HCL crowns MAD LTD Season 4 Winners

MAD LTD, a path breaking youth leadership initiative by HCL Technologies, announced the winners of the Grand Finale Season 4. The initiative is known for nurturing and building future leaders who are passionate about specific causes and want to create a community of likeminded people.

Suhel Yadav from IIFT Delhi emerged as the winner in Business Category - Fittie Fit; For all the social evangelists out there, Partha Biswas from IIM Calcutta was crowned the winner for– Online Education by and for ‘Third Gender; Shakti Saini from IIM Kozhikode emerged as the winner of  the technology category for  – “Green Electricity”.

The event witnessed the presence of renowned Venture Capitalists– Mr. Sunil K Goyal, Founder & CEO YourNest Angel Fund, Mr. Rajesh Sawhney, Founder of GSF SuperAngels of India Network and Mr. Rajul Garg, Director of Sunstone Business School & S Mobility Limited apart from the HCL Leaders. From more than 3000 + ideas received during the season, 10 most innovative ideas were shortlisted and presented by the bright minds from leading Business Schools to the jury. The ideas selected by Venture Capitalists and HCL Technologies will be provided mentoring and training support. The event was an extremely valuable experience for young students and their mentors alike.

In Season 4, MAD LTD reached out to Top-20 Management Schools in India (5300+ management graduates via Campus Sessions and On-ground Activities) including all the IIMs, ISB Hyderabad, FMS, SP Jain, XLRI, NMIMS, NITIE, SIBM, IIFT, JBIMS, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee and IMI, Delhi and received over 3200 MAD ideas. The MADsters also leveraged the power of social media (www.facebook.com/madltd) with fans spreading their unique ideas and generate momentum.

Since the inception of the MAD LTD initiative in October 2010, it has grown to become bigger and better. It  made a remarkable success in last 3 seasons by covering 100+ Engineering Colleges, impacting more than 100,000 students, conducting 50+ Workshops, building 44,000+ Facebook Fans and received 18,000+ ideas on the MAD LTD portal.