The first leg of Business Blasters, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government’s start-up programme concluded on Sunday.
In these episodes, the country witnessed the success stories of students from Delhi Government schools and their businesses.
In the last episode students were seen pitching business ideas to judges, Mekin Maheshwari of Udhyam and Shreyasi Singh of Harappa Education, who were accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia.
The first team to go on the floors was Digital Suraksha. Members of this start-up belong to an area where theft is common. With Business Blasters, the team decided to make a shutter alarm system which not only goes off with a siren when the shutter is moved but also alerts the owner with a phone call. They have aptly called this alarm 'Chor machaye shor'. Wowed by the ideas of the students, the judges invested a grand total of `1.75 lakhs in their business with 1 lakh coming from Maheshwari and the rest from Singh.
Rainbow Home Industries was the episode's second team. This start-up, led by girls from Delhi government schools, makes hand-knitted products such as bedspreads, sweaters, and ponchos. They actually started whilst also hiring and training local housewives, who now work on a commission basis with the team to complete the orders. The girls not only managed to get an investment of ` 25,000 from Maheshwari but also advanced orders of 40 bedsheets from both the judges. The judges also offered support to the students to help them connect to NGOs that can get them more hands to work with and sales opportunities.
The Mobility Transformers were the third team. This start-up created a prototype of a low-cost motorised wheelchair in order to provide a solution for the specially abled. They can even personalise the wheelchairs based on the user's requirements. Hospitals and wholesalers have already approached this start-up for orders! The judges were floored by the invention of these government school students and they offered an investment of `1.75 lacs to the team with `50,000 coming from Singh and the rest from Maheshwari.
Eight episodes of BB saw young entrepreneurs receive over Rs 25 lacs in funding.