Bihari "IRFAN ALAM" is BUSINESS BAZIGAR of the Year

I met this Young gentleman on the train to bihar on 29th october, 2005 where i was not having reservation in sleeper class and this Young Gentle man shared his seat with me and discussed his innovative product and ideas along with support he was geting from another Bihari IIM _ A faculty Dr Piyush Sinha . Even today , after getting the PRIZE of Rs 1 Crore , he remember his mentor Dr Piyush Sinha . IRFAN belongs to HATIDAH , Near MOKAMAh & BARH .

Mumbai, Aug 05: The popular television reality show `Business Baazigar', hosted by Zee TV, came to an end on Saturday with Delhi resident Irfan Alam bagging the crown for his innovative idea of turning around a rickshaw into a luxury vehicle. Twenty-five-year-old Alam, an MBA from Pondicherry, has also been selected for `Mini Baazigar' award prior to his crowning as `Business Baazigar' and was given Rs 20 lakh for his ongoing project, aimed to provide facilities like soft drink, news paper and first aid in a rickshaw. Business Baazigar, which searched for people with innovative business ideas, saw around two lakh entries from across the country, Zee TV officials said. The candidates from all walks of life aiming for an individual funding of their business dream, were then shortlisted to 50. Twenty participants were selected for the final round and eventually scaled down to two finalists -- Puneet and Ali Ismail -- but the eventual winner Alam was brought in by the jury at the last moment. The jury included Zee Telefilms Chairman Subhash Chandra, Passion Fund's CEO Mahesh Murthy and IIM Ahmedabad professor Anil Gupta. The final episode of the show was attended by prominent personalities including the Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel along with Rajashri Birla of Aditya Birla Group, Essar chief Shashi Ruia, Raymond's Vijaypati Singhania, Big Bazzar' Kishor Biyani and Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal. During the series -- begun on March 31 and was aired on Fridays and Saturdays -- the jury was impressed with Alam's entrepreneurial skills and his boldness in taking up the challenge thrown on him by them, Zee TV said. The Delhiite has also claimed to have impressed upon the the state Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit with his innovative idea, the television channel said. During the event the jury awarded three contestants, including Irfan, Mini Baazigars. The other two were Anju Purohit and Prakash Mundhra. Mundhra's idea was to make branded `Pooja' kits by assembling various pooja items and make them available at supermarkets. Supermarket chain Big Bazzar has already placed orders for 10,000 kits from him, the channel said. A contestant from Goa, Rajesh Ghadge, who couldn't make it to the final rounds, got one lakh paper-bag order from big Bazzar, Zee TV said.