Surat: Gujarat’s chemical industrial hub Bharuch has added a feather to its cap by becoming the first district in the country to introduce the District Startup and Innovation Framework. This will take entrepreneurship understanding to the level of school students, who will get financial support from the district administration if their startup idea clicks.
In the first six months, the administration plans to reach out to 20,000 students and explain to them about how they can get support for problem solving ideas.
These students will be from 44 higher education institutes and 150 schools.
Further, innovation clubs will be set up in 100 schools, at least 10 in each block of nine blocks in the district and ITIs.
“Bharuch is the first district in the country that has introduced the startup framework at the district level. The initiatives taken in Bharuch are important,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology, during his recent visit to the city.
The programme will be run through the District Industries Centre as nodal department while a District Startup and Innovation Council consisting of representatives from the government, industry, academia and society will supervise it.
“There are state and central schemes for startups, but we are trying to take them to the youth in remote places, villages, and the tribal people. We have given these programmes a shape so that students from our districts fit into it,” said Tushar Sumera, district collector, Bharuch.
In the first year, attempts are being made to support at least 300 student-led proof of concepts, prototype. Around 100 student-led innovations will be nurtured, while 50 startups will be incubated.
A total of 50 startups will be provided with the Startup Srujan Seed support by i-Hub, Gujarat.
In the first six months, the administration plans to reach out to 20,000 students and explain to them about how they can get support for problem solving ideas.
These students will be from 44 higher education institutes and 150 schools.
Further, innovation clubs will be set up in 100 schools, at least 10 in each block of nine blocks in the district and ITIs.
“Bharuch is the first district in the country that has introduced the startup framework at the district level. The initiatives taken in Bharuch are important,” said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union minister of state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology, during his recent visit to the city.
The programme will be run through the District Industries Centre as nodal department while a District Startup and Innovation Council consisting of representatives from the government, industry, academia and society will supervise it.
“There are state and central schemes for startups, but we are trying to take them to the youth in remote places, villages, and the tribal people. We have given these programmes a shape so that students from our districts fit into it,” said Tushar Sumera, district collector, Bharuch.
In the first year, attempts are being made to support at least 300 student-led proof of concepts, prototype. Around 100 student-led innovations will be nurtured, while 50 startups will be incubated.
A total of 50 startups will be provided with the Startup Srujan Seed support by i-Hub, Gujarat.