Activities

BI to BI Phase-III Competition 2024

Activity Name  : - BI to BI Phase-III Competition 2024

Date : - 7th March 2024.

Venue : - S. M. Patel Auditorium Hall

Objectives: -The primary aim of the competition was to offer a platform for students to  showcase their entrepreneurial ideas

Judges: -   1) Mr. Harshal Vibhandik

                   Investment Banker, New York City, USA

                   2) C.A. Shriram K. Deshpande

                   Partner at P. D. Dalal & Co., Dhule

Number of Teams: - 10 (Total Students: 23)

Events Highlights: -

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell hosted the State Level BI to BI (Business Idea leads to Business Intelligence) final offline phase on 7th March 2024 in S. M. Patel Auditorium Hall.

The structure of this phase-III as follows:

Firstly, the registration was done through volunteers at the time of arrival with & allocated team code. Participants were invited to submit their ideas in the form of PPT or PDF. 15 minutes were given for the presentation and 5 minutes for the question & answer session. Judges followed the Judging parameters like Potential Market, Sales & Marketing, and Financial Forecasting etc. After the presentation of all the teams winners are as follows:

Prize distribution ceremony:

The ceremony took place in the Auditorium Hall in the presence of IMRD Director Dr. Vaishali B. Patil, Mr. Harshal Vibhandik, Mr. Shriram Deshpande, HODs, and faculty members. Miss. Aarti Sonawane introduced the judges, who were felicitated with memento and bouquet by Dr. Vaishali B. Patil. Dr. Manoj B. Patel presented the overall competition report. C.A. Shriram K. Deshpande shared insights on presenting ideas effectively in such competitions and inspired participants to pursue entrepreneurship. Mr. Harshal Vibhandik delivered the concluding remarks on the competition and the quality of ideas presented. Student feedback was provided by Miss Ashwini K. Patil, highlighting the importance of the competition in receiving feedback for getting ideas for further implementation.

Dr. Vaishali B. Patil congratulated all 10 teams, stating that they were all winners. Mrs. Priyanka Saindane announced the competition results and cash prizes, certificates were distributed to all the participants & winners. Dr. Rupali Agrawal extended vote of thanks by acknowledging the efforts of the Entrepreneur Development Cell and all committee members.

Then prizes distributed to the winners:

• First cash prize of ₹ 5000/- to Miss Kashish S. Aswani & Mr. Darshan R. Jain.
• Second cash prize of ₹. 3000/- to Mr. Tejas Ravindra Sonawane.
• Third cash prize of ₹. 2000/- to Mr. Shubham E. Chavan, Mr. Roshan N. Paill, Miss Priyanka Bari & Mr. Prasanna Kulkarni.

Concluding Remark: -

The students demonstrated enthusiastic participation in the competition, and the ideas presented by all teams were exceptionally innovative. The judges commended the teams for their efforts, presentations, and responses to questions.