The other eight teams that made it to the finals were Utopia, Vi-Care, Onergy, Doctors for You, Project Kayakalp, Sudiksha, SMV Wheels and MediAngels. Along with Prof. Ashok Banerjee, Dean (NI&ER), IIM Calcutta, the other jury in the Final included Mr. Joe Madiath, Founder, Gram Vikas, Dr. Amit Jain, Founder, E-Health Point, Mr. Murli Vullaganti, Co-Founder & CEO, Rural Shores, Mrs. Radha Basu, Co-Founder, Anudip Foundation, Mr. R. Ramaraj, Member of, Board of Governors, IIM Calcutta, Mr. Shubro Sen, Director, TATA Management Training Centre, Mr. P.R. Ganapathy, Chief Operating Officer, Villgro, Ms. Ritu Verma, Partner, Ankur Capital, Dr. Kulkarni, Director, Yunus Business Fund, Mr. Saurabh Lahoti, Investment Manager, Ennovent and Mr. Jonathan Mazumdar, Portfolio Associate, Acumen Fund. A brief profile of these projects is given below for a better understanding.

The Tata Social Enterprise Challenge saw more than 160 business plans being submitted from across the world including the US and Netherlands in areas such as education, healthcare, agriculture, environment and micro-finance. Of these, 20 business plans were shortlisted for the semi-finals wherein the teams received mentorship in two phases, first over the phone/email from experts in the social sector and subsequently, at IIMC from faculty, social entrepreneurs and social VC’s. At the end of the mentorship phase, all teams had the opportunity to pitch to social VCs, social entrepreneurs and faculty.

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