“NLUO Welcomes START UP ODISHA YATRA 2.0”
02 Sep 2022
On 2nd of September 2022, National Law University Odisha, Cuttack sharing the vision of our Honourable Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik organized Start up Odisha Yatra 2.0 in its campus. It was envisioned under the shade of Institution’s Innovation Council, NLUO and was organized by LexTech- Centre for Law, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, NLUO.
LexTech- Centre for Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation is dedicated to incubating, accelerating and mentoring innovative start-ups within and outside NLUO. The centre has registered its presence for more than 5 years now and continues to strive towards its aim of building and supporting entrepreneurs.
The Start-up Odisha van reached National Law University Odisha’s campus at 2 pm, 2nd of September, 2022. LexTech, NLUO. It was marked by the presence of our Registrar Prof Yogesh Pratap Singh and our Vice Chancellor Ma’am Prof Ved Kumari. Registrar Sir gave the welcome speech and motivated the students by his words to move along with their projects. Vice Chancellor Ma’am encouraged the students to produce more and more such ideas and shared her vision of making the Incubation Centre in collaboration with Odisha Hub. It was coordinated by the faculty advisors Ms. Madhubrata Rayasingh, Dr. Arjyalopa Mishra, Dr. Sudatta Barik, and Dr. Mayank Tiwari.
Start-up Odisha Yatra 2.0 has been initiated by Odisha’s Chief Minister, Shri Naveen Patnaik, a flagship initiative of Start-up Odisha. It aims at scouting grassroots innovators, women entrepreneurs, and promoting entrepreneurship among the youth. The Yatra will cover over 100 educational institutions in 30 districts over a period of 60 days. Launching the event, the Chief Minister stated that it will provide entrepreneurial exposure to the young minds and establish the culture of idea generation in the youth. The State has a mission of promoting and incubating 5000 Start-ups by 2025 and Start-up Odisha Yatra 2.0 will be pivotal in bringing innovative ideas to the forefront.
A boot camp was organised at the National Law University Odisha campus premises to encourage idea generation and to develop the spirit of entrepreneurship. A total of 14 ideas were pitched by the students of NLUO out of which most of them belonged to BBA-LLB stream. NLUO is one of the few NLUs which offers BBA-LLB course and helped students gain knowledge of business administration and law.
The ideas pitched by the youngsters will be evaluated and the winners will be awarded exciting cash prizes as announced by the Government of Odisha.
