College and postgraduate students in India and Tata employees around the world are invited to register for India’s Biggest Idea Competition-Tata Imagination Challenge 2023.
About the Company
Founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868, the Tata Group is a global enterprise, headquartered in India, comprising 30 companies across ten verticals.
The group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with a mission ‘To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long-term stakeholder value creation based on Leadership with Trust’.
Tata Sons is the principal investment holding company and promoter of Tata Companies. Sixty-six percent of the equity share capital of Tata Sons is held by philanthropic trusts, which support education, health, livelihood generation, and art and culture.
About the Competition
If you have a spark, it is time to light a flame. Take your idea and transform it into a blueprint for change. Bring your idea to the Tata Imagination Challenge.
Whether you have a simple solution for a tiny community or a roadmap to transform how all of us do everyday things, bring them to Tata Imagination Challenge 2023. Small or big, your idea only needs to have the potential to bring about change.
Stages
- Round 1: Tata Brand Assessment
- Round 2: Gamified Assessment
- Round 3: #imaginethat Video Pitch
- Idea Buddy Phase
- Popular Choice Awards
- Round 4: Grand Finale
Who is it for?
- You are a college-going student (undergraduate or postgraduate) from any stream in any part of India
- You are currently a full-time student
- You have completed 10+2 schooling or equivalent
- You are enrolled in a regular or full-time course, undergraduate or postgraduate, in a university or college in India
- You are pursuing courses approved by AICTE or UGC or one-year management courses approved by business schools
- Your classes have begun for the current academic year
- You are eligible for this track if:
- You are a permanent employee of any Tata company or Tata joint venture company globally (including employees who are on sabbatical)
How to Register?
Interested candidates can register through the link provided towards the end of this post.
Important Dates
- Round 1
- Start Date: Sep 1, 2023
- End Date: Sep 21, 2023
- Round 2
- Start Date: Sep 28, 2023
- End Date: Oct 3, 2023
- Round 3
- Start Date: Oct 6, 2023
- End Date: Oct 16, 2023
- Idea Buddy Phase
- Start Date: Oct 31, 2023
- End Date: Nov 19, 2023
- Popular Choice Awards
- Start Date: Nov 10, 2023
- End Date: Nov 15, 2023
- Round 4: Grand Finale
- Start Date: To be announced
- End Date: To be announced
Awards
Tata Imagination Challenge shines the spotlight on you and your idea. Registered participants get a chance to compete with innovative thinkers, win exciting rewards, and interact with Tata leaders. #imaginethat
- Accelerated entry into TAS
- Cash prize of Rs 2 lakh each
- Invitation to Tata Trails (visits to iconic Tata companies)
- Vouchers from Tata brands
- Participation certificate (As per the TAS eligibility criteria)
- Popular Choice Awards: The ideas that get the most votes receive prizes. This is independent of the jury assessments
- Participation certificates for top scorers from each discipline in Round 1
- Certificate of appreciation for participants of Round 3
- Tata brand vouchers for winners of Tata Tales on Instagram
Click here to register.
Click here for the official website.
