I want to participate in Arth 2010. What should I do?
First of all, register for Arth. You will have to provide the Team Leader's detail and postal address. You will also have to provide other information regarding the Team Leader and Team Members in the ‘Member Details’ area. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation mail.Please confirm your registration on the link provided. Once you are done with the confirmation you can login and proceed to the submission page.

What is the registration / participation fee for ARTH 2010?
There is NO registration / participation fee.

What is the last date of submission?
The last date for submitting/editing your B-Plan is 28th February 2010.

Can I change my team later?
No, once you have registered with a team, you cannot change it for the given profile. Although, you can edit other details in the edit profile page.

What should I do if I didn't receive the username/password?
If you don't remember your ID, mail sandeepch@ edciitr.com for assistance. If you dont receive a reply in 24 hours, please mail puneetjaggi@edciitr.com and inform him of the situation.

Can I submit more than one Questionnaire?
Yes. However, you need to register separately for each entry.

Can I submit additional documents along with the summary?
No, we do not accept any other documents. You will have to fill the questionnaire only.

I have problem while submitting my entry?
We recommend you to not to copy paste any of your data from any Rich text document like MS Word , instead use a Notepad to draft your questionnaire or do the formatting in the text box itself. Even then if the problem persist mail to sandeepch@edciitr.com with proper details of your problem.

How can I confirm my entry is submitted ?
After submitting your entry you will see a page mentioning "We have received your entry in this format. You can always edit your submission up till the deadline date." followed by your submission that we received. This page display the entry that we receive from you and confirms your submission.

The page is saying you are not authorized / you have not verified your email ?
In case of first message i.e. you are not authorized... it means that you need to register first to see the page, and if you are a registered user and still get this message that means you have been logged out .So login again and try submitting your entry .If you think you are being logged out too early then try changing your browser. In the second case even after clicking on the verification mail (provided to you on your email while registering) still this message appears then mail to sandeepch@edciitr.com and do specify your login on your mail.

I registered more than once for the same entry. What should I do?
A single registration should be done for a single entry. If you have registered more than once, please mail sandeepch@edciitr.com and inform him of all the registrations (quote registration ids) and select a registration you are going to use. Multiple registrations for the same entry may result in rejection of the registration.

Whom should I contact for assistance?
If your query is web related (example: registration, confirmation, username/password), mail sandeepch@edciitr.com for details. If you have a query regarding the competition in general, please contact Puneet Singh Jaggi(puneetjaggi@edciitr.com) .

How is confidentiality of the Questionnaire/B-Plan maintained?
The entries for ARTH 2010 are judged by reputed faculty, entrepreneurs and industrialists who believe in promoting entrepreneurship. Your entry is only viewed by the judge. At no stage is an organiser permitted to view your executive summary/B-Plan.

What are the key dates and deadlines?
Please see the section Process.

Can I get a copy of a Business Plan?
All the Business Plans and the Executive summaries that participate in Arth are regarded as extremely confidential. They are disclosed only to the Judges and Incubators (if the team permits). We provide a brief summary of some entries on the web site. We encourage you to contact the teams directly to discuss receiving copies of the plans.

What size should my team be?
A team can have a maximum size of 4 members including the Team Leader. You may include faculty, industrialists, professionals etc in your team. Each team should determine what expertise it needs to develop a successful business plan and build a team to meet those needs.

Do I need to have a team?
Not necessary, we allow single participation.

How will the business plans be judged?
Business plans will be evaluated based on the quality of the plan, the feasibility of the plan and the size of the market opportunity and other judging parameters. Judging will be conducted by a group of successful entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and experienced people from the industry.

Does my business plan have to be technology related?
No, we encourage the entry of all well developed business plans.

What resources are available to help in writing my business plan?
Please see our Online Resources page. Teams qualifying in the first round can request a mentor from the entrepreneurial community to provide assistance and guidance in developing a successful business plan.

How does the mentoring program work?
Mentors are experienced entrepreneurs or experts of specific fields who provide assistance and guidance to competition participants. Mentors will offer suggestions and feedback to help participants develop and refine a business plan. Competition participants are not required to have a mentor, although teams are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. Teams can select a mentor on their own or request that the competition committee assign a mentor to help them. More information is available under Request Mentor section.

When can I request a Mentor?
A mentor will be allotted to all the teams that qualify in the second round. The mentoring session will long through a period of January-February. The session will be divided into parts that will help the teams get more out of the session.