Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: The bootcamp campaign of Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) under Startup Policy-J&K concluded with its last program at frontier district Poonch today.
The bootcamp was conducted by JKEDI Startup team. The program started with an overview of the activities of JKEDI by the District Team, Poonch. Dr. Sheikh Fayaz, Innovation Consultant JKEDI delivered an exhaustive presentation on the need and history of innovation. He discussed the need for innovation since times immemorial. Syeed Firdous, Project Manager discussed various aspects of JKEDI Startup Policy- 2018.District Nodal Officer, Poonch, Faheem Mir and Iqbal Ali, Assistant Faculty coordinated the program.
The program was followed by the idea pitching session wherein the students were briefed with some of the existing problems by Dr. Fayaz and the solutions were sought from the students.
The bootcamp campaign began earlier on January 31, 2019 from ITI Samba followed Kathua, Udhampur, Kishtwar, Doda, Reasi, Jammu, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch. 10 boot camps were organized in which more than 2000 youth from ITIs, polytechnic colleges and degree colleges participated. During these programs JKEDI received over 500 business ideas from the participants.
In the next phase, JKEDI will screen the ideas received. The potential as well as innovative ideas will be considered for upscaling at JKEDI incubation centre, Jammu. JKEDI and the innovative idea givers will work jointly to refine them further.
The main objective of organizing the boot camps was to bring mass awareness about the Startup policy and to inculcate the spirit of innovation among the youth and give a flip to the conversion of innovative ideas into profitable business ventures. The campaign also aimed at creating an ecosystem wherein the creative thought process will be appreciated.
J&K Startup Policy-2018 was introduced in September 2018 and under this initiative, the Government of J&K envisages to build a robust startup ecosystem in the State to nurture innovation and providing opportunities to budding Startups.
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