JAIN Entrepreneurship Festival Week (JEFW) returns with its second edition in 2025, celebrating innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit across multiple campuses of JAIN (Deemed-to-be University). Building on the overwhelming success of its inaugural edition, JEFW 2025 is set to be bigger, bolder, and more impactful, bringing together students, faculties startups, mentors, and changemakers in an immersive week-long journey of ideas, innovation, and action.
Theme, Guidelines for Competitions & Agenda
Each campus will curate and host events around a specific theme based on their academic specialization. JEFW 2025 is built on three core pillars:
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Competitions
JEFW 2025 will host unique competitions across various campuses, with each event designed around a theme aligned with the campus's academic strengths. These competitions aim to foster entrepreneurial thinking and provide students, faculty and research scholars with a real-world platform to test and showcase their ideas.
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WIN Talks: Women in Innovation and New-Venture
WIN Talks at JEFW 2025 will bring together inspiring women leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs who have carved out impactful journeys in their fields. These sessions are designed to motivate, educate, and empower students/ faculties/ research scholars by showcasing real-life stories of resilience, creativity, and leadership.
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Startup Showcases
The Startup Showcases will serve as a live platform for emerging startup founders to present their ideas, products, and business models to a diverse audience of students, faculty, investors, and industry professionals. These showcases will not only highlight innovation but also foster a culture of networking and knowledge exchange.
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| Dates | Campus | Location | Theme | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15 | ||||
| Monday | School of Commerce and School of Humanities | 9th Block | Social Weavers: Weaving a Better World | The Purpose Challenge |
| September 16 | ||||
| Tuesday | CMS Lalbagh | Lalbagh | The Genesis of Disruption: Rethinking Nextgen Commerce | Digital Storefront Challenge |
| September 17 | ||||
| Wednesday | School of Allied Healthcare and Sciences | Whitefield | The Wellness Revolution: Innovating for a Healthier Tomorrow | Medi-Morph Challenge |
| September 18 | ||||
| Thursday | CMS Business School | Sheshadri Road | The Corporate Catalyst: Intrapreneurship and Innovation | The Corp-up Challenge |
| September 20 | ||||
| Saturday | JAIN Online | JP Nagar | The Digital Nomad: Entrepreneurship in the Virtual World | Pitch Perfect |
| September 22 | ||||
| Monday | School of Design, Media and Creative Arts | Yelahanka | Create & Captivate: The Art of a Compelling Brand | The Glow- up Challenge |
| September 23 | ||||
| Tuesday | School of CS, and IT | 9th Block | TechNova: The Future of Digital Enterprise | The Glitch Pitch |
| September 24 | ||||
| Wednesday | School of Sciences | JC Road | The Science of a Startup: From Lab to Market | Eureka Challenge |
| September 25 & 26 | ||||
| Thursday & Friday | School of Engineering & Technology, CSE and IIAEM | Kanakapura | Building the Future: Engineering a New World | JU Hackathon |
| September 29 | ||||
| Monday | Award Ceremony |