National Winners – Carleton’s VSM Technologies

Electronics Ph.D. students Muhammad Arsalan and Atif Shamim continue to amaze us with their outstanding accomplishments.

Partnering with two Carleton undergraduate students Sumaira Haque (Arts) and Anum Faizan (Computer Science), they took 1st prize among the 12 national finalist teams at the Enterprize Canada Entrepreneurial Championship held February 6 to 8 in Vancouver.  Their winning “VSM Technologies” business plan, which is based on a wireless medical patch device, has just earned them $20,000 and other in-kind services.

The team was found to best exemplify the true qualities of an entrepreneur: ambition, resiliency, and vision.  They will get a chance to present their business plan on CBC’s “Dragons Den”.  More information will be available at http://www.enterprizecanada.org .