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| SMartIDEAthon 2022 Gets Support From CEM And Vivek And Vandana Sharma Family Foundation |
08/24/2022
Thanks to a generous gift from the Vivek and Vandana family Foundation, the Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) is proud to be part of India’s buzzing startup scene by supporting and strengthening SmartIDEAthon—which may well be one of India’s biggest social innovation pitchfests.
SMartIDEAthon 2022 was organized by GITAM Deemed University’s Venture Development Centre, Northeastern University Center for Entrepreneurship Education (NUCEE), Northeastern University’s Center for Emerging Markets, and Startup India, the flagship national agency to promote entrepreneurship. CEM was able to add two additional prizes to this year’s competition, i.e. an expense-paid trip for members of two winning teams to Boston to learn first-hand about the city’s vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem.
“I was blown away by the quality of ideas and the passion of these young students.†Says Prof Ramamurthi, who was part of the jury selections.
SmartIDEAthon 2022 received over 1,200 submissions, from all corners of India, and represented a 6-fold increase over 2021. Submissions addressed pressing problems in Healthcare, Food and Agriculture, Clean/Green Tech, Waste Management, and Water Management. The 32 best teams traveled to GITAM U for the final rounds on August 10-11, 2022.
The jury for the finale was Professor Greg Collier, Director of International Programmes, NUCEE, Professor Ravi Ramamurti, director, CEM, Dr Surabhi Gupta, Manager, Startup India, Sreedevi Devireddy, vice president, Startup Ecosystem, Xelpmoc Design and Tech Ltd and malini parmar, co-founder, StoneSoup. Prof. Krish Nangegadda and his GITAM team did an outstanding job organizing the event.
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