Summary
Hundred ideas shortlisted for Business Blasters' Investment Summit on March 5
Around 500 to 700 students behind the ideas will be eligible for direct admission to BBA programmes in state universities and colleges
Students of Delhi government schools will present 100 business ideas at the Business Blasters’ Investment Summit on March 5.
Around 500 to 700 students behind the ideas will be eligible for direct admission to BBA programmes in state universities and colleges, including Delhi Technological University, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said.
Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said 51,000 start-up ideas were submitted by the students for the Business Blasters' initiative and 1,000 ideas were shortlisted for the second round.
“Out of these 1,000 ideas, over 100 student-led top business ideas have been selected. We will organise a Business Blasters’ Investment Summit on March 5 at Thyagaraj Stadium. These top business ideas will be put forth before the investors. I want all investors of the country, interested in new business ideas, to attend the summit,” Sisodia said.
Business Blasters is the Delhi government's start-up programme where students of Classes XI and XII propose business ideas and the government helps them give shape to the pitches.
The shortlisted students have been given training to answer all business-related queries, Sisodia said.
Future CEOs are being nurtured in Delhi government schools through the Business Blasters programme and they "will start companies like Apple, Google in the future".
"I want to invite all the investors to come and see where the future Tata, Birla and Infosys-like company owners are studying today. These students will one day provide jobs to many others,” Sisodia said.
The Delhi deputy chief minister said business ideas of student entrepreneurs of Delhi government schools have great potential.
“Investors should boost the confidence of our budding entrepreneurs by investing in them,” he said. “Impressed by the business ideas of Delhi government school students, investors from across the country have offered them an investment of Rs 12 crore.”
Sisodia said Delhi government schools were becoming job providers and contributing to the economy of the nation.
The Business Blasters programme is one of the world's largest start-up programmes wherein over 3 lakh students of Delhi government schools formed over 51,000 teams and received seed money of Rs 60 crore, the statement said.
Last updated on 02 Mar 2022
