Department of Information Technology & e-Governance in association with IIMA and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Innovation Lab, organised fifth meeting of State Evaluation Board on January 27 and 28 for evaluation of startup ideas at Ranchi, under the provision of Jharkhand state Startup policy 2016 and its amendment/ addendum at Auditorium Hall, JAPIT, Dhurwa, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
All the applications received through abvil.jharkhand.gov.in from July 26, 2019 to December 25, 2019 went through two rounds of screening by ABVIL and IIM Ahmedabad team screened 56 ides submitted through ABVIL website. Total 28 budding entrepreneurs from across Jharkhand were shortlisted for PowerPoint presentation to Jharkhand State Evaluation Board members on January 27 and 28.
The event was graced by the presence of Divyanshu Jha, Director DoIT & e-Gov., GoJ & CEO – ABVIL and 17 SEB members. The Director in his address welcomed the jury members and encouraged the startups to create employment opportunities and add value in the State of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Government in an attempt to drive firm and fundamental strides towards building a robust business friendly ecosystem, which promotes innovation and nurtures entrepreneurial spirits, organised 5th SEB Meet in Ranchi .
Jha urged that in today’s environment Startup culture brings, Innovation, solutions of various state and the national soil problems; passion to pursue owns ideas & dream etc. This will support in evolving favorable environments for startups and can help transform the Landscape of entrepreneurship in this region”. Department of IT, Government of Jharkhand has undertaken a unique initiative of supporting and facilitating new ideas, plans, research and development and facilitates it with the various funds and incentives which are mentioned in the Jharkhand Startup Policy 2016.” The Government is focused on providing the Startup with state-of-art infrastructure embedded with the plug and play facility along with program management capabilities.” He also mentioned that if one is attempting to start an enterprise in the eastern region of India, this can help transform the landscape of entrepreneurship in this region”.
The entrepreneurs from across Jharkhand were shortlisted to give pitch presentation on their ideas during the SEB meet. SEB Members congratulated Startups for their zeal for innovation and extended all necessary support to build Startup ecosystem in the State and help Startups to scale up their business.
They encouraged the startups to leverage local resources and to create employment opportunities and value in the State and last but not the least build organisation with national as well as international footprint.
Sunil K Poddar, Under Secretary, DoIT and D.S. Verma, Programmer, DoIT & e-Governance further highlighted the State initiatives on development of Startup ecosystem and concluded with a vote of thanks.
