EDC MIZORAM DISTRICT INNOVATIVE CHALLENGE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

EDC MIZORAM DISTRICT INNOVATIVE CHALLENGE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS:

            Entrepreneurship Development Centre’s first Innovative Challenge was held in all districts within Mizoram bringing together individuals and entrepreneurs with technological aptitude, innovative and entrepreneurial problem solving mindset/skill set as well as using the opportunity to promote Entrepreneurship Awareness. The Challenge is set in an open category where any individuals including students, working, freelancer or a start-up enthusiast may apply. It aims to pool the ideas and experiences of a diverse selection of individuals to generate innovative private solutions to solve public problems under Sustainable Development Goals.

            The Challenge consists of a 2 day programme as explained below: 

Day One: Problem Identification and Team Building

1.         Identification of public problems (higher weightage will be given to identify complex problems that the Government cannot solve by itself) and

2.         Suggest solutions through Private Sector involvement.

The panel will choose problems that need solution.  The participants whose suggested problems get selected for solution will be automatically selected as team leaders and will have a chance to choose their team and create a team or participants of 2 to 5 to work with and to formulate a solution to the selected problems.

Day Two: Private Solutions to Public Problems

The second stage of the Innovative Challenge is interacting with mentors and thereafter to fully develop the solution by each team. At the end of the day, the solutions will be reviewed by the panel wherein each team will make a 5-10 minute pitch on their solution with Q&A with the judges in front of the entire audience of participants, and then a winner will be selected.