Atishi rolls out student start-up initiative with ₹40 crore seed money

In a bid to encourage budding student entrepreneurs, Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Thursday launched the third edition of the Business Blasters programme with a seed money of ₹40 crore.

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The programme was first introduced during the 2022-23 academic session.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi education minister Atishi said the programme is expected to attract around 2.45 lakh students who will have an opportunity to turn their innovative ideas into start-ups.

The Minister said it may help find a solution to the country’s unemployment situation if the students who drop out of Class 12 could provide employment to the youth through their business initiatives.

The Business Blasters programme is a Delhi government initiative that encourages entrepreneurship in school students.

This year, 2.45 lakh student entrepreneurs of Classes 11 and 12 with 40,000 start-up ideas will be able to benefit from the seed money.

The top 150 start-ups selected are then opened for public investment.