Genesis: The E-Summit of IIM Calcutta Opens Registrations; Know Event Details, Prize Pool, And More

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has opened the registration window for its flagship entrepreneurship summit, Genesis. The event aims to bring together startup founders, industrialists, VCs, angel investors, and famous personalities from different domains, faculty, and students to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship. 

Interested candidates can click on the application link to register for the event.

Genesis: The E-Summit of IIM Calcutta

Registration for all the events end on November 30, 2021

Why must you register at Genesis: The E-Summit of IIM Calcutta?

The events lined up for this year’s edition give you a billion good reasons to register for Genesis.

Workshops

1. Understanding Trading Charts: Trading Workshop

Join in to enhance your trading skills, and to get a little surprise towards the end of the workshop which will help you in your journey of investments in the long run. Participants will also get the benefit of a lifelong association with Market Paathshaala.

Date: 4th December 2021

Time: 11:00 AM IST to 01:00 PM IST

Registration Fee: Rs 250

Link:  https://unstop.com/o/Z4Gd8nb?lb=FBd3grh

2. Creating Content that Connects

Join in to learn more about creating content, understanding the audience, achieving consistency, and leveraging the network through this workshop by Ms. Radhika Bajoria. Ms. Radhika will share her experience and her tips and tricks for the participants to ‘Create Content that Connects’.

Date: 4th December 2021

Time: 11:00 AM IST to 1:00 PM IST

Registration Fee: Rs 150

Link: https://unstop.com/o/qrXHCTI?lb=FBd3grh

3. Analytics to Excel at Your Job

Analytics is widely used in the industry, every Professional is expected to be proficient with at least basics like Excel, irrespective of the domain. To help you begin your journey with analytical tools, ECell at IIM Calcutta is conducting a workshop on ‘Corporate Oriented Data Analytics with Excel and Power BI’ by Premalatha T. from Henry Harvin.

Date: 5th December 2021

Time: 3:00 AM IST to 5:00 PM IST

Registration Fee: Rs 200

Link: https://unstop.com/o/l2ETnGk?lb=FBd3grh

4. Frameworks in Marketing Strategy

Your guide in navigating the overwhelming sea of marketing and advertising content. Marketing weekly dissects every topic that matters to a business professional, spice it up with analysis & delivers it with a touch of their story - weaving magic, using articles and infographics.

Date: 3rd December 2021

Time: 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Registration Fee: 250

Link: https://www.ecelliimcalcutta.com/genesis-workshops

5. Personal Finance Workshop

Design your investing plan, choose your level of risk and the returns that you want. Genesis presents to you the opportunity to learn how to handle your personal finances. Join Monika Halan, author of ‘Let’s talk money' to start on this exciting journey of personal finance.

Date: 3rd December 2021

Time: 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Registration Fee: 150

Link: https://www.ecelliimcalcutta.com/genesis-workshops

6. Decrypting the Crypto Bubble

Many people may want to dismiss cryptocurrency trading as a passing fad, there's no doubt that at a global level, it's one of the phenomena to be reckoned with. We invite participants to join Atulya Bhatt, Co-founder BuyUCoin for an interactive workshop on the subject of Decrypting the Crypto Bubble

Date: 3rd December 2021

Time: 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

Registration Fee: 200

Link: https://www.ecelliimcalcutta.com/genesis-workshops

Competitions

1. Ideas 2 Implementation (I2I)

I2I provides an ideal platform for budding entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to our elite panel of investors and compete for funding. In addition to all this, the finalist will get to interact with and learn from various “industry gurus” in exclusive workshops.

Investor pool: INR 100 Cr

Prize pool: INR 2,00,000

Registration fee: INR 4000

Application link: https://unstop.com/o/qc6lNPB?lb=FBd3grh

2. Pitch ‘n’ Snitch 

Pitch 'n' Snitch is an event where participants will be given plausible ethical dilemmas faced by businesses and see how well they fair in accordance with the stakeholders concerned.

Prize Pool: INR 20,000

Registration Fee: Free

Link: https://unstop.com/o/8YAdmZL?lb=FBd3grh

3. Pitchers

This is an event where participants work with startups and help them to prepare their pitch deck. The start-ups are registered with IIMCIP (IIM Calcutta Innovation Parks), in their initial stage of revenue generation to promote and incubate their innovative ideas and solutions.

Prize pool: INR 35,000 

Registration fee: INR 250

Application link: https://unstop.com/o/e62aZIp?lb=FBd3grh

4. Blitz - The StartUp Challenge

Blitz participants will get the opportunity to solve real-life challenges faced by start-ups and get mentorship from them. At the end of it, they will experience what a day in the shoes of one leading a start-up feels like. 

Prize pool: INR 25,000

Registration fee: Free

Application link: https://unstop.com/o/wa04D5l?lb=FBd3grh

5. Strange Things

Participants must envision impractical or infeasible products with paradoxical properties or uses. If your inventions are found worthy, you'll be advanced to a new dimension where your sales and pitching skills would be tested. 

Prize pool: INR 20,000

Registration fee: Free

Application link: https://unstop.com/o/jW7ZLbO?lb=FBd3grh

6. Genesis Hunt

Genesis Hunt will allow its participants to explore the world of entrepreneurship through the lens of the E-Cell of IIM C through a virtual treasure hunt.

Prize pool: INR 20,000

Registration fee: Free

Application link: https://unstop.com/o/O7jgJud?lb=FBd3grh

The legacy of innovation continues

Previous editions of Genesis witnessed the participation of big names like Philip Kotler (Marketing Guru), Venkatesh Seshadri (Management Consultant), Ajit Balakrishnan (Founder, Rediff.com), Frank Pereira (Rajya Sabha TV Anchor), Ajit Pai (Niti Aayog), and Raghav Bahl (The Quint) among others. 

With a legacy that continues today, Genesis has a participation history of 13500+ students and 1000+ startups. From covering all the central pillars of entrepreneurship, the annual entrepreneurship summit conducts workshops, webinars, panel discussions, competitions, and much more!

Make the best out of Genesis: The E-Summit of IIM Calcutta this year!