THINK SMART FOR SMARTIDEATHON-2024

 Greetings from the Venture Development Centre, GITAM University Bengaluru.

We are delighted to invite you to participate in SmartIDEAthon-2024, a national-level idea pitching competition organized by the Venture Development Centre, GITAM Deemed-to-be University, in association with the Startup India, Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education (NUCEE), and Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University (NUCEM) Boston.

There are cash and grants (including a fully/partly sponsored trip to Boston, USA) up to INR 30,00,000 (INR Thirty lakhs). Six students (founders/co-founders) will be sponsored to visit Boston, USA, to attend an Immersion program at the Northeastern University.

The ideas are invited from themes that are currently relevant to our nation. The core focus of the event is to encourage students to work on startups that help build sustainable and resilient communities through innovation. The shortlisted candidates will be provided personalized coaching by internationally trained venture coaches to fine-tune their ideas through boot camps and coaching sessions.

Ideas are invited from the following five areas:

· AI & ML and its Applications

· Health and Assistive Tech

· AgriTech and Food

· Tech for Social Good

  Gaming and Gamification

 Click here to register and submit your idea. 

The last date for submissions is Sunday, 13th October 2024. 

Should you require additional information, please visit https://smartideathon.gitam.edu/ or write to us at smartideathon@gitam.edu. You can download the guidance document here. 

 We look forward to your participation!