When was the last time you knew of a great opportunity - only too late? Based on an idea presented at London Business School, Let Me Know is a effort to make students aware of opportunities. Breaking the information barrier, finally.

In November 2007, a pilot of Let Me Know was launched at http://letmeknow.wordpress.com.

In a short span of time, over 200 opportunities have been shared - including tech competitions, social entrepreneurship fellowships, business plan competitions, research projects, internships, conferences, scholarships and volunteer opportunities. The blog has received close to 90,000 hits and highly encouraging feedback from the youth across the world.

We now seek a talented team of web designers, with relevant past experience, to create a portal that will help Let Me Know project sustain and better serve the youth community in India and the rest of the world.

If you would like to be involved in this assignment, write to letmeknowblog@gmail.com with your resume and a note on why you would like to contribute.

Thanks!

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Event: Reliance Rural Mobile Application Contest 2007 - 08 (Website)

Organized by: Reliance Communications

Key Dates:
Deadline for submission of the Aplication: 30 April 2008

For Whom:
Software Professionals,Self- employed Professionals,Students,Companies,Content vendors/ aggregators

Reliance Communications rated among the Asia’s 6 Topmost Valuable Telecom Companies, is India’s foremost truly integrated telecommunications service provider with over 35 million subscribers . The company has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain.

The focus of the Mobile Application Contest 2007 - 08 will be on developing applications that cater to the rural customers. The applications could be in any of the following areas:

Transportation
M- Commerce
Information
Health,Education
Governance
Location Based Services

Applications can be developed for both CDMA and GSM technologies.

For More Details (Link)

Note : The website quotes the deadline as March 30,2008 , however the deadline has been extended to 30 April 2008 and all registered participants have been notified through e-mail.

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Award: NRDC Innovation awards (Website)

Offered By: National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)

Key dates:
Deadlines for Application Submission:
NRDC Innovation Award of the year: Deadline: April 25,2008
NRDC Societal Innovation Award of the year: Deadline: April 25,2008
NRDC Budding Innovators Award of the year:Deadline: May 15,2008

National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), on behalf of the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) provides Tax Free cash awards in the following
three categories to stimulate the spirit of inventiveness among the scientific, technical
persons, industrial workers, technicians, artisans, craftsman and students so that the creative
talent which lies hidden in individuals or groups in organized R&D and institutions could be
harnessed.

AWARD CATEGORIES
1. NRDC Innovation Award of the Year

IP Driven Innovation
Premium Innovation
Innovation in high tech area

2. NRDC Societal Innovation Award of the Year

Agriculture
Environment
Rural
Energy

3. NRDC Budding Innovators Award of the Year

Student registered for Bachelors, Masters or Doctoral Degree Program
Maximum age limit is 30 Years
The application should be forwarded through Head of the Institution

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Event: Dare to Be Digital (Website)

Organized By: Channel 4 and The University of Abertay Dundee

Key Dates:
Deadlines for Submission of Application Form:
Scotland- May 6, 2008
All Ireland- April 22, 2008
China- May 1, 2008
India- May 2, 2008
South East, West Midlands and London- May 6, 2008

For Whom:
Team of 5 students (Postgraduate or Undergraduate) from Universities or Art Colleges within one of the following areas / regions- Scotland, Ireland, china, India, South East, West Midlands and London
(Web Link for More Information)

Dare to be Digital is a video games development competition for extremely talented students at Universities and Colleges of Art. Teams of 5 students, usually a mix of artists, programmers and audio, assemble in a regional hosting center for 10 weeks to develop a prototype video game, receiving daily support and weekly training sessions from industry specialists. Every year between June and August, students form teams of five and compete over 10 weeks to design a fully functioning video game prototype. At the end of 10 weeks, all the teams will gather at Dare Protoplay to showcase their work and be judged by industry experts. Dare Protoplay represents the most innovative design from emerging games artists and programmers and is open to the public to come and play the games.

At the end of the competition, the prototypes are displayed at a special talent showcasing event in Edinburgh, Dare ProtoPlay, alongside the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival in August. The general public as well as industry experts get to play and vote for the games. Prizes are then awarded to the winning teams at a special awards ceremony. Later in the year the winning teams attend the BAFTA Video Games Awards to compete for the coveted “Ones to Watch Award”.

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Program: Marjorie Deane Internship - 2008 (website)

Offered By: Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation.

Key Dates:
Deadline for Application: April 11, 2008.

For Whom:
Interships are open to all, regardless of age, sex etc.
Applicants should send a letter introducing themselves and an original article of no more than 650 words that they think would be suitable for publication in The Economist.

Suggested By Ashwin Bhat

Event: NetBeans IDE 6.1 Blogging Contest (Website)

Sponsored By: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Key Dates:
Contest starts: March 14, 2008
Contest deadline: April 18, 2008
Judging period: April 19 - May 12, 2008
Winners announced: May 12, 2008

This contest in based on NetBeans IDE 6.1 Beta. The contestant has to post a blog describing the experience in using the new NetBeans IDE 6.1, a tutorial, insight, tech tip, cool code sample, request for enhancements, etc. The blog must include a link to the NetBeans Blogging Contest site. Entries must be new material and not copied from something already written.

Some of the ideas for Blogging are:

1. Show a cool code sample using the new NetBeans IDE 6.1
2. Create a “Top 10” NetBeans Tutorials/Links/Snippets/Tricks
3. Share your deep insight about NetBeans IDE 6.1 development, including your favorite features
4. Give suggestions on how to enhance the NetBeans IDE 6.1
5. Build a cool plugin to share with the NetBeans Community

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Program: Center for Global Education Internship Programme (Website)

Offered By: Manson Center for Global Education, Beijing, China.

Key Dates:
Project Date-Summer 2008: June 19,2008 - August 20, 2008.
No deadlines but interested students are encouraged to apply early.

For Whom:
This exciting new global internship program in beautiful Beijing, China will be offered every fall, spring and possibly summer to students of all majors at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, including international students.

The Mason Center for Global Education, in partnership with Abroad China, offers students the unique opportunity to participate in a professional academic internship in Beijing. Students are placed in professional internships for academic credit, based on their course work, skills and personal/professional interests. Many internships will include a stipend from the company that helps pay for students daily meals and transportation. Placements include (but are not limited to) business, commerce, trade, the arts, communication, history, culture and politics.

In the 15-week fall and spring options, internships are complemented with a weekly class focusing on Chinese Life & Culture, taught by local faculty in Beijing. Students intern four days per week, gaining valuable practical experience, and participate in the formal class one day per week. Students are evaluated according to their performance at the internships, and are also required to complete reflective and research assignments as part of their coursework (From both the Mason Faculty Director and their Beijing professor). All students, both Mason and non-Mason, are eligible for career counseling, resume writing tips and internship search strategies from Mason’s University Career Services, in SUB 1, Room 348.

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Event: National Symposium on Change Management (Website)

Organised By: Xavier Institute of Development and Studies (XIDAS)

Key dates:
Symposium Dates: April 17-19, 2008

National Symposium on Change Management is being organised by Xavier Institute of Development and Studies (XIDAS). Change management is a structured approach to change in individuals, in teams or groups, in organizations and in societies that enables the transition from a current state to a desired future state.

The proposed National Symposium on “Change Management” aims at the following:

1. To enlighten the managers, individuals, groups, students — who want to know why changes happen — how changes happen and what needs to be done in order to make the changes more welcoming and to offer insights into different frameworks and ways to see how changes occur;

2. To highlight the fact that poor change management can lead to disastrous results and changes managed effectively could lead to more satisfying results and more fulfilling lives;

3. To delve into the theories of Change Management;

4. To propose ways and means that will help people to get a sense of change and offer them ways and means to initiate, undergo and implement changes;

5. To examine critically the factors related to change management at different levels – individuals, groups, organizations, the values of communities, families, culture, environment, etc.;

6. To develop and propose sustainable models for successful individual /organizational change;

7. To identify and propose a structured approach, i.e., process, techniques and tools for effective change management;

8. To develop and propose change management strategies for public/private organizations;

9. To identify key indicators/characteristics of organizations and individuals, that change meaningfully.

10. To identify and propose ways and means that will help individuals/groups/organizations: a) to make the change management process a success; b) to manage change, cope with uncertainty and move ahead for better; c) to manage change with creativity and innovativeness.

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Event: FOSSMeet @ NITC 2008 (Website)

Organised By:
NIT Calicut Student Branches of IEEE, CSI, CSEA and GLUGC

Key Dates:
Event Dates: April 4-6, 2008

FOSS Meet@NITC is an annual event on Free and Open Source Software at NIT Calicut. FOSSMeet @ NITC is jointly organised by NIT Calicut Student Branches of IEEE(Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), CSI(Computer Society of India), CSEA(Computer Science and Engineering Association) and GLUGC(GNU/Linux Users Group Calicut). This event brings together foss enthusiasts from all over India. It is a confluence of some of the best minds in the field of software innovation and development.

FOSSDev:
FOSSDev is an year long (Jan ‘08 to FOSSMeet@NITC ‘09) contest which aims at promoting contributions to FOSS projects. The participants are not expected to have prior experience at all. Each team will be assigned a mentor who will guide them starting from the basics. Total prize money amounts to Rs. 23,500 (will increase, subjected to sponsorships). It is a team event and teams can have maximum size of four.

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Event: Conference on Marketing to Rural Consumers (Website)

Organised By: Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode (IIM-K)

Key dates:
Conference: 3-5 April, 2008

The emergence of rural markets as highly untapped potential emphasizes the need to explore them. Marketers over the past few decades, with innovative approaches have attempted to understand and tap rural markets. Some of their efforts paid off and many back fired making rural markets still an enigma.

Academic scholars in rural marketing mapped the organizational efforts and suggested alternative approaches to tap rural markets. Surge in the publications on rural marketing is an indicator of the interest in this emerging domain of knowledge. However, studies have been widely fragmented and time has come to consolidate the knowledge that has evolved over the past years. In consolidating the efforts, setting future directions would be possible.

The conference would cover many topics such as: Definitional issues of rural and rural market environment, consumer behavior and decision making process, product and positioning strategies, intensity and type of competition, channels of distribution, value offering and pricing issues etc. The conference offers an opportunity for exchange of research and practical insights related to marketing to rural consumers and disseminate the knowledge generated.

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Event: Open Source Web Design Contest (Website)

Organized By: Open Web Design

Key Dates:
Deadline for submission of Web Design: April 1, 2008

Open Web Design is hosting a web design contest for designers of all ages from all around the world as a way to show off design talent and to have some fun. The theme for this years contest is “Spring Design”.

Criteria for the Event:

1. Design: The requirements set forth for designers for this contest include the following: the website design must be considered Web 2.0 and the site’s theme must have a definite tie to the spring season.
2. Accessibility/Usability:Basic techniques to enhance usability need to be used throughout the whole design. Clearly label links and images for easy use in both text and graphical browsers. Only one HTML page is required per submission, but links should be placed so users can easily navigate a full website. Your design should also be usable on a number of different platforms and screen resolutions.
3. Code Quality: Judges will go through code for each entry, so having properly formatted code will help them. All entries will validate on the w3 validator, no exceptions. Using bandwidth efficiently to display your HTML and graphics will get more points, but that doesn’t mean that the smaller designs will get always get more points. Using CSS classes for better modifiability is a bonus as well.

Prizes for the contest:

1st place - $1000
2nd place - $600
3rd place - $400

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Event: Essay Competition 2008 (Website)

Organized By: Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet

Key Dates:
Deadline for submission for entries: April 30, 2008
Announcement of Shortlists: End of June 2008
Notification of Winners: August 2008

For Whom:
Participants must be below the age of 30 years i.e they must have been born on or after 1 January 1979

The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are holding their third joint essay competition for the under-30s on the theme- “Climate change and health: research challenges for the health of vulnerable populations”.

Rules and Guidelines:

1. Each author may submit one essay only.
2. Essays may be submitted in English or French and should be 1500 words maximum.
3. Essays must be based on the author’s own ideas and not be derived from another source.
4. Essays must not have been previously published.
5. Entries are individual (i.e., the work of a single author).
6. They should include original, even provocative ideas and not be technical or academic texts: tables, charts and figures are probably not necessary; references should be limited.
7. Authors are free to be idealistic, passionate, to take established practices to task, albeit in a constructive fashion.
8. Within the context of research for health, the theme allows authors to include any aspect that interests them particularly – for example, extreme weather, natural disasters, fuels and energy, transport, water management, vectors, food production, demographics, urban planning, security.

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Program: Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Space Science Education (Website)

Offered by: Gerald A. Soffen Memorial

Key Dates:
Deadline for first application: April 1, 2008
Deadline for second application: October 1, 2008

For Whom:
Students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in space-related sciences and engineering.

Throughout his life, Gerald Soffen dedicated himself to fostering the growth of young space scientists and engineers. The Dr. Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Space Science Education was established to continue Jerry’s commitment to the future of space by supporting motivated students in the fields of space science and engineering. The Dr. Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Space Science Education offers Student Travel Grants.

Since the fall of 2002, the Soffen Fund has provided students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees in space-related sciences and engineering with Travel Grants. The Travel Grants enable awardees to attend a professional conference at which they present their research. The Travel Grants are awarded to students who attend meetings at which they will present their research.

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Event: JAX India 2008 (Website)

Organized By: S&S Media (India)

Key Dates:
JAX India 2008 Conference: April 8-11, 2008

SDA-India.com presents the second annual JAX India 2008. JAX India is biggest independent conference on Enterprise topics such as Enterprise Java, SOA, Web Services, Enterprise Architectures, SOA Technologies, SOA Governance, Eclipse, Enterprise Collaboration and many more which IT professionals just cannot afford to miss.

The core of the program is aimed at dissemination of information on all Java technologies, Eclipse and related technologies, Enterprise Architectures, and SOA, which are necessary ingredients for a successful business. Besides this, JAX also focuses on aspects pertaining to project management and software testing, which are key to the functioning of distributed enterprises.

The number of sessions, workshops and keynotes offered by JAX provide unparalleled opportunities. JAX presents a wide range of topics that communicate up-to-date technological knowledge to guarantee you the competitive edge!

JAX India 2008 offers its participants a three-fold conference experience: participants, exhibitors and sponsors are presented with the opportunity to profit from the unique melding of the conferences JAX India 2008, Enterprise Architecture India 2008 and Eclipse Forum India 2008. All three conferences take place at the same time and venue, at the J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India. Participants have unlimited access to all three conferences as well as to the joint expo that is expected to feature several exhibitor products and services.

(Fee Structure)

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Program: International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) Summer Internships (Website)

Offered by: New Mexico Space Grant Consortium

Key Dates:
Deadlines: Summer 2008(Rolling Admissions)

For Whom: Open to All graduate and undergraduate students

ISPCS Summer Internships are designed to give students real-world experience working in the new and exciting commercial spaceflight revolution. Students are placed with top players from business and government to learn and participate on the ground floor of what may become the foundational enterprise of the 21st Century!

All selected interns will be awarded a $6000 stipend for expenses and $500 for travel for a 10 week internship. Internships are for the general summer academic term (specific dates to be determined by student, NM Space Grant, and Industry participant). At the end of the internship, students are expected to write a one page report on their experiences. Internships are supported by the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Various Internships available are:

1. DMJM Aviation
2. Micorgravity
3. National Space Society
4. Personal Spaceflight Federation
5. Santa Fe Rocket Racing
6. Space Foundation (Graphic Designer)
7. Space Foundation (Software Designer)
8. Spaceport America

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Program: IATA Internship Programme (Website).

Offered By: International Air Transport Association.

Key Dates:
Internships will normally start on fixed start dates to facilitate orientation and integration of the interns into IATA.

Start date: July 1, 2008 Deadline for submissions April 8, 2008
Start date: October 1, 2008 Deadline for submissions July 8, 2008
Start date: January 5, 2009 Deadline for submissions October 31, 2008

For Whom:
Candidates for the IATA Internship Programme should possess the following basic qualifications:

• University requirements: Undergraduate or postgraduate student (preparing a Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree or equivalent) within 2 years of graduation. Recent graduates (less than 1 year after graduation) are also eligible for consideration. An attestation of their current status is needed from their University (for work permit)
• Fields of study: primarily Economics, Law, Political Science, Engineering (particularly Aeronautical Engineering), Business Administration (particularly Aviation/Airline Management), Information Technology. Other areas will be considered based on relevancy to the unique needs of a specific internship
• Language requirements: Excellent spoken and written English is a minimum requirement for all interns. Fluency in other major languages may be required for some specific internships but is always considered as a plus. Conversational French (the local language in Geneva and Montreal) is highly desirable.

In 2004 IATA has launched a broad initiative to ensure it attracts the very best and brightest university-level students from around the world to serve as student interns. These interns will be exposed to the unique challenges faced by IATA as well as to contribute to our work to support our Members and our industry. The IATA Internship Programme will benefit IATA by injecting talented, innovative and motivated individuals, fresh from academic training yet inexperienced in traditional business practices, into the IATA working environment. The programme is structured to benefit each student entering the programme. Each internship will provide significant opportunities to demonstrate skills in a selected area of IATA as well as provide possibilities for learning and development in an international business environment.

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Event: Think Quest International 2008 Website Competition (Website)

Organized by: Oracle Education Foundation

Key Dates:
Team Enrollment opens: August 15, 2007
Entry Submission Deadline: April 2, 2008

For Whom :
Teams of students of age group 9-19 years along with a teacher who can act as coach

ThinkQuest inspires students to think, connect, create, and share. Students work in teams to build innovative and educational websites to share with the world. Along the way, they learn research, writing, teamwork, and technology skills and compete for exciting prizes. ThinkQuest is a competition that offers a unique project-based learning experience to students and teachers across the globe. Everybody wins by having their completed websites published in the ThinkQuest Library, a rich online resource visited by millions monthly.Once a team is enrolled,the students must work together to create an innovative website on any topic within a broad range of educational categories. Diverse teams and globally relevant themes are encouraged.The top 5 teams receive laptop computers and a cash award for the coach’s school.

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Event: Adex ‘08 (Website)

Organized By: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Key Dates:
Fest: March 30-April 01, 2008

Adex is the annual design exposition organised by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur as part of their Design Program. The three day event held annually, displays innovative concepts and products in the field of product design, graphics and media. It is also a platform for interaction between the industry and the academia. Acclaimed designers and experts have been a part of Adex panelists and speakers every year, contributing their insights and experience on the challenges and opportunities in design. Adex includes Bus For Us, an event which focuses on the revival of the transport systems in the sub urban and urban parts.

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Event: Piramal Prize (Website)

Organised By: Ajay G. Piramal Foundation and CIIE at IIM - A

Key dates:
Deadline for initial entry -April 1, 2008
Deadline for semifinalists Business Plan submission: May 15, 2008
Finals: June 2008

The Piramal Prize was established by the Ajay G. Piramal Foundation in 2007 to encourage and support bold entrepreneurial ideas which have a profound impact on access to higher standards of health for India’s rural and marginalized urban communities. The award recognizes high-impact, scalable business models that propose innovative solutions which directly or indirectly address India’s healthcare crisis. Entries may include, but are not limited to, innovations in service delivery, technology applications, health-related products, or mechanisms to address public health necessities such as potable water.

The Piramal Prize is a partnership between The Piramal Foundation and the Center for Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

The Piramal Prize is an entrepreneurship challenge that encourages and enables business ideas that democratize healthcare. The competition asks for bold and creative innovations, will help you develop a business plan, and invests in viable new ideas.

The 2008 Piramal Prize evaluation process involves three stages, culminating in a finalist workshop and selection weekend in May 2008. Finalists will have a chance to work closely with a mentor, network with potential investors, and make a final presentation to the Piramal Prize Selection Committee. The winner of the 2008 Piramal Prize will be announced at the end of the weekend.

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Event: HPAIR 2008 Conference, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA (Website)

Organised by: Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR), a student-run organization at Harvard College.

Key Dates:
Application Deadline: January 15, 2008
Conference: April 4-6, 2008

For Whom:
Students: Currently attending an accredited undergraduate or graduate / postgraduate program, have graduated from such a program no more than six months ago at the start of the conference, or have been accepted to and will be attending such an institution no more than six months after the start of the conference.

For more than fifteen years, Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) has been the premier gathering place for students from around the globe as the largest student conference in Asia. For the first year ever, HPAIR will host an academic conference held on-campus at Harvard University. The inaugural HPAIR On-Campus Conference will be the first forum of 2008 as part of HPAIR’s showcase of conferences for its 17th year in running.

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