Hello all, We’re happy to announce that the *Startup Weekend* Chennai ​(http://sw.krk.org.in)​ ​ is happening at the end of this month, Jan 29th to 31st. This time, the *Kurukshetra* team is extremely delighted to host Startup Weekend Chennai edition as a part of *Kurukshetra <http://www.kurukshetra.org.in/>*, an International techno-management festival of College of Engineering, Guindy conducted under the coveted patronage of UNESCO. Our goal is to create an environment where passionate people can come together to get things done; to learn, network, bridge the gap between trades, expose potential and see actual results. We are proud to be a part of this type of innovative collaboration and we hope you will help us reach our goals by supporting this global movement on a local level. *Startup Weekend* has held 1000+ events in 150+ countries around the world, and we are looking forward to making a big dent in the *Chennai* and *Banglore *regions. With the help of local supporters, *we are planning to leverage our global reach to impact our local community.* The event will be held between *29th-31st January 2015* and we have confirmed a venue at *College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University*. *------- Format ----------------------* 50 hours of Idea-Prototype-Production with practical sessions and hands on mentoring from experts. Areas include: 1)Design 2)Growth 3)Technology 4)Product Market Fit Mentors include seasoned entrepreneurs and experts in the field of digital marketing, design from myntra, freecharge and judged by *The CEO of Bharat Matrimony & the CEO of Orangescape* *​ *and few other successful entrepreneurs.​ *------- Who can participate----------* 1) ​Open for ​ Students and Professionals ​​ who are entrepreneurial ​ and thinking about starting up or started over with their idea and looking ​for help in​ scal ​ing​ or form a team. 2) Start up enthusiasts who are looking to build their team with like minded people ​3) Startups who want to benefit specifically from the talks or mentors.​ ​ *​​* *------- Follow Up after event---------* 1) Mentor ship from entrepreneurs 2) Chance to get accepted into Accelerators *​* *​* *------- * *​* *Registration---------* ​ 1) Registration fee: Rs 2000 for professionals / Rs.750 for students. *Special offer till 26th January :* *Professionals can use the code "CORP" while buying tickets at Explara site <https://in.explara.com/e/chennai> to avail a flat discount of Rs.1000.* *CEG/NITs/IITs/IIMs/ISB students and alumni* also get special discounted fee of Rs.500. Please mail **yourcollege id card's scanned copy or a snap to * *industryrelations@kurukshtra.org.in <industryrelations@kurukshtra.org.in> to claim your Discount code.* 2) Scholarships available for special cases. ​*More info @ http://sw.krk.org.in <http://sw.krk.org.in/>* *Register @ https://in.explara.com/e/chennai <https://in.explara.com/e/chennai>* P.S : * Alumni who are working on their own startups Regards, Prashant Anantharaman