School students shine with their start-up ideas and solve world problems in this pandemic time
Middle and High School Students from private and public schools across India, present their start-up ideas to an esteemed panel of judges in the National Finals of the Global Ideas Pitch Challenge, India’s First International Video Pitching Competition for Students.
- (1888PressRelease) September 13, 2020 - Middle and High School Students from private and public schools across India, present their start-up ideas to an esteemed panel of judges in the National Finals of the Global Ideas Pitch Challenge, India’s First International Video Pitching Competition for Students. Participating students were coached by founders of Youth Startup Network, the organizer of the competition, and mentored by students from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C).
During this pandemic and the global new, students from different schools of India participated in the first of its kind competition on entrepreneurship development organized by Youth Startup Network, for the promotion of the Startup India Mission. Middle, High School & College students thought of solutions to real world problems in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) declared by the United Nations (UN).
Using innovating thinking and a guided coaching program, students explored various aspects of entrepreneurship. They learnt about problem identification, discovering passion, ideation, solution thinking, business models, customer acquisition, public speaking, and pitching. Over the past three months, the students also participated in various webinars, entrepreneur interactions and mentoring sessions to sharpen their ideas. The students from India’s premier institution, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) also volunteered and mentored the students to help them refine their business solutions and pitches; as part of the mentoring program devised by Youth Startup Network.
On Sunday, September 6, the program culminated with the organization of the National Finals of the Global Ideas Pitch Challenge. 14 finalists out of many, who participated, presented their pitch decks (presentations) virtually in front of the judges. Important to note is that the current pandemic situation and lockdown did not deter these students and they actually presented some interesting solutions to these problems also.
“The program has completely changed me, earlier I hesitated to share my thoughts, now I am presenting in the finals!” one of the finalists Simran Jain from The Amity International School, Gurgan shared with all.
“As a participant in the Global Ideas Pitch Challenge, I am learning about entrepreneurship and working on my knowledge of taking a business from idea to execution.” Keyyshav Seth, The Srijan School, Delhi and also winner of the challenge in the high-school category.
“My son does not enjoy traditional subjects much and hence lags in the class; this challenge has opened a new world for him. He has participated with energy and done his tasks. It is a new child I am observing, thank you Youth Startup Network” mother of Agam Singh, winner of the middle-school category from The Indraprastha International School.
The challenge – Global Ideas Pitch Challenge – is India’s first video pitch competition for students, launched after the country underwent lockdown due to the Covid pandemic. The vision of the program is to inspire kids and help them participate through their ideas in rebuilding for the future. In effect they also develop Entrepreneurial Mindset and Skills, which will enable them to be Job Creators in the future.
Through a multi-stage approach, students develop critical 21st Century Skills like:
Public Speaking
Pitching
Creativity
Idea Generation
Problem Solving
Resourcefulness
Judges Panel in the Final
Dr. Neeta Bali
Director Principal
G D Goenka World School, Sohna
Renowned Academician and Education Leader
Er. AnujSinha
Chairman of the Board at Network of Organisations for S&T Communication
Former Director VigyanPrasar
Ms. Divya Rajput
India lead – Incubation Manager Training and South Asia Connect
Texas Global at The University of Texas at Austin
Mr. Ravi Kikan
CXO, Mentor to Startups & SMBs, Amazon Top Selling Author
Mr. Bibin Babu
Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Block Chain Evangelist
Keynote was delivered by Dr. Rituparna Basu
PhD (IIT-Kgp), Associate Professor & Marketing Area Chair IMI-K,
Mentor of Change for ATL by Niti Aayog, Govt of India
About the Organizer:
Youth Startup Network is world’s first youth centric entrepreneurship education organization, which aims to Educate, Empower and Enable the youth to be future job creators. It aims to provide a truly global platform and experience to our members. Youth Startup Network in collaboration with other like-minded global organizations is building an ecosystem for entrepreneurial mindset and skill set development.
Focused on age group of 10 years to 25 years, YSN organizes educational workshops, seminars, camps, experiential tours, coaching sessions, and mentoring webinars for the budding entrepreneurs. One must note that entrepreneurship education is not just for future business persons, and is critical building block to develop into a leader, creator and solver.
For further queries, please contact
Amit Verma
Founder – Youth Startup Network
+91-9910262721
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