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Experience how it feels to
Start-Up
while you are still
in school.
YEB Edition 6 will be conducted at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus from 25th – 30th May, 2024
Get a glimpse of the entrepreneurial ecosystem at BITS Pilani, whose alumni have founded leading companies across the globe
BITSians' Founded
Unicorn Startups
About YEB
at BITS Pilani
Young Entrepreneurs’ Boot Camp (YEB) at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus is a 6-day long residential program for school students (Grade 9 to 12 or equivalent) designed to give a glimpse of technology driven innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem at BITS Pilani. YEB will enlighten and actively engage the participants about various aspects of entrepreneurship through talks, workshops and visits to state of the art facilities at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. The talks will be delivered by eminent professors, entrepreneur’s, scientists, innovators and our distinguished alumni. The students will also get an opportunity to showcase their innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities via “BITS Pilani YEB Innovation Pitching Challenge”. Last but not the least, the program includes a lot of fun and cultural activities for students. Come on board to open the doors to the entrepreneurial world!
What will you get in
YEB Edition 6
Invited Speakers*
Speaker
Farheen Sayed
Director at Vanillakart
State award winning entrepreneur. Farheen Sayed is the Founder and CEO of vanillakart, Marketplace for unconventional Marketing services. Vanillakart caters to the needs of its wide range of clientele through its several automation and SaaS based products .Founded two award winning startups (brushflicks, 2015 and boxifer, 2017) with million dollar valuations. She has been a Blockchain enthusiast and experienced forex and cryptocurrency trader skilled in technical analysis and formulating trading strategies with over 4 years of trading experience. She is the author of the book trading with Japanese candlesticks.
Speaker
Amit Vasistha
Founder Get A Life Pvt Limited (MyGALF)
Founder Get A Life Pvt Limited (MyGALF), Set up in 2022 it is valued at ~5 million dollars .MyGALF s a fast growing wellness aggregator firm. Based in Mumbai, it has a PAN India presence and global aspirations. GALF Wellness App creates support for several health concerns faced by todays youth, including both physical and mental health.
An advocate of mentoring women leaders and Amit is part of the UN He-for-She campaign. A doting father of 2 teenage girls, Amit is passionate about endurance sports and completed Ironman70.3 at Kazakhstan in August 2022.
Speaker
D. S. Prashant
Chief Executive Officer - Startup and IT Promotion Cell, DITEC, Govt. of Goa
D. S. Prashant, the CEO of the Startup and IT Promotion Cell in the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications in Goa, has played a pivotal role in fostering entrepreneurship in the region. Prashant began his career with Glaxo India Ltd. in 1996 and transitioned to entrepreneurship development in 2000. Over the last 23 years, he has trained 10,000 individuals, supporting the establishment of over 2500 micro-enterprises, nurturing more than 150 startups, and securing funding for over 50 of them. He holds key positions in state and educational committees, including the Goa State Innovation Council, Innovation and Research Projects Appraisal Committee, Goa State Council for Science and Technology, District Skill Committee, among others, actively contributing to innovation and research projects.
Speaker
Lalit Saraswat
Sancoale Technologies is a Digital Marketing Company
Lalit is a serial entrepreneur, Past Chairman Confederation of Indian Industry Goa India, Keynote Speaker, and Marketer who can add significant strategic value to project. Lalit have diverse business experience across different industries and he is an Artist, a Hotelier, a Distributor, a storyteller and a lifelong learner.
Speaker
Lohit Sahu
CEO at Edzok
Lohit is the Founder & CEO at Edzok. Lohit graduated from BITS Pilani in 2009, and started his company from the business incubator at BITS Pilani. Since then Lohit has worked with governments, chain of schools and higher ed institutions to better different aspects of education. Lohit was also instrumental in executing UDAAN by CBSE to empower underprivileged girl children write JEE. Lohit's was ranked globally among top 25 by the Alan Alda Centre for Communicating Science at the Stony Brooke University. Lohit has also been named the "Star Entrepreneur of the Year" at IIIS and has been the recipient of BITSAA Global 30 Under 30 Award. Lohit has been a speaker at TEDx, Harvard's HUII and others.
Speaker
Shailesh Jha
Associate Vice President at Kotak Investment Bank
I am currently working as the Associate Vice President at Kotak Investment Bank, specializing in the Digital, AI and Robotics vertical. My work here is to lead the bank's thought leadership initiatives and develop a strong body of research that provides insights and actionable transaction strategies to our partners looking for M&A transactions and IPOs. These functions are a bigger part of a personal initiative to understand the internet economy and culture in India, similar to how Ben Evans and Eugene Wei have done for the US and Jeff Towson for China.
* More speakers will be added soon
Who can participate in
YEB-Pilani 2024
YEB is designed for school students who are excited about innovations and entrepreneurship. To participate in YEB 2024, you must be a student in any Grade between 9th to 12th (or equivalent). You need to submit your application before April 20th, 2024. It is advised to submit applications as early as possible, and not wait for the deadline.
Application fee is Rs. 500 per student.
Subsidized Fee for YEB 2024 (6-day programme) is Rs.20,000 per student.
This fee is inclusive of Accommodation, Meals, access to campus facilities (like gym, sports etc), access to YEB Lecture Sessions, access to YEB Hands-On Sessions.
Selection Process
Round 1
Essay (in 100-150 words)
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Who is your favorite Indian Start-up founder? Why?
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Goa, being a small state yet one of the most popular tourist destinations in India, is facing problems due to over-tourism. Identify one such problem (either existing or predicted for future) for Goa due to over-tourism. Suggest a simple solution for solving the problem that you have identified.
Essay to be evaluated according to an assessment rubric:
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Content
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Creativity
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Clarity
Round 2
Group Discussion : Applicants will be shortlisted for an online GD round. Students will be able to select a GD slot as per their schedule to avoid clash with exams.
Important Dates
25th
March
2024
Applications Open
20th onwards
April
2024
Results of Round 1
21th onwards
April
2024
Final Shortlist
20th
April
2024
Application Deadline
20th onwards
April
2024
GD Slots
25th - 30th
May
2024
YEB at K K Birla Goa Campus
YEB Edition 6
LEADERSHIP TEAM
for YEB at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus
COORDINATOR & ADVISOR
for YEB across all campuses
PROGRAM HEADS
for YEB at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus
CORE TEAM
for YEB at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus
Srikanth Mutnuri
Professor,
Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Kiran Dinkar Mali
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Anirban Roy
Associate Professor,
Chemical Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Arnab Banerjee
Associate Professor,
Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Swaroop Joshi
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science & Information Systems
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Ganesh Bapat
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Naveen Gupta
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Saurabh Chandrakant Patankar
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Saranya G. Nair
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Ch. V. V. S. N. V. Prasad
Associate Professor,
Economics & Finance
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Anil Wali
CEO, BioCyTiH
Arjun C Halarnkar
Senior Manager, Public Relations
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Malabika Biswas
Associate Professor,
Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Arfat Ahmad Sofi
Assistant Professor,
Economics & Finance
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Sumit Biswas
Professor,
Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Kunal Korgaonkar
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science & Information Systems
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Shalini Upadhyay
Professor,
Humanities & Social Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Sudeep Baudha
Assistant Professor,
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Iniyan Thiruselvam
Assistant Professor,
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Nitin Sharma
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Raviprasad Aduri
Associate Professor,
Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Rajorshi Sen Gupta
Associate Professor,
Economics & Finance
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Anjali Dixit
Assistant Registrar, Gen. Admin.
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus
Baiju Krishnan
IT Manager, Computer Centre
BITS Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus