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About Yajna
According to Sudha Murthy, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation,You spend 95 per cent of the time researching a project, includingits feasibility; 5 per cent on implementing it on the ground.
Yajna is an innovative event that attempts to address the need forimplementable solutions to pertinent social problems of the day. Itinvokes the collaboration of three significant forces that hold thepotential to shape social development in the country the dedicatedsocial organizations (NGOs), the responsible corporates and thecollective of bright students, future managers and leaders.
Students from across six cities - Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow,Mumbai and Pune will work with one NGO in their respective citieson a key problem faced by the NGO. The live problem shall presentan exciting challenge to the student and require him/her to employall his learnings to arrive at an implementable solution. The eventwill be financially supported by our CSR partner, Oil and Natural GasCorporation (ONGC).
Heres inviting you to play a role in shaping the change that we allseek in our society.
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Event Rules & Guidelines The event is open to undergraduate and postgraduate institutes Participants are required to register in teams of maximum 3
members at http://register.iimlmanfest.com Teams are expected to download their allotted project from the
Downloads section on the Yajna page on thehttp://www.iimlmanfest.com under CSR/Yajna
Teams from a particular city are required to work on the projectbased in that city. For example, teams from colleges in New Delhiare required to attempt the project based in New Delhi.
The event will be held in 3 phases 2 off-campus, and 1 final on-campus round
Teams not located in one of the listed cities are to choose thenearest city
Round 1 Each team is required to work on deliverables mentioned in theproject statement
Submission should be in the form of a 4-slide PPT containing thefollowing information
Cover slide mentioning the city name, team name,members, institute
Problem analysis Proposed solution Research plan
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Round 2 3 teams per project will be shortlisted on the basis of the 1 st round
submissions Teams are required to provide a detailed solution to the same
problem statement (Round 1) by working closely with theassociated NGO
A documented report of not more than ten pages should be
submitted The format of the document is (but not restricted to): Your understanding of the problem Approach/methodology Business analysis Possible solutions
Evaluation Criteria For Round 2, teams are expected to interact with the associated
NGO in order to detail the solution. Interaction may be in person,over the phone or email
Judgment will be based on Depth of analysis Feasibility of solution Quality of interaction with the NGO and hence alignment
with the requirements and objectives of the NGO
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Round 3 (Final) 1 team per project will be shortlisted out of 3, for the final round The finalists will be invited to IIM Lucknow during January 21-23,
2011 to present to our judging panel and defend their solutions Participants are required to make a PowerPoint presentation of
their analysis not exceeding 6 slides More details will be provided at a later stage
Submission Guidelines Submissions for rounds 1 & 3 must be in .ppt or .pptx format
(Calibri font, minimum font size 12) Submissions for round 2 must be in .doc or .docx format (Calibri
font, minimum font size 10) Submissions must be named as
__ .ppt/pptx. For instance, teamname X Factor based in Kolkata must name its Round 1submission as Xfactor_Kolkata_1.ppt/pptx
Submissions must be mailed to [email protected] before thedeadlines, the subject line being -
Yajna Submission - __ Failure to adhere to deadlines and guidelines will lead to
disqualification
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Timelines
PrizesWinners: ` 40,0001st runners-up: ` 25,0002nd runners-up: ` 15,000
All finalist teams are required to be present at IIM Lucknow for thefinal round
The decision of the organizers and judging panel will be binding on
all teams All queries may be addressed to [email protected] , or the
phone numbers mentioned below
Launch of Yajna (regn. opens) 13 th December 2010Round 1 submission deadline(regn. closes)
23:59:59 hours,16 th December 2010
Announcement of Round 1results
Latest by 19 th December 2010
Round 2 submission deadline 23:59:59 hours,12 th January 2011
Announcement of Round 2results
Latest by 16 th January 2011
Round 3 (on campus) 21 st January 2011
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