subject: Nominations open for "TiE Chennai Entrepreneur Awards 2010 - Tamil Nadu's most prestigious, coveted business awards" [print this page] TiE Chennai today announced, through the media, that nominations are open for its coveted and highly prestigious business awards - "TiE Chennai Entrepreneur Awards 2010". The Awards, which were instituted by TiE Chennai 3 years ago, recognise the entrepreneurial drive that propels the largest of organisations or the startups of yesterday and celebrate this never-say-die spirit of adventure that leads to the success of enterprises. The past awardees include eminent business leaders like Mr. N. Srinivasan of India Cements, Mr. M.V. Subbiah of Murugappa Group, Dr. P.C. Reddy of Apollo Hospitals, Kalanidi Maran of the SunTV Group, as well as emerging entrepreneurs like Mr. Satish Babu of UniverCell, Mr. P.N. Vasudevan of Equitas and Mr. Vivekanand of Fitness One.
Addressing a press conference today, Mr. Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman, Awards Committee, TiE Chennai, and Chairman of TVS Capital Funds Ltd., said," It is a privilege and pleasure to be heading this committee and doing it again this year. The jury committee is at the core of this rigorous process. I am happy to share with you all today that Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Principal Secretary-Industries, Govt. of Tamilnadu has consented to head the Jury for this year. He is joined by a group of eminent entrepreneurs, some of whom have been recipients of the TiE Chennai Awards in the past. To make the nominations more accessible and open, we also have added the online nomination facility this year which should help to increase the number of entries."
According to Mr. R Ramaraj, President, TiE Chennai," There is active entrepreneurship beyond Chennai and we are taking more steps this year to recognise and attract more nominations from all parts of the state in cognizance of this fact. We are also very fortunate this year to have Sequoia Capital as the Sponsor for the Awards, and Grant Thornton as the Knowledge Partner for the Awards process. Besides this announcement through the media and other efforts, we shall also be holding road shows in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Salem and Erode, to reach out to a larger number of entrepreneurs and identify more potential nominees for the Awards."
According to Mr. KP Balaraj, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital, "There is increased entrepreneurship activity in the South with Chennai emerging as one of the hubs for this activity.. We are pleased to associate ourselves with "TiE Chennai Entrepreneur Awards 2010". Sequoia is very committed to partnering high quality entrepreneurs and promoters in the South, and we have enjoyed tremendous success with market leaders like Vasan Healthcare, Manappuram Finance, and Caf Coffee Day."
The other jury members for this year's Awards are - Nandini Rangaswamy, Chairperson, CII-Tamilnadu, Ranjini Manian, CEO, Global adjustments Private Limited, Raju Venkatraman, Founder, MEDall, Kami Narayan, CEO, Premedia Global, other than the Chairman of the Awards Committee. The categories of the TiE Chennai Awards, like previous years, will be - Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup Entrepreneur of the Year, Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Lifetime Entrepreneur of the Year, Extreme Entrepreneur of the Year, Serial Entrepreneur of the Year and NextGen Entrepreneur of the Year.
Nominations will be open from September 14 to October 31, 2010. The website address for online nominations will be www.tieconchennai.org. The awardees will be announced and presented during TiECON Chennai 2010 which is slated to be held on November 24, 2010 at Chennai Convention Centre.
About TiE Chennai: TiE Chennai is a part of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a global not-for-profit organisation that helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful and experienced entrepreneurs and professionals. Founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by successful entrepreneurs and professionals with roots in the Indus region, today, TiE has 53 Chapters in 12 countries, spread across 5 continents. The TiE ecosystem comprises 11,000 members and 2,500 charter members, who are the top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, lawyers and management professionals in their chosen field.
