Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 would be the platform for participants to produce any business idea related to IT and to compete with number of others and outshine to receive the awards and recognition.
Competition Date:
15th September 2008 – 15 October 2008
Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 was established with a noble intention to create a community within the Malaysians towards a greater awareness of Information Technology and its importance thus embarking a better future in this field. This Challenge would play a major role in being the catalyst for building IT capabilities for socially and economically disadvantaged Malaysian.
Saraswathy IT Challenge 2008 would be the platform for the participants to produce any business idea related to IT and to compete with number of others and outshine to receive the awards and recognition.
This challenge is opened to all Malaysian Indian students in tertiary institutions and Indian working professionals. Participation is individual or team based. Maximum number in a team is 3 participants.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
STAGE 1
Submission of their business idea, a team of Internal Judges will vet through and select 5 best submissions for the two categories
STAGE 2
Short-listed participant/team will be sent for a 1-day skill enhancement seminar and workshop conducted by a professional and reputable facilitator
STAGE 3
Honorary Judges will then select from the top ten short listed participant/team the best business idea and rank the top three winners for each category. The deliberation for the selection of the top three winners for each category will only be done after the formal presentation by the required participant/team
SUBMISSION FORMAT
1. INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND
2. THE IDEA
3. BUSINESS MODEL (IMPLEMENTATION PLAN)
4. BENEFIT (VALUE/IMPACT)
5. SUMMARY (CONCLUSION)
Write the proposal paper using the format provided in 1500 words
REGISTRATION / SUBMISSION
Every participant/team is required to register and submit their proposal at www.sitc08.com .
JUDGES
* Internal Judges
* Honorary Judges – Selected IT Minds of Malaysia
PRIZE
PROFESSIONALS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
1st PRIZE RM10000 1ST PRIZE RM 8000
2nd PRIZE RM 5000 2ND PRIZE RM 3000
3RD PRIZE RM 3000 3RD PRIZE RM 1000
CONSOLATION PRIZES
A GIFT CHEQUE WORTH RM500 & CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION (2 TEAMS/PARTICIPANT IN EACH CATEGORY)
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When will we all change? Here are the facts:
1. Why we need 1700 temples for only 3 million Indians in Malaysia?
Its does not makes sense, but we still continue build temple and fight for it.
2. We only have 450 Tamil schools in Malaysia and its getting lesser.
3. Every Fridays, temples in the cities earn minimum of $500 ($2000 per month), no electricity bill, and no water bill.
4. Tamil school – $50 per child per year, electricity bill, water bill, teacher’s salary and maintenances every month.
5. Most temples in cities are renovated, air conditioned, and own a beautiful wedding hall.
6. Tamil school was build in 1970′s still the same, with broken table and chairs, spoiled fan and lights, buku pinaman torned, bad environment for student and teachers. I have not seen 1 Tamil school with air conditioned except the HM room, if you know 1 please let me know. I will salute the person who builds it.
7. $2 million Batu Caves Lord Muruga Statue build by Indians with donation money by Indian people, $10 million minimum was spend every year for praying on Thaipusam by devotes (this is the reason i say the Devotees are worse ignorant person).
8. Why blame government for not allocation fund for Tamil school (is it logic), why can’t we just pay $1 for praying and $9 for Tamil School?
9. $200 minimum spend by Indian Alcoholicans on every weekend for clubbing and entertainment.
10. Run away or ignore when ask for donation of $5 for Tamil School.
11. In every Indian house there will be TV, HI-FI Radio, CD/DVD player and the classic Astro. They have watched the all the latest Tamil movie even it’s not out in theater yet.
12. Their children will be in buku pinjaman, no revision book, never or maybe once been to bookstore, never encourage for piano class, violin class, swimming, even language class other than those offered in school. And no computer with reason can’t afford to have 1.
These are some of the issue that we ignore and still doing it. As some of you have considered Tamil Education is a waste of time, for the rest of Indians; are we still going to ignore it or make a change?
Please don’t forget that in the 80′s, Chinese schools and Tamil Schools was in same level as Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan. There were more students in Tamil School and the infrastructure was the same.
But today, look at Chinese Schools and compare it with out Tamil Schools, (sigh). Please take note that Chinese Schools most of it are 100% non-government support. As we all already know our government trying to the level best to abolish these 2 schools, they dream are coming true for Tamil Schools but not for Chinese Schools.
If you really really have 2 minutes, just have a look at 1 of Chinese Schools near by your house in the morning or after school.
You can see their parents will be waiting in their Mercedes, BMW, Toyota , Honda and even motorbike to pick their kids from school back home.
I have never ever seen any Indian parents with their Mercedes or Toyota waiting for their kids outside Tamil School . Maybe there is as we can’t see them…..Invisible….:)