Janhit Jagran

In their own words

Inspired by the Government of India’s Startup vision and committed to promote entrepreneurship in the areas related to the group’s 7 core concerns – educated society, healthy society, water and environment conservation, women empowerment poverty alleviation and human resource management, Janhit Jagran was launched in 2015 and its first winners were felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since then the initiative has evolved from being an annual award to an incubation platform and now offers funding up to Rupees 4 crore. Janhit Jagran travels to 30 cities across the country with its City Pitches. If you have an idea for a social enterprise or an innovative idea that can contribute in fixing India’s biggest development challenges, this could be the one for you. WHAT DOES IT OFFER AND TO WHOM? The initiative targets new and existing social startups working in the areas related to its core concerns and has a special incentive for college students with innovative ideas. The enterprise aspirants are offered mentoring and funding support -up to Rs 25 lac for each selected entry – by its incubation partners: Startup Oasis, Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science and Technology-IIT Kanpur, Innovation Park- IIM Calcutta and Technology Business Incubator-KIT Bhubaneswar. The student applicants get a chance to win training at IIM Calcutta besides cash prizes up to Rs 1 lac.

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