Action Plan is Abhyuday, IIT Bombay’s Flagship Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, which empowers young minds to tackle grassroots-level problems and design a sustainable business model for them. Teams progress through transformative stages, crafting a Business Model Canvas and presenting before mentors and investors. Since 2012, Action Plan has driven growth and is poised to become Asia’s premier Social Entrepreneurship Platform.

Prizes & Incentives:

• Cash Prize: INR 10 Lakhs
• Incentives worth INR 65 Lakhs+ from AWS, Github, KiwiTech, Zoho, CWE, Freshworks, Paytm, Notion, IFIA, The Startup Lab & many more!

Rules for Social Entrepreneurship Track:

• Only registered startups will be allowed to participate in the Social Entrepreneurship Track.
• Any startup incorporated before 4 years of the conclusion of the competition i.e., before January 2019, will not be allowed to participate.
• The startup should solve a critical social problem in an innovative as well as transformational manner and should have some quantifiable social return.
• There is no age restriction for any individual to participate. Anyone, from students to working professionals across the nation, can participate.
• Action Plan aims to promote startups that require assistance in funding, mentoring, etc. Therefore, startups who have raised external funding, i.e., funding from angel investors, venture capitalists, etc., cannot participate.
• Teams can have a maximum of 4 members, including the Team leader. More than 4 is not allowed.
• The Team leader will be the point of contact, and his/her email address will be used for future correspondence.
• The team must abide by timely instructions, guidelines, and ethics provided by Abhyuday with general business ethics.
• Only the team leader has to register on the portal. He/She can later add his/her team members to the Questionnaire Submission form.
• Teams will be asked for proof regarding any information provided by them. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification.
• You can participate in more than 1 track with different business ideas. One idea has to be registered in only one track. If you have a startup, register for the ‘Social Entrepreneurship Track’, and if you only have an idea that can solve a social problem, then don’t register for this track and register for the ‘Social Innovation Track’

Rules for Social Innovation Track:

• This track focuses on building a plan or an idea to solve critical social problems in an innovative as well as transformational manner.
• Registered Startups are not allowed to participate in the ‘Social Innovation Track’.
• Teams have to submit an abstract giving a detailed description of their idea/plan along with any prototype they have developed (if any)
• There is no age restriction for any individual to participate. Anyone, from students to working professionals across the nation, can participate.
• Teams can have a maximum of 4 members, including the team leader. More than 4 is not allowed.
• The Team leader will be the point of contact, and his/her email address will be used for future correspondence.
• The team must abide by timely instructions, guidelines, and ethics provided by Abhyuday with general business ethics.
• Only the team leader has to register on the portal. He/She can later add his/her team members to the Questionnaire Submission form.
• You can participate in more than 1 track with different business ideas. One idea has to be registered in only one track. If you have a startup, register for the ‘Social Entrepreneurship Track’, and if you only have an idea that can solve a social problem, then don’t register for this track and register for the ‘Social Innovation Track’.