Global Indian International School organizes Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
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An innovative program that was conducted in partnership with professors from INSEAD Ivey Business School to develop entrepreneurial skills in its aspiring students
Global Indian
International School (GIIS), one of the leading international schools in India
and abroad, recently organized ‘Entrepreneurship Bootcamp’ for its 30 students
in one of its India campus. After successfully implementing around four
bootcamps in its Singapore campus, this was conducted in India with a vision to
make students adept to new age learning methodologies and equip them with a
global edge. Such bootcamps are part of the initiatives taken by GIIS's Global
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (GCIE) which aims to promote
innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial skills in the students. It is a
journey from ideation stage to the creation of a company which includes
tactical guidance, team selection, business modeling and pitching of ideas with
confidence to real investors. The professors from INSEAD and Ivey Business
School made the entire session of idea generation and pitching very seamless
for the students.
Commenting
on the initiative, Rajeev Katyal,
Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Global Schools Foundation and Country Director
India and Japan said, “Education
should aim at nurturing individuals so that they are best equipped to face the
challenges in life. The attitude of an innovator or the first-mover comes from
the ability to think out-of-the-box which requires design thinking, problem
solving and collaborating. Understanding the need to provide students with a
platform to experiment, explore and execute their ideas into action, is
therefore the primary responsibility of an educational institution.â€
Commenting on this, one
of the parents said, “Such an exposure on
entrepreneurship at a young age, by some of the best mentors who train the MBA
graduates, is a wonderful platform for our students. We were surprised to see
the students who participated, present their ideas with such clarity and
confidence. The students show such faith in oneself that they can easily
convince investors to fund their ideasâ€.
The Economic Survey
2018 released recently, stated a number of reforms to boost industrial growth
which includes: Make in India program, Start-up India and Intellectual Rights
Policy. Through the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, GIIS aims to cultivate the
skills in students needed in order to start a new business. The future of our country,
these young minds, will help model the growth of our country and make it future
ready to face the global world. The initiative is a unique entrepreneurship
competition which a school has initiated for their students.
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