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Empresario (The largest business plan competition of Asia) by Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur in association with Dell Social Innovation Challenge is an international business plan competition for students. Over 2000 entries, three rounds of judging and intensive mentoring and prizes worth over Rs. 2.5 crores. In September 2012 it kicked off for the second time. In the last year Empresario gained contact with thousands of students through this competition.

At the very first edition of Empresario, participants from 20 countries participated in the business plan competition. The competition is conducted in two categories- Product & Services, Social, namely. The competition to win the business plan competition is getting stiffer. The participants receive on- line mentoring from Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur during the preparation phases.The participants acquire valuable business experience, ideas and contacts in the course of the competition.

The shortlisted entries will get immense help in terms of mentorship and the winners will get a much sought after chance to pitch their ideas in front of some of India’s biggest VCs and investors. The mentor pool is rich and varied and has distinguished people from across different fields to help with every aspect of starting-up. The flagship event - Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), the largest collegiate entrepreneurial summit in India every year in January. The final rounds of Empresario will be held during GES’13

All the winning teams will get a direct entry into the semi- finals of Dell Social Innovation Challenge, conducted by the University of Texas, Austin. DSIC has a total prize money of $ 350,000.

For participation, submit a business plan both in the official website of Entrepreneurship
Cell, IIT Kharagpur (www.ecell-iitkgp.org) and your entry in Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC) with the referral code as "empresario" (http:// www.dellchallenge.org/about/about-dsic).