I am happy to inform you that VisualEz the startup found by Aman Khandelwal & Shubham Maheshwari students of MBA (Innovation and Entrepreneur) 2015-17 batch have emerged as one of the winners of Facebook sponsored The Economic Times Power of Ideas in partnership with Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad.

Their startup uses virtual reality and aims to revolutionize the way buyers purchase products in home improvement retail industry.

Facebook has been championing innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide. With this partnership, Facebook hopes to be able to work closely with India’s huge pool of talent, and to create growth opportunities by providing access to expertise and mentoring through multiple programs. DST brings to the program its immense expertise and relationships in the entrepreneurial space as well as a corpus of Rs 6.2 crore of guaranteed funds. The funds are open to all deserving ideas with genuine innovation on their mind, regardless of whether they have just an idea or a fully functional start-up. The final result is available at http://www.etpowerofideas.com/result.php

Dr R Raman

Director – SIBM Pune

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Dean – Faculty of Management – Symbiosis International (Deemed University)