Haywards 5000 announces launch of the new season of its startup reality program

Haywards 5000 Hauslay Ki Udaan’ is India’s first startup reality program that aims to support the entrepreneurial spirit of Indians. This initiative has been introduced by Haywards 5000 Hausla Buland Academy. Haywards 5000 will conduct auditions across the nation, which will serve as a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs from small towns to showcase their innovative business ideas and share their stories. The participants will be mentored by the Interview Panel consisting of well-known entrepreneurs and industry experts as well as Hausla Buland Academy Professional Counsellors through online and offline mediums. The winning idea will receive a seed funding of Rs 15 lakh from the academy. The finalists will be selected based on a combination of factors including market opportunity, uniqueness of the idea, growth potential, strategy, enthusiasm and passion, knowledge of the industry, realistic goals, and total investment required. The auditions will be held in the following cities: Gurgaon, Faridabad, Jaipur, Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Secunderabad, Rohtak, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Mohali. The auditions will begin in July 2016. Entries are open until the date of the auditions. Participants can register on Hausla Buland Academy’s website to participate in Hauslay Ki Udaan. The first year of Haywards 5000 Hauslay Ki Udaan initiative was held in 2015. The 2015 initiative’s calling for entries began in April 2015, with an association with IPL 2015. This campaign received over 40,000 calls from across the country. After that, the Haywards team conducted auditions across 10 cities in 2 states over a period of 3 months to find “city champions” from each city from over 600 entries. Last year, the judges ranged from entrepreneurs like Sumit Jain – Co-founder & CEO, Commonfloor.com, Vivek Singh, CO-founder & CFO of Tone Tag, Naidu Darapaneni, founder CEO of Meraevents.com, Santhosh Karnananda, CEO of MeraEnglish.com to industry insiders like Sunil Subramaniam - CEO of Sundaram Finance, among others. Haywards 5000 launched Haywards 5000 Hausla Buland Academy in 2012, to provide online skills development courses and training through workshops, and has reached out to over 100,000 people from different walks of life, says the company.