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VeriZon

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Submission deadline

25 of August, 2010
competition is over.
First prize

Prizes worth INR 1,00,000 to be won.
Eligibilities
- Undergraduate level
- Graduate level
- Postgraduate level
- MBA Student
regions

Global
categories
- Social Sciences
- Tech & Engineering
- Entrepreneurship
- Political Sciences
- Earth Sciences
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Gustav Borgefalk

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VeriZon is a competition for social entrepreneurship. We invite solutions for some existing problems that can bring about a social change.

Based on this thought of Mahatma Gandhi our vision is of a society where everyone takes initiative and fights for the change that he/she perceives would benefit the society at large. We feel that taking initiatives at a young stage is more likely to inculcate a sense of responsibility towards the society and people would then be able to lead their community and have a positive influence on others. As the youth forms the most crucial part of any society, the young minds should be conscious about the present day social problems. VeriZon provides a platform for all those social change seekers who can make a difference, rise above the obvious, go beyond limitations, who possess a zeal for innovation and above all who can rise to the occasion and create a new society, a better nation and a happy world. We invite ideas for change which may range from for-profit businesses with a strong social responsibility to non-profit models with sustainable revenue generation. The common binding force is the strong impact these ideas can have on the society.

India currently stands as a fast developing economy and being a country with a major proportion consisting of young population, positive actions by people of this age group will have a large impact globally. Each one of us has ideas for positive change. This campaign aims at encouraging the youth to express their ideas and see them take shape.

We invite ideas or solutions to some problems that are plaguing our dear country in some way. Following are the broad themes in which you can suggest your ideas. The solutions can be at an individual level, community level, for a city or for the entire nation. These can include innovative technology solution, a marketing solution, practice, or a way of impacting behavior for positive change.

The subjects are:

Education

RTI

Local Governance

Urban Waste Management

Questionnaire

All the submitted questionnaires will be screened and teams shall be shortlisted. The next hurdle for the shortlisted teams would be the telephonic interviews. Our Questionnaire will judge the following qualities:

Thought process
Problem that you want to solve
Idea to solve the problem

Teams can categorize their ideas into a particular category Like Education, Urban Waste Management, RTI, Local Governing Bodies, etc. Also there will be a category called others in which they can place their ideas as per the problems that they wish to address.

The questionnaire should be mailed to verizon[at]techfest[dot]org with the subject "Prayaas: VeriZon Questionnaire Reg. No. xxxx " (For ex. Prayaas: VeriZon Questionnaire 1243). Please do not forget to mention your registration number in your questionnaire while sending it. Please follow the following details for questionnaire:

Format of questionnaire should be same as in the sample questionnaire.
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Click Here to download the Sample Questionaire (pdf).
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Questionnaire should reach us by 25th August 23.59 Hours IST.