Startup Activities
AICTE Regional Mentoring Session – Day 3: Pitch, Present, Celebrate
The final day of the Three-Day Boot Camp (School Innovation Contest), held on 30th January 2026 at New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, centered on communication, sustainability, and celebration. Morning sessions taught teams to frame their ideas with financial viability — costs, benefits, and revenue considerations — followed by an intensive mentor-led Pitch Clinic focused on delivery, storytelling, and Q&A handling. Teams then pitched across multiple evaluation boards (Library, Incubation Centre, Idea Lab, Capgemini Lab, Industry 4.0 Lab, and Schneider Electric Lab), receiving formal scoring and feedback from mentors including Dr. Mohan Das, Dr. Sujin Jose, Dr. Monika Gupta, and others, alongside Wadhwani Foundation experts. Participating schools included PM SHRI Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and Adarsh Vidyalayas from multiple districts. The event closed with a ceremony featuring dignitary addresses, participant feedback, felicitations, certificate distribution, and the national anthem — capping a program that bridged ideation, prototyping, and professional pitching for sustainable, AI-aware school innovation.
