Entrepreneurship Summit of the IIM Bangalore - Eximus

Eximius, the flagship entrepreneurship summit of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, jointly organised by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cell and N.S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning will be held here on August 4 and 5, 2018.

Eximius encourages students from across the country with failed start-ups or who aspire to have startups, to be able to meet investors during competitions or mentorship sessions. The exchange of ideas will enable these students to be better prepared before they take on the entrepreneurship journey. During the summit, some of the biggest names from the startup ecosystem will be in the IIM Bangalore campus, either giving speeches in the auditoriums or judging competitions and providing mentorships within closed doors to startups and students from across the country.

The summit will have 35+ esteemed speakers like Parth Jindal, MD – JSW Cements, Deepak Ohri, CEO - Lebua Hotels, Ananth Narayanan, CEO - Myntra and Jabong,VSS Mani, Founder – JustDial, Yashish Dahiya, Founder – Policy Bazaar, Gaurav Gupta, COO – Zomato, Mr. Wilma Rodgrigues, Founder, Sahaas Zero Waste and many more.

Eximius will host numerous competitions which will have participants solving a range of problems faced by start-ups and entrepreneurs in marketing, operations, finance, sustainability and fund-raising. Several online and on-the-spot events such as quizzes and simulation games are also conducted.

These are flagship events at Eximius-

Bzzwings: Bzzwings, the business plan contest, encourages individuals to conceptualise, ideate and take the plunge. Winning teams will get incubation at IIMB’s NSRCEL.

The Game of Clicks: The event bridges the gap between students and start-ups. In this marketing challenge, teams compete in real-time for digital marketing. It gives students the opportunity to collaborate with start-ups to develop their marketing strategies. Each student team works closely with a start-up to develop and implement its digital marketing strategy over a period of three weeks. The winning teams get a chance to win prizes worth Rs. 80,000.

Wipro Earthian Sustainability Quiz: Governments, organisations and leaders across the world are thinking about sustainability. Eximius presents the Earthian Sustainability Quiz in association with Wipro, based on sustainability and the environment to challenge you on sustainability issues. Prizes worth Rs. 1 lakh are to be won.

Pitcher Perfect: Pitcher Perfect is an Investor Pitching Competition on the lines of Shark Tank where early stage start-ups will pitch for real investor money. This is a one-of-its-kind event in any B-School across India.

The summit will also have workshops on Fundraising for early entrepreneurs, M.O.M. marketing workshop, Art-O-Preneurship - workshop on off-the-wall business ideas, Unstoppable - workshop for women entrepreneurs, Leap - workshop on startup success, QUEst - workshop by the transgender community.