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Eximius stands for excellence! The spirit of entrepreneurship is celebrated in the two-day summit at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The energy unleashed at the summit by the convergence of brilliant minds in electrifying world of innovation will stimulate budding entrepreneurs. The contests ranging from B-plans, workshops, pitching to VC to panel discussions will bring the best out of you.

Prerna@Eximius – The Road that Made All the Difference

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Entrepreneurs hold the courage to take the road less travelled, to carry on in the face of adversities. This spirit of entrepreneurship is not just restricted to students who are on the verge of taking decisions about their career paths, or to professionals who want to do something on their own; it is present in everyone.I

In the spirit of EXIMIUS’14, Vikasana – the social service club of IIM Bangalore in collaboration with Entrepreneurship & Innovations Cell is organizing Prerna, a workshop dedicated to inspiring marginalized women to take up entrepreneurship. These women have survived hardships, cruelty and humiliation in their lives. They have survived some of the toughest situations and have succeeded in coming out of them. Through this workshop we intend to bring them back to the normal walk of life; to inculcate in them the feeling of independence.

The workshop will see participation of women who have been rescued from domestic violence, physical abuse and trafficking by an NGO called Vidyaranya. Vocational training will be provided to the women in the skills of art & craft making like pen stands, photo frames, and lamps using paper and cardboard. The group would also be exposed to the work done by others in similar fields and made aware of the various opportunities available in terms of funding their ideas into reality.

This workshop will also have the active participation of another NGO called Rang-De. This organization helps other NGOs in finding funding for their inhabitants. It provides them the opportunity to convert their dreams into reality. It inspires in them a sense of independence and helps them fulfil their dreams. Representatives from Rang De would be present at the workshop to share with these women their success stories and to give them a sense of direction which will hopefully set them on the Road Less Travelled.

The products made by the women would also be displayed in an exhibition-cum-sale on IIM Bangalore campus during the festival. This would provide them exposure and bring their talents into the spotlight as thousands of entrepreneurs, corporate and students who will be visiting IIMB during EXIMIUS ’14.

We hope this workshop equips them with the confidence and skills to lay the foundations for their independence and stability. It is our vision to continue to provide such support to the less privileged sections of society in keeping with the spirit of social service that Vikasana stands for.

7th entrepreneurship summit starts at IIMB

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Bangalore Mirror | August 7th 2014

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, is offering an opportunity for participants to define whether they have what it takes to stand out in this world with the Eximius 2014 — their annual entrepreneurship summit.

The seventh edition of the two-day summit will be held on August 9-10 at the institute with the theme being The Road Less Travelled that aims at bringing to the fore unconventional forms of entrepreneurship. The summit is being conducted in close association with the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at IIMB.
Eximius 2014, in association with Trendin.com, will feature a variety of events and talks by personalities such as Shashi Tharoor, MP and Piyush Pandey, executive chairman, Ogilvy & Mather, South Asia. Tharoor said, “The larger context of individual entrepreneurship in business, political and social sense can change lives, make fortunes and indeed transform the future of our country.” The summit will also feature performances of Piyush Mishra, lyricist, musician and actor as well as Mallika Sarabhai, professional dancer, choreographer, activist and entrepreneur.
Eximius, which will feature around 45 events, will include flagship events such as Ingen, the business-plan competition; Disrupt-It, launchpad for technology startups and Reach, social entrepreneurship event dedicated to finding innovative solutions to real life problems in the social domain. BootCamp will provide a unique platform for startups to showcase their ideas in front of industry veterans.
Vikram Kadam, convenor, Eximius 2014, said, “This year we have laid great emphasis on creating value for early stage entrepreneurs. We envision Eximius’14 to be a crucial milestone for fast growing startup ecosystem at IIM Bangalore.”

IIM Bangalore to host entrepreneurial weekend

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Business Line |August 6th 2014

The premier business school Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore will kick-off its annual entrepreneurial summit – Eximius 2014 on Friday, hosting various speakers, budding entrepreneurs, corporate houses and students at its Bannerghatta Road campus.

With prize money of up to ₹20 lakh for grabs, the B-School will be hosting around 45 events during the summit that will put creative and analytical abilities of the participants to test. Some of the flagship events of the summit include Ingen – the B-plan competition; and Disrupt-It – launch pad for technology startups. The BootCamp will provide a unique platform for startups to showcase their ideas in front of industry veterans.

“This year we have laid great emphasis on creating value for early stage entrepreneurs through various events,” said Vikram Kadam, Convenor of IIM Bangalore’s Eximius in a press statement. “We envision the summit to be a crucial milestone for fast growing startup ecosystem at IIM Bangalore.”

IIM Bangalore expects thousands of participants from over 150 colleges all over India, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate to attend the three-day-long event.

Eminent speakers including Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament and Former UN Under-Secretary General; Piyush Mishra, Lyricist, Musician and Actor; Piyush Pandey, the Executive Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather, South Asia; and Padma Bhushan Mallika Sarabhai, an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus and dancer, activist and an entrepreneur will also attend the summit. This year’s Eximius is sponsored by Trendin.com

EXIMIUS 2014 – The Road Less Travelled

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by…

Robert Frost’s unforgettable lines have inspired many entrepreneurs since they have been written. Exploring uncharted territories and playing with risk is part and parcel of the game. So this year, Eximius goes a step further by focusing on unconventional areas of entrepreneurship including social, political, media, sports, technology and performing arts with its theme being “The Road Less Travelled”.

Eximius 2014 – The annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit of IIM Bangalore acts as the confluence of unique ideas, creativity and expertise by bringing together students, businessmen and professionals from across the country. The aim of this annual summit is to uncover and nurture the budding entrepreneur within each of us by providing a platform to interact and learn from brilliant and like-minded individuals.

In keeping with the theme this year, Eximius boasts of a diverse set of illustrious speakers which includes Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, renowned columnist and former under-secretary at the United Nations; Padma Bhushan Mallika Sarabhai, world renowned dancer, choreographer, writer, activist, actor and communicator; Mr. Piyush Pandey, chairman and MD: Ogilvy and Mather India; Mr. Piyush Mishra, Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani and Mr. Rishi Narain amongst others. Listening to these inspirational personalities will surely open a lot of doors for participants to the relatively lesser known areas of entrepreneurship.

An entrepreneur is an individual who dreams big and aims high but is not limited in his perspective. Out of the box solutions and thinking on his feet are the key traits of an entrepreneur which are also put to test at Eximius through its close to fifty events. Flagship B-plan competition- Ingen and events like Start up in 10k allow participants to experience the real life thrill of entrepreneurship. Through the series of workshops and panel discussions including Failathon and CXOs @ IIMB, aspiring entrepreneurs gain unique insights into the different aspects of and challenges in running a start-up. Start-ups are also given the chance to showcase their new ideas at the Bootcamp and Disrupt-it and pitch to the venture capitalists. The overall experience at Eximius pushes students to walk in the shoes of an entrepreneur and get a good exposure and idea about starting their own business.

Business is increasingly becoming as much about giving back to the society as gaining from it. Keeping this in mind, Eximius 2014 hosts a case study competition with ENS, Changemakers- political entrepreneurship event and an Entrepreneurship development workshop for women rescued from trafficking, domestic violence and abuse. The aim is to sync uncommon and relatively new forms of entrepreneurship with social change.

An entrepreneur is able to change the society he lives in only by stepping out of his comfort zone and constantly innovating. As Robert frost rightly wrote a hundred years ago,

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

So step out, take The Road Less Travelled and make a difference!

Eximius 2014 launched with the theme ‘The road less travelled”

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The 2014 edition of IIM Bangalore’s Annual Entrepreneurship Summit ‘Eximius’ was launched amidst much fanfare in campus on 25/6/2014. The two day summit, set to take place on August 9 & 10, will be on the theme ‘The road less travelled’ signifying the fact that this year’s event will focus on the not-so-fashionable areas of entrepreneurship other than technology, such as, social, political, sports, performing arts and media. Start-ups and experts from these fields will be invited to deliver talks and inspire the students to consider venturing into such niche areas of entrepreneurship.

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Eximius 2014 will feature 50 events overall including workshops, panel discussions and online events. Start-up Bootcamp, which had around 100 start-ups on campus last year, is expected to be bigger and better this time around. The online registration for flagships events ‘Ingen’, ‘Reach’ and ‘Disrupt it’ have already begun on June 27, 2014. Register at www.eximius-iimb.com
This will be the seventh edition of Eximius. Last year’s Eximius 2013 witnessed participation of around 4000 people from 150 different colleges all over India. Eminent personalities like Kiran Bedi (Social Activist) and Kris Gopalakrishnan (Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys) visited IIM Bangalore as Keynote Speakers.

IIM Bangalore’s Eximius 2014 will be held on August 9 & 10, 2014.

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