The Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC) in Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP) is buzzing with activities as youngsters vie with each other to get ideas selected and turn them into successful business enterprises.
Initiated by the Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce (SACC) in collaboration with the UT Department of Information Technology, the ‘Startup Weekend’ a 54-hour marathon, began on Friday. KK Sharma, Advisor to the UT Administrator inaugurated the ‘Startup Weekend’ where nearly 80 professionals, software engineers, designers, developers, and students have registered to validate their ideas during the three-day event. He said EDC facility would be available to encourage young entrepreneurs. They are willing to change the fees. Prerna Puri Wasu, UT Secretary IT said that the weekends are centred on action, innovation, and education beginning with business model development, basic prototype creation on Friday to presenting demos to the jury of potential investors and local entrepreneurs on Sunday.