Second round of TIE-Grad complete

Hyderabad: The second edition of TIE-Grad, a year-long initiative to foster entrepreneurship among college students, had finalised 16 business plans from a record number of 106 business plans entries. TIE has conducted a series of qualifier rounds for 16 colleges in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In the qualifier round 125 students from 10 Telangana colleges formed 35 teams and presented their business plans. Pre-finalists from these qualifier rounds will next pitch in front of global evaluators in March at the TiE Grad Business Idea Tournament. The winners from this challenge will be nominated to the TIE Global University Challenge Student BPlan competitions in the US.