Jagrit : The Social Business Leadership Hunt

The Search for India’s most socially Conscious Student

Cognizance 2011 (March 11- 13, 2011)

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

Yasin Choudhary
President
ShARE-IITR
March 2011

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Summary

 Cognizance : The Festival

 Jagrit : The Social Business event

 Round 1

 Round 2

 Photographs from the event

 Acknowledgements

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Cognizance: IIT Roorkee's Annual Technical Festival is
now Asia's 2nd largest Technical Youth Festival

 Attracts around 20,000 Participants from all over India

 A lot of Nobel Laureates, famous scientists, Technocrats and leaders from

Industry & Academia grace the festival every year  

 Has become a brand name over the years which stands for India's technical
prowess and growth story

 A large number of leading Corporate, Technical & Government houses partner

with Cognizance

 Receives massive media coverage every year

More info can be found in www.cognizance.org.in

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Jagrit : The Social Business Leadership Hunt

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Round 1 : (Online)

 A Total of 119 applicants (85% male &15% female

Statistics  Average Applicant Age - 21 years    
 22 Uploads were received
 10 Applicants Shortlisted in the final round
 

 Online Round on www.share-share.org/contest2

• A case study on the Village of Patalgarh in Madhya Pradesh, India was floated
and candidates were asked to solve the problem of Malnutrition by coming up
with an innovative Social B-Plan in a proper Template.
• 10 Entries were selected and the contestants were called for Round 2 to be held
Proceedings during Cognizance.

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Wild Card Entry Round : March 11, 2011

 Wild Card Entry Round – March 11, 2011 , Cognizance Day 1

• A special wild card entry round was organized for all participants of Cognizance to
select 3 more finalists.
• Every participant was to speak on the topic given to him and which he supports in a 2
to 3 minutes speech.
• Saw massive participation of around 60 students.
• These 3 Contestants joined the 10 earlier finalists for Round 2.

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Round 2 : March 13, 2011

• The 18 finalists will have 24 hours to prepare a new social business case study
Statistics • Followed by a discussion on the same between the teams & audience.

Proceedings

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Photographs:

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Photographs : Round 2

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ShARE IITR would like to give a BIG thanks to :

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