Team "Big News" emerged as the WINNER of Hult Prize @ Fudan University
The Hult Prize Foundation is a start-up accelerator for budding young social entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s top universities. Named as “one of the top five ideas changing the world” by President Bill Clinton and TIME Magazine, the annual competition for the Hult Prize aims to identify and launch the most compelling social business ideas: start-up enterprises that tackle grave issues faced by billions of people. Winners receive USD1 million in seed capital, as well as mentorship and advice from the international business community. Each of the finalists receives pilot funding along with membership to the Clinton Global Initiative.
Called the "Nobel Prize for students" by media outlets world-wide, the Hult Prize is offered in partnership with former US President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative. The aim of the Hult Prize is to breed the next generation of social entrepreneurs, and launch start-up social enterprises that can radically change the world.
Each year, President Bill Clinton selects a critical social problem impacting billions of the world’s most vulnerable people, and a challenge is issued. Teams of 3-4 students are challenged to develop an innovative start-up enterprise to eradicate the problem. Access to Education. Clean water. Affordable housing. Clean energy. Solar Power. Food insecurity. Healthcare. These are a few of the issues competitors have tackled since the competition’s inception in 2009. It’s a win-win for the world.
The Hult Prize@ Program is the quarterfinal round of the annual USD1M Hult Prize Challenge, bringing the competition directly to college campuses around the world. This international program allows student leaders on campus to organize their own localized version of the Hult Prize, using a turn-key tool kit and the support of dedicated staff at the Hult Prize Foundation. The local competition gives the university’s winning team the chance to bypass the general application round and fast-track into one of the five regional finals: Boston, San Francisco, London, Shanghai, or Dubai. Run entirely by student campus directors, Hult Prize@ gives students a vital role to play in changing the trajectory of some of the world’s toughest challenges, starting in their own communities.
Siddharth Manoharan, a student of 2015 IMBA program, was selected the Campus Director of Hult Prize@ Fudan University to organize this quarterfinal round in our campus. Siddharth formed a team with a mix of students from School of Management and also from other Schools across our University to organize the event. After a month’s time of brainstorming and planning, the campus event was held on December 5th, 2015 in School of Management. 21 teams across all schools participated in the event and 6 high-profile judges were invited to judge the event and select the winner. Team “Big News” from School of Economics emerged as the Winner of the event and Team “New Economy” emerged as the Runner up pf the event. The event was widely appreciated by everyone who attended it.
Hult Prize@ Fudan University was supported by Fudan MBA Program.
Judges :
From L to R:
1. Mr. Sun Long – Program Director, Fudan MBA Program
2. MR. Sun Jie – Founder and Partner, TaiGuan Capital
3. Ms. Lenny – CDO Officer
4. Mr. Hongjie Qu – Managing Director, Head of CTE, Equities, UBS Securities Co Ltd.
5. Ms. Cherry Han – Vice President, Asia Pacific Communications, Johnson Controls
6. Mr. Zhang DanMeng – Director Corporate Services, AIA China
7. Ms. Angel Yu – Vice President Human Resources, Starbucks China
8. Mr. Michael Cluster – CEO, telestory.in, Hult Prize 2015 Global finalist.
9. Mr. Siddharth Manoharan – Campus Director, Hult Prize@ Fudan University
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