National Competition on Legal Innovation & Legal Startups is organised by the Center for Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights (CIIPR), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in association with Legal Startups on October 2, 2021.
About the RGNUL
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, was established by the State Legislature of Punjab by passing the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Act, 2006 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006). The Act incorporated a University of Law of national stature in the State of Punjab, thereby fulfilling the need for a Centre of Excellence in Legal Education in the modern era of globalization and liberalization.
About the Collaborators: Legal Start-Ups
Indian Legal System is going through a tough time because of the pendency of cases for years. Many efforts have been made to cope up with this situation. They need a radical change in the legal system and innovation is the answer to this. Western countries have come up with several innovative platforms i.e. legal startups to address various legal affairs.
They also need legal startups in India to make the system efficient and effective which is non-existent. Looking at this situation, Legal Startups has been created for highlighting all legal startups across the world. The main objective of Legal Startups is to highlight all legal startups and put it on one platform.
About the Competition
The main idea of the competition is to showcase the Legal Start Up’s, exhibit their functioning, the challenges they faced or are facing and the outcome achieved by them. The competition attempts to provide a platform to all the Legal Start Up’s to exhibit their ideas and work in a competitive ambience.
Important Dates
Events
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Date
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Last Date for Registration through the Google Forms
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August 29, 2021
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Last Date for the Payment of Registration Fees
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August 29, 2021
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Last Date for Submission of the PDF Format of the Proposal or Initiative
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September 20, 2021, by 11 P. M.
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Preliminary Round
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October 1, 2021
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Final Round
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October 2, 2021
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Theme
The field of litigation is witnessing various challenges for the last few decades especially in terms of pendency of cases, quick disposal, mounting appeals, traditional methods of lawyering that fail to address the contemporary problems and complex legal compliance’s. To address these situations, we need to devise new and better innovative mechanisms and initiatives in the said fields.
Innovation and Startups in the legal field are the answer to this paradox that our Judicial System is facing. Many young entrepreneurs have introduced startups that have come up in the legal system in the past few years especially by young, dynamic individuals.
Also, the Ministries, Government Departments/bodies have initiated various innovative schemes for ensuring Justice is served to people at large. The main objective of Legal Startups is to highlight all legal startups and put it on one platform.
Guidelines of the Submissions
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Only existing Startups/Initiatives are allowed to participate in the competition. Startup/Initiative must be at least one year old but not more than three-year-old from the date of announcement of the competition.
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The competition is open to all individuals who are 18 years of age or above on the date of release of the competition.
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Participation is allowed only as a team. The team will consist of a minimum of two and a maximum of four members.
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There is a registration fee of Rs. 1180/- (inclusive of GST) for participation by Tuesday, August 29, 2021.
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The link for the payment of the registration fees can’t be found here.
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Registrations are to be done through the Google form by Tuesday, August 29, 2021. The link for the same can be found here.
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Only selected entries will be invited to present their startup idea/initiative ideas. The shortlisting of the teams will be done by a Panel of Experts constituted for the same.
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After the shortlisting, there will be 2 rounds in the competition, preliminary and final. The preliminary round will be conducted on Friday, October 1, 2021, and the Final on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Both the rounds will be conducted through the Online mode. The top 5 teams will proceed to the final round. 50% of the Marks obtained in the Preliminary round will be carried forward. The Finals shall be adjudged on the basis of research undertaken, steps of implementation, methods adopted for improvisation, application success, Novelty as parameters, and presentation. The teams will be adjudged according to these parameters.
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Business Idea/Proposal to be sent in the prescribed format in Annexure 1 to email id [email protected] in the pdf file only on or before Monday, September 20, 2021, by 11.59 p.m. Business Plan will consist of the following:
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Coverpage mentioning name of all members, affiliation, mobile no, email id, Month and year of starting startup/initiative. (Attach proof of existence at the end of the proposal)
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Table of Content
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Executive Summary
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Details as per headings mentioned in Annexure A
Business Idea / Proposal Annexure A
Introduction and Team
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Brief Introduction about the initiative and Promoter(s) Information.
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Initiative
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The objective behind the idea or the Initiative undertaken, details of the plans put forth for the fulfilment of the objective, and in detail mention of the objectives of the initiative.
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Problem
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The background against which the initiative was started and the problem the initiative is trying to address.
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Solution
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Solutions proposed and achieved by the initiative i.e. how far is
the initiative successful in fulfilling the objective for which it was initiated.
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Target Audience
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How big is the problem the initiative is trying to address and the number of people who benefited through this initiative?
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Competition
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Are there any existing challenges being faced by the team with
regards to the initiative and further how does the team plan to
compete against existing problems?
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Execution Plan
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What is the mode of the execution of the initiative and How execution is being done?
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Financials
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What was the amount of investment done initially to start the
initiative? Further what is present and projected financial
performance?
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Replication
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How far the initiative is successful in fulfilling the objectives in
the other cases. Submit the analysis with the help of data.
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Evaluation
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Are there any evaluation processes put forth in order to evaluate
the success of the initiative? Submit the analysis with the help of
proof.
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Awards
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Winner: Cash Prize of Rs. 51,000/- [Memento & Certificate of Merit]
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1st Runner Up- Cash Prize of Rs. 25,000/- [Memento & Certificate of Merit]
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2nd Runner Up- Cash Prize of Rs. 11,000/- [Memento & Certificate of Merit]
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All the entries will be given a certificate of participation
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Selected ideas can be given funding support, mentorship by RGNUL, Patiala as per their terms and conditions prescribed.
Contact Information
Coordinators
Student Coordinators
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Sahajveer Baweja: 8949059106
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Kartikaya Gautam: 8708047641
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Jasleen Kaur: 9914402985
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Tanisha Singh: 9413309117
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Kunal Yadav: 9958987512