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Quick Note Attended Power of Ideas Initiative conducted by Economic Times @ Hyderabad on July 12th, 2010 Won 3rd prize in RBI FEDAI Quiz, held at an exhibition conducted by RBI @ Hyderabad on August 7th, 2010 Won 1st prize in Interrogate(Quiz) competition held in International Business Samathi @ IPE on September 16th , 2010 Won 1st prize in Quizopia(Quiz) competition held in Systems Samathi @ IPE on September 20th , 2010 Won 1st prize in Blogging competition held in Systems Samathi @ IPE on September 20th , 2010 Won 3rd prize in Treasure Hunt competition held in Systems Samathi @ IPE on September 20th , 2010 Won 1st prize in Ranniti(Case Study) competition held in HR Samathi @ IPE on September 21st , 2010 Won 2nd prize in Dumcharads competition held in HR Samathi @ IPE on September 21st , 2010 Attended as a delegate to Facebook Developer Garage organized by iridiumInteractive and Facebook India @ Hyderabad on September 23rd , 2010 Won 1st prize in HR Honcho competition held in BLOOM10 by ICBM @ Hyderabad on October 7th & 8th , 2010

K KARTHIK, PGDM Sec A, 2010-12 1012pgdm031@ipeindia.org

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Power of Ideas: Spirits high in Hyderabad

Hyderabad - July 12th, it was an awesome sight this evening at Hyderabad to see several people under the same roof with one goal in mind - to become an entrepreneur. I am happy for the platform provided and several of us could use more of these events. While organized approaches such as these are hugely welcomed, we ought to have an informal setting where we could meet and help foster ideas, share them, welcome critical thoughts and in general hone and prepare for the better. The excitement was palpable Hyderabadis are known for their entrepreneurial spirit. Much in keeping with that attitude, a huge number of aspiring entrepreneurs turned up at the venue, hours before the city wise Start-up Sessions of ETThe Power of Ideas got underway. A refreshing breeze of entrepreneurship funneled into the Satya Sai auditorium. The audience, most of them in the 20-35 age groups that included a huge contingent of young women, trooped into the auditorium, patiently waiting for the illustrious panel to get going. They knew, they had come in to get there. Their only purpose was: To empower their idea. The start-up session saw experts like Dr. K Anji Reddy, Founder of Reddys Lab, Sateesh Andra, Venture Partner with DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson) India, Dr.Ramesh Babu, TiE and Prayan Gupta - Executive of Department of Science and Technology. And for a reality check, an entrepreneur who just made it big - Rohan Shravan, CEO & founder of Notion Ink Design Labs. To begin with, the panel agreed that this was indeed the right time, in India, to kick-start a venture. Many new sectors have opened doors in India and idea generators are increasing on a daily basis, said Dr.Anji Reddy. When it came to the ex-incubate of IIT, Rohan Shravan, the applause was grand. The technocrat-turned-entrepreneur at 23 owns a unique tablet development firm, NotionInk Design Labs, ADAM that is termed as iPad Killer from India. Ideas come from struggle, sacrifice or any event, we just have to sense it at the right time, he said, urging aspiring entrepreneurs to add value to their ideas continually to keep ahead of the crowd. The interesting part is 5 way out for a start-up: Have conviction. Trust that it will happen. Continue even if there is no help. Develop a proof of concept. Have patience. The audience took valuable guidance from the panelists on how to write a feasible business plan and how to market it in an efficient manner. The attendees raised many queries about different technologies and tried to overcome the difficulties of filing patents and raising investments.
KK

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The RBI FEDAI Exhibition

Hyderabad August 6th & 7th, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in collaboration with Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India (FEDAI) has organized an exhibition here on Foreign Exchange for us. The exhibition aims to spread awareness about availability of foreign exchange to common citizens and enumerate the details of various foreign exchange facilities available for residents and nonresidents, rules for foreign direct investment in India, overseas direct investment, external commercial borrowings, etc, Several major banks like RBI, SBI, ICICI, SBH, AXIS Bank, HDFC and Andhra Bank had put up stalls to exhibit and share their inputs regarding foreign exchange dealings and on various other issues like Capital Account Transactions, Current Account Transactions, FEMA-1999, Foreign Direct Investment, Wholly Owned Subsidiary etc. The exhibition was inaugurated by Chief General Manager, Foreign Exchange Department, RBI, G Jaganmohan Rao. The highlight of the exhibition is an interaction on foreign exchange matters between the audience and RBI Executive Director H R Khan and Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath. It was a great platform and a great blend of student community and highly experienced corporate individuals, which helped us to gain insights in various areas. While several banks interacted with students of management by putting up the stalls. Many IPEans participated and won prizes in quiz conducted by RBI. Faculty who coordinated students are Dr. V Anji Raju, Dr. Sreenivasa Murthy, Dr. Jayasree Ravindhran and Ms. Kiranmai. IPE Rocks

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Facebook Developer Garage Hosted by iridium!

On 23rd of September, nearly 80 developers, students, company reps and enthusiasts walked into Hotel Golkonda for the first ever Facebook Developer Garage to be held in Hyderabad, the home of Facebook in India. Organized by iridium the event is being hosted for the first time in Hyderabad after successfully being conducted in a number of cities all over the world. The entire objective of the Garage was to showcase the facebook open graph api from a development perspective so that people can build custom applications and tools and leverage the humongous reach of facebook to reap benefits through the internet. The event was kickstarted by Siddharth of iridium who introduced the event and described his experiences with using the social internet we access everyday and how the whole concept of facebook makes the world a much more connected place. The key speakers at the event were David Recordon and Jonathan Gray who spoke about the facebook open graph, social plugins and the open source platforms facebook uses. Davids talk was centered on how the open graph api had evolved and how it made the whole aspect of developing applications for facebook a much easier experience. Jonathan spoke about the open source platforms used and contributed to by facebook. Facebook was developed based on open source softwares and offers developers the chance to use the platform with their knowledge of these same open source technologies It was then followed by the application presentation segments. Hasan Khan, a budding entrepreneur from Hyderabad showcased an application he and his associates had developed based on the FIFA world cup. This led to a lively debate about how much more facebook needed to do to help the development community. One can almost imagine Mark Zuckerberg smiling and thinking it was a very good idea to base the facebook office in Hyderabad!