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THE AL GORE SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY VENTURE COMPETITION™ INDIA FOR PLANET EARTH FUTURE GENERATIONS IN HONOUR OF NOBEL LAUREATE AL GORE RULES FOR THE 2009 COMPETITION NOVEMBER 6-7, IIT, KHARAGPUR, INDIA ● Teams of 3-6 students ― post graduate students or undergraduate students must include at least one MBA candidate and one post graduate student. Engineering/Science/Technology and MBA students are encouraged to work together as a team. A team may consist of participants from 2 institutions, not more. ● Each team must officially represent their institution and be mentored by a professor. ● Each institution may submit a maximum of 4 proposals in the first round of the competition. ● Each institution may send a maximum of 2 teams to the final competition. ● The business plans must represent an actual prospective business. This is not simply an academic exercise. ● The deadline for electronic submissions is midnight, September 30, 2008 and proposals must be sent to BOTH agstvc (at) gmail (dot) com andjoysen (at) arp (dot) iitkgp (dot) ac (dot) in. ● Business plans must be submitted in the following format, double-spaced, in Arial 12-point font : a) Executive summary (1-2 pages) b) Detailed Business Plan (12-18 pages) c) Financial summaries - cash flow, profit/loss, balance sheets, funding request/ROI/exit (3-5 pages) d) Sustainability benefits quantified, with discussion of metrics (3-5 pages) e) Supplemental data to explain an unusual market or technology (0-3 pages) f) Contestants must submit a 3synopsis of the business plan as well. DEADLINE FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PLANS: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 ● The business plan must meet traditional return-on-investment and profitability standards, while demonstrating eco-friendliness a