Business Plan Contest
Business Startup Competition The “Idea, Innovate and Implement” competition held to honor the best and the brightest innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world was a big success. The final round of contest took place at the Enterprise Dubai event held on 19th December, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai. The prize money was Rs. 500,000/- for the first winner and Rs. 200,000/- for the second winner Thirty business plans were received from the participants from around the world. All entries were reviewed. Six finalists were selected to make their final presentation. The final round of the contest was conducted by Yazdi Tantra, Managing Director, On-Lyne Computer Systems, Mumbai.
A strong Jury was tasked with the responsibility of selecting two winners. The impartial jury asked a series of questions to the finalists and scored each of them. Looking at the quality of finalists, reaching a decision was difficult to say the least.
This made Darius Aga the winner of the First Prize and Dr. Rashneh Paridwalla and Kitayun Rustom the winners of the Second Prize.
Finalists and their Plans Darius Aga Auto Components - Rubber profile Manufacturing plant, Ahmedabad Dr. Rashneh Pardiwala & Kitayun Rustom Schools on Solar
Six Finalists
Freyan Bhathena The Brand Butler Hoshang & Sabrina Karani The playful protégé Sai Bharat Muppalaneni The NanoHealth Chip L to R - Siddiqullah Saifullah, Freyan Bhathena, Dr. Rashneh Pardiwalla, Sabrina Karani, Sai Bharat Muppalaneni and Darius Aga
Siddiqullah Saifullah PFSC-NA high contrast polarizer film sheet
1st Place
2nd Place
Darius Aga, Joint MD, GoldSeal-SaarGummi India Pvt.Ltd. (Left) receiving the first prize of Rs. 5 Lacs from Minoo Shroff, Global President WZCC (centre) and Kersy Bhesania, Managing Director, Climate Control L.L.C.
Kitayun Rustomji (extreme left) and Dr. Rashneh Pardiwalla (extreme right) receiving the second prize of Rs.200,000/- from Minoo Shroff and Kersy Bhesania.
Eminent Jury
The verdict of the judges: All candidates were quite strong in their own right, but what made GoldSeal-SaarGummi India Pvt. Ltd., stand out was Darius Aga’s presentation style. His plan met with all the criteria and exhibited prospects of a strong commercially successful and scalable business. 76
SynergyZ, December, 2015
L-R: Firdosh Bhesania, Lead Manager, Microsoft Corporation U.S.A, Mahendra Asher, Senior Partner, Mahendra Asher & Co., Firdosh Mehta, Director Engineering, Peco Facet USA, Priyesh Kapadia, Head of Advisory Group BDO Chartered Accountants, Cyrus Vevaina, Erstwhile Managing Director, OTE Group, Muscat, Oman & Yogesh Mehta, Managing Director, Petrochem Middle East.