Management Entrepreneurship Professional Skills Council (MEPSC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India and ThinkStartup are organizing YOUTH IDEATHON 2023, India’s Largest K-12 School Level Ideas Festival to harness innovation and entrepreneurship potential on young minds of India.
YOUTH IDEATHON 2023 is a 5-stage competition that shall be launched on 6th October 2023 and the finals shall be held on 18th Nov 2023. The theme of this event is “iStartup a Good Thing for India”. This is an online event. For fair representation of schools and students from each region, this year YOUTH IDEATHON shall have regional rounds. School students can submit their innovation ideas on the website www.YouthIdeathon.in.
The session for faculty and student on the topic “How to get Good Ideas” will be conducted by the organizers on 11th October, 2023 & 18th October, 2023. Faculty / Students can register for this workshop on the website (www.YouthIdeathon.in)
Started in 2021, YOUTH IDEATHON (www.YouthIdeathon.in) is India’s most exciting innovation and entrepreneurship competition for school students. The ideathon contest engages with youth to energize them and connect with their passions to discover societal problems and propose solutions that can make lives of humanity better. Its motto is MERA IDEA JO BADAL DE BHARAT, thereby implying, an idea that can change India. In the 2022 edition, more than 95000 school students from over 7000 schools. Now we are all set to launch Youth Ideathon 2023
Youth Ideathon 2023 (YI23) shall build upon the work of the 2nd edition of Youth Ideathon to carry forward the mission of developing school level entrepreneurship. YI23 festival is designed to encourage school students all across India to explore entrepreneurship through ideation, prototyping and idea pitch to expert panel. It is expected to generate participation from over 200,000 school students from all parts of India – cities, towns, villages, everywhere.
YI23 is OPEN for registration for following categories:
- All Bona-fide School Students from any school board – Central, State or International.
- Teachers and Mentors of School Students
- Schools
STUDENTS: YI23 is OPEN for all K12 School Students. However, students have to participate in teams of 3 to 5 members. Each member must be a bonafide school student. YI22 shall reward best teams.
TEACHERS / MENTORS: YI23 is also open to all school teachers / mentors. However, a teacher must have a student team who she is mentoring. YI23 shall special rewards for Teachers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
SCHOOLS: YI23 is also open to all Schools from any Board – Central / State / International. There are special rewards for Schools of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, on the basis of student and teacher participation
