Opportunity brief
About the Opportunity:
Eureka! - Business Plan Competition
Organized by Vistaar, The Entrepreneurship Cell, Delhi College of Arts & Commerce (DCAC) Under IIT Bombay E-Cell's National Entrepreneurship Challenge (NEC) 2026
Eureka! is Vistaar's flagship B-plan competition - a platform for student innovators to pitch real ideas to real industry professionals. Not just a college event, not just a certificate at the end. This is a structured, mentor-guided business plan competition where your idea goes through the same scrutiny a real early-stage startup does: validation, market thinking, financial viability, and pitch delivery.
If you have an idea and the will to work on it - this is your room.
Guidelines:
- Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students currently enrolled in a recognised college or university.
- Team Size: 2 to 4 members per team.
- Inter-College Teams: Allowed. Students from different colleges may form a team.
- Inter-Specialisation Teams: Allowed and encouraged. Diverse teams (commerce + tech + design) often build stronger plans.
- Number of Rounds: 3 rounds - Idea Submission, Written Business Plan, and Final Pitch.
- Duration per Round:
- Round 1 (Idea Submission): Online form, open for 3 days
- Round 2 (Business Plan): Written plan submission, 2 days to prepare
- Round 3 (Final Pitch): Each startup will present a 2 - minute pitch followed by a 3 - minute Q&A with the judges.
- Each participant may be part of only one team.
- The idea submitted must be original. Existing registered businesses are not eligible.
- All submissions must be in English.
- Plagiarised content will result in immediate disqualification.
- Shortlisted teams will be notified via email and must confirm participation within 48 hours.
- Judges' decision is final and binding.
- Vistaar reserves the right to modify the competition schedule with prior notice