Official Launch of the 'Joy of Giving Week 2011'

The Joy of Giving Week is India's "Festival of Giving"! Launched in Sept 27-Oct 3, 2009, the festival is celebrated every year, in the week including Gandhi Jayanti, i.e., October 2, and brings together Indians from all walks of life, to celebrate "giving".

Events are organised by individuals, social groups, schools, colleges, NGOs, corporates, media houses and others. 1 million+ people participated in 500+ events across 40+ cities in JGW2010, raising over Rs20crores in money and resources donated, and millions of volunteer hours

The Bangalore chapter of JGW is involved in many events this year from Corporates to the Hotel sector to Education institutions, Government Institutions, Apartment complexes, NGO events, online bids etc. This year the week is celebrated from Oct 2nd to Oct 8th, 2011.

When & Where : The Launch Event will be held on August 4th, 2011 at Blue Ginger, The Taj Westend, Bangalore from 4 pm to 5.30 pm.

Agenda

a.) Unveiling of the JGW 2011 logo by the Chief guests – Mr. Anshu Goonj (Founder, Goonj), Mr. V.R. Ferose (MD, SAP Labs), Mr.Sanjay Sood (GM, Taj Westend)

b.) JGW 2011

c.) Share findings of the NGO Workshop with all corporates, so they can align their CSR activities with the NGO needs

d.) Q & A

We look forward to your presence and support for the ‘Joy of Giving Week Launch event’ in Bangalore.

Best Regards,

JGW Team, Bangalore

Its official now !

Our Network would be launched during early September 2008.

We have received overwhelming response to our plans.

Now our targets are to create a Core Committee of enthusiasts, evangelists and mentors.

And of course work with us to plan and organize the launch and future events.

We need your help to identify good innovations to support, institutions & organizations to collaborate with and events to organize. And of course sponsors to enable us to achieve our goals.

The last date for registration would now be 25^th August 2008.

Do write to us. You can also log on to our network site : innovatenet.ning.com

I shall be looking forward to hearing from you.

raja-rajeevkumar

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Format for Registration to Innnovator's Forum

Format for Registration to Innovation Forum (Only the Innovators who would like assistance from us need fill it.)

The rest can register the normal way)

1.) Name of Applicant(s); Designation; Organization; Address & Contact details.

Applying as Individual(s) or Organization. If Organization, then the category and status of the applicants in the organization.

2.) Name of Innovation.

Category : Idea/Innovation/Research Proposal/Process Innovation/Product development/Design/Prototyping.

Sector/Domain/Industry

3.) Briefly describe your Idea/Proposal (max. 100 words.)

4.) Objective of the proposal

5.) Details of IPR : description, potential & Status (max. 100 words)

6.) Benefit to society/industry.

7.) Market Potential.

Please refer to the website : http://www.dsir.gov.in for details about DSIR grants and assistances.

8.) Briefly describe your organization

9.) How do you plan to execute your proposal? Where? Potential Partners/collaborators

10) Applicant's Profile

Are you a first generation innovator/researcher/entrepreneur/businessman ?

11) Team Profile

12) What are your expectations from the Innovators' Forum?

13) How can we assist you ?

The filled applications may be send to raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com with "Application to Innovation Forum (Innovator Category) " in Subject.

The applications are to be send in Open Document Format (.odt) or MS Word 2007 (.doc) format, and must not be more than 3 pages on A4 sheet with Times New Roman or Arial fonts (12 pts) with single spacing; paragraphs separated by a single line. No other format including .pdf files are not accepted.

English, Kannada & Hindi languages are accepted.

i) Receipt of Applications do not guarantee right of admission or assistance.

j) Acceptance and entry to the Forum doesn't guarantee any kind of assistance or funding.
k) The decision of the organizing committee and the screening committee is final
m) Last Date : 25th July 2008.

Launch of Innovation Forum at Bangalore

We at Rajeev Kumar are happy to inform you we are hosting a program by DSIR during the 3^rd week of July '08.

The launch of our Innovation Forum would be accompanied by a day Innovator's meet sometime between July 22^nd – 26^th '08 in Bangalore.

The schedule is as follows :

Day 1 : Introduction (3 hours)

Day 2 : Workshop for shortlisted applicants

Day 3 : One-to-one Counseling.

The primary objective is to identify innovations/innovators eligible for Govt. of India assistances/grants. The team is also proposing to receive applications/executive summaries for these grants during the day 1 of the program. The shortlisted applicants would then be invited for a workshop on Day2 and day 3.

I am hoping to launch an Innovator's Forum along with other like-minded Organisations and individuals.

For more information, please do feel free to write to me.

Raja Rajeev Kumar
* Lead India Bangalore City Finalist
http://groups.google.com/group/leadindia-bangalore?hl=en email : leadindia-bangalore@googlegroups.com
* Global action Plan (GAP) International [http://www.globalactionplan.com]
* Managing Director and CEO, ChromoSoul Technologies India
* Founder/CEO, Project Agastya [A Joint initiative of the 25/Bangalore Foundation & Rajeev Kumar Foundation]
* Director, Target Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore - 560 079, Karnataka, INDIA. Phone:(+91) 98861 94776 eMail : raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com
Google Key Words : Rajeev Agastya Bangalore

Hi,
I have been trying to resume writing this blog for quite sometime... yet things have been very hectic...
so shall resume soon.
I just deleted my old notes....
so please wait...
regards
Rajeev Kumar
+91 98861 94776
raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com