Idea Fest 2019

The IEDC team is glad to announce that the applications for Idea Fest 2019 are now open!!

Deadline for final application: Mar 10th 2019.

What is Idea Fest ?

With a vision to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among the students across Kerala and to create an ecosystem for a product culture, the Kerala Startup Mission hosts a yearly pitching event exclusively for college students, the Idea Fest.

Idea Fest provides students an opportunity to present their ideas or college projects, which can be converted to a practical real world solution, in front of an elite panel and the teams which are shortlisted by the panel are offered grants based on the development stage and innovative value of their ideas.

What will the students get ?

  1. Upto 2 Lakhs for shortlisted ideas
  2. Additional grant upto 7 Lakhs for ideas with prototypes and prototypes with a customer base.

How to Apply:-

Application of Idea fest 2019 has got two stages, one is the initial interest form or Subscribe Form and the final application form or Form 2

Step 1: Form 1

The first step of application is to fill the Subscribe Form: Yes! I am interested :)

This is a simple form asking the students and teams only for their basic details such as Name, Email ID, College etc, to express their interest to participate in the Idea Fest.

Note that we will keep the initial application form open so that interested students can continue to register. Please make sure that you complete this step before proceeding with the Final stage application or Form 2.

Step 2: Form 2

The Stage 2 application form is now open and only the students who complete the Stage 2 application will be considered for final selection to Idea Fest. The deadline for submission of Stage 2 application or final form is extended to March 10, 2019

This year you have the option to apply for different events / challenges based on your area of interest and what you wish to work on. You can choose to apply to Ideathons, Makethons or submit your own ideas. Please note that there are different application forms for each event and one team / student can apply to more than one event / challenges. Irrespective of the events selected the teams stand a chance to win the Idea grant, as they would be evaluated at the final stage by the KSUM panel.

Link to the Stage 2 application form: Final Application form - events / own ideas or projects

Eligibility criteria?

  • He/She is currently studying in Kerala
  • He/She has not received the Idea Grant in the previous editions of Idea Days
  • The applicant should give a clear business plan justifying the use of funds.
  • If you have an innovative idea or project which can solve a possible real world problem
  • If you have a solution to the problem statement listed by the corporates

Also Note,

  • Idea grant can be used only for sourcing hardware, components, technology transfer, testing, testing platform creation etc, Grant cannot be used for meeting manpower cost.

Competition Structure

Idea Fest 2019 takes you through 4 rounds, each round playing a crucial role in the flow of the program. To know more about each round, click the button below.

For queries, drop an email to ideafest@startupmission.in