Event :Start Up India Jharkhand Yatra 2018
The Start Up India Campaign has been progressively launched on a wide spectrum in the state of Jharkhand.In fact,Jharkhand has proved to be a fore runner of this StartUp Campaign.The state CM,Sri.Raghubar Das inaugurated the campaign on 13th August at Ranchi.Subsequently BIT Deoghar was made the district Boot Camp for the participants of different colleges of Deoghar district.It was held in the campus of BIT Deoghar on 21st August 2018 in which 210 participants turned up.
The occasion was also graced by JIL delegates from Ranchi,
Campaign representatives from Delhi and district administration.
The Deputy Commissioner and other dignitaries took part in the programme. 56 innovative business ideas were presented by the students of BIT Deoghar,out of which 18 ideas (teams) were selected for the final round,held in Project Bhawan,Ranchi.
There were four categories of entrepreneurship related to Women,Agriculture Social and Technical Enterpreneurships.
Vanika and Pragya of BIT Deoghar bagged 1st prize in the category of Women entrepreneurs getting incubation offers from Icreate & AISTAC and and prize money of Rs. 75000 /- .Aman Sharma and Vedant secured 2nd prize in the Technical category got incubation offers from four organisations and prize money of Rs. 5000/-.
Yet another team comprising of Vibhor along with three students got offers from Atal incubation.These budding engineers competed with top institutes like IIT-ISM Dhanbad,IIT BHU,BIT Mesra,BIT Sindri,NIT Jamshedpur,Ranchi University,Vinoba Bhave University, making BIT Deoghar and Deoghar district as well as the state of Jharkhand a matter of immense pride. The students of BIT Deoghar have once again proved their potentials in the field of innovation and social entrepreneurship.
The students team was mentored by Prof.Ashutosh Kumar,Deptt of Mechanical Engineering,BIT Deoghar in the capacity of In-Charge,Enterpreneurship Development Cell(EDC) of the institute. Along with the well motivated support extended to the Campaign by Dr.R.C.Jha,Director BIT Deoghar,he expressed his wishes to the students and encouraged them to take up innovative enterprising ventures after graduation,so as to create jobs for the society rather than seek for one. "