developing marketing communication collaterals for corporate and government bodies, M/s Kuna Impex P. Ltd – manufacture and supply of Small Wind Power System, Vmukti which provides a Multi-party collaborative video conference platform for integrating web & telecom users, Gridbots Technologies Pvt. Ltd which is into Robotics, Security-Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence and Ceon Solutions, the leading provider of integrated Education Process Management Solutions and Consultancy to Educational Institutes.
Mentorship @ CIIE
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Ø Quite a few of our iAccelerator 09 Summer Edition companies have moved to Bangalore. It will help these companies immensely if you have an easily accessible office space to offer. Some of these are early stage companies and will be glad to take up a 2-4 people sitting space too.
Ø Redanyway, Beevolve, etc from the iA09SE are providing internet based service/product to global audience. If you have expertise in Twitter-Facebook-Blogs-Tech-Sort of PR, these could benefit from your help.
If this interests you please write to us at ciie@iimahd.ernet.in
Jobs @ Incubatee Companies
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Gridbots
a. Requirement for Mid Level Marketing Manager to help us reach out to the industrial clients
b. Bright C++ Developers
Biosense
a. Looking for an Electronics or Instrumentation engineer, passionate about embedded systems, micro-controllers and proficient in MATLAB as well as C. Know-how of and experience in implementing wireless communication technologies, will be an advantage.
Vmukti
- Requires marketing trainees for promotion & sale of communication suite
- Support trainees required for technical support
If you are interested in working with any of the companies, mail us at ciie@iimahd.ernet.in
Partnership @ RE-Search
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Few of the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) of the RE-Search program are looking for people to team up with.
Profiles of EIRs
1. Jaswant Bangaru
Jaswant is working in the area of Biomass based energy generation. His company AltEnerGen (AEG) is a rapidly growing renewable energy company headquartered at Bangalore, India.
Founder’s background: Jaswant holds Bachelor’s in Engineering (Electrical) from Andhra University, India and MBA in Finance from Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. His prior work experience spans Operations and Maintenance/Plant Management of Hydro Electric Projects with APGENCO, India; short stint in Energy and Efficiency focused Venture Capital fund to developing Wind Power projects and helping grow a start up into a leading Wind Power Company in Canada.
2. Ankur Tripathi and Saurabh Gupta
They are developing solutions for improving energy efficiency in transportation sector. Most of the products being developed are web based and targeted to improve efficiency of various processes across the value chain.
Founder’s background: WKI Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a start-up of graduates from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay with a small staff of specialized individuals who are well suited to provide services at various levels. The core team has cumulative experience of more than 15 years across various sectors, industries and geographies.
3. Mohit Chauhan
He is working on in-situ production of hydrogen using multiple feedstocks like CNG, Ethanol
Founder’s background: Mohit Chauhan is a B.Tech in Biotechnology from IIT Guwahati.
He was a Research Intern at the Technical University, Kaiserslautern, Germany and at the Deptt of Chemical and Biomolecular Engg, National University of Singapore.
4. Anirudhh Jain
He is looking to commercialize/democratize fuel cells by leveraging on light weight efficient technologies developed at CSIR Network labs.
Founder’s background: Anirudhh graduated from IIT Guwahati with a B.Tech in Biotechnology Engg, has worked on Lab-on-Chip technologies at Advanced MEMS Laboratory, IIT Kharagpur and as an exchange student at Dept of Chemical and Bio molecular Engg, Nat’l University of Singapore, Singapore.
If you are interested in partnering with any of them, mail us at ciie@iimahd.ernet.in
Enpower: Optimizing power utilization of our computers
Friday, September 4th, 2009Version 1 of Enpower ready for release after having been tested successfully at multiple companies and laboratories in Ahmedabad.
Enpower is an intelligent, centralized power management and monitoring solution for computer networks. It enables IT administrators to optimize PC power consumption on their networks by effectively transitioning idle machines into power saving modes and ensuring that only the machines that are in use are on and drawing power.
ENPOWER offers two-pronged incentive to any organization:
• Monetary: The cost of powering computers reduces significantly
• CSR: The avoided CO2 emissions can be leveraged for Corporate Social Responsibility/Credits
To illustrate PC Power Management, the savings it represents and how Enpower can best help you realize these savings for your organization, kindly download our brochure: www.creativeriot.com/resources/Enpower – Plugging the leak.pdf
For any additional information or enquiries, please visit www.creativeriot.com or
Send us an email: mail@creativeriot.com