Talking Taluka: Sensing & Diagnostic Report with BNI

TALKING TALUKAS RURAL YOUTH RISING

Sensing &

Diagnostic Report

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INDEX Sensing the State of Goa

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Goa in headline

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Looking at the bright side

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Rural Youth needs a platform

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Part A

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Part B

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Sensing report

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Dignostic report

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Team Talking Talukas

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SENSING THE STATE OF GOA India’s unemployment rate increased to 6.9% in February 2021 from 6.53% in the previous month, according to the latest data released by the private think-tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). Among the States, Haryana reported the highest unemployment rate of 26.4%, followed by Rajasthan at 25.6% and Goa at 21.1%. This makes Goa a state with the third-highest unemployment rate. Looking at the demographics of Goa, the situation looks grim.

Factors:

Implications:

Mining has shut down

Migration to metros /other states

Tourism is all-time low due to COVID

Unemployment due to over-dependency on Tourism &

28,000 Graduates pass out every year, out of which 60% are

Mining

girls

The exploitation of the human resource

The majority of graduates are First Generation and come from

Largely untapped natural resources

an economically challenged background

Underutilization of Goa’s strategic value

The rural youth is cut off from the mainstream

Island effect - huge catchment area for demand

Poor digital connectivity

untapped.

Traditional jobs, livelihood, business opportunities are scarce

Lack of collaborative and sustainable work systems

36 plus traditional Goan art forms are on the verge of

Lack of research

extension The state has 18% Geriatric population

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GOA IN HEADLINE

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Looking at the bright side

Goa falls among India’s 2 bio diversity zones India has It’s a state which is one of the most popular destinations internationally Has the state-of-the-art sea port and seamless air connectivity The state houses IIT, NIIT and Asia’s oldest Medical institute It is a Pharma Hub with more than 28 pharma companies Industrial estates with leading MNC’s like Siemens, IFB, HLL, P&G, NESTLE, FINOLEX, COCA COLA, SYNTEGON, PUTZMIESTER, BERGER PAINTS etc A State that had two legendary politician holding Defence & Ayush ministry.

A state that has given artists of international fame Goa has over 100+ NGOs and 6000 Self help groups

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RURAL YOUTH NEEDS A PLATFORM The rural youth is generally cut off from the mainstream.

Also, most of them are first-generation learners who lack basic infrastructure, connectivity, or resources. For such youth, startups and other such ideas are impossible propositions.

To address this issue, GDP Foundation launched GDP Talks: Talking Talukas - Rural Youth Rising This is an initiative to provide rural students a platform so that they come up with innovative solutions to the problems faced in the agriculture, healthcare and education sector.

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PART A

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Rural youth is second to none. They bring their own skill sets and expertise to the table. They have a better understanding of their surroundings and are in a better position to tell what they need in today’s ever-changing

WHAT IS GDP TALKS? This is interesting

time. But where they lack is getting a platform to express themselves, a platform that is not judgemental and of a neutral colour.

GDP Talks is this platform. It is a much-needed nudge to encourage the rural youth to bring to light issues they face with respect to agriculture, healthcare, and education and put forth their suggestions to make their life better. However, what makes this initiative unique is, we won’t stop at this.

We will empower the youth to turn their suggestions into reality. With experts and investors on board, the GDP Foundation can take the solution suggested by the student to a logical end along with the student. Also, though there are trophies and prizes, this is not a contest, but a Manthan of Thoughts that can be put to action for the benefit of the Rural Society.

GDP Talks is a joint activity undertaken by The GDP Foundation and its partner company, GoaBylane.

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TALKING TALUKAS Reaching the grassroot

Analysing Goa - Cluster by Cluster We understand that no two talukas are the same. Each has unique opportunities and faces a different set of problems and challenges in agriculture, healthcare and education.

Also, after considering the number of colleges in every taluka, we combined talukas into Clusters.

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WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

GDP Talks is an online initiative open for all students studying in First and Second year Graduation

Who can enter

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WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES? Four categories in which students can participate:

Talkathon

3 min audio clip in which a student narrates a real issue / opportunities related to Agriculture / Healthcare / Education Quepem, Sangem or Canacona Talukas are facing and the best entrepreneurial solution from his / her point of view

Thinker's Lounge

Students shall submit a 1,000 - 1,500 words essay describing an entrepreneurial solution for a problem or an opportunity related to Agriculture / Healthcare / Education in Quepem, Sangem or Canacona Talukas

Vocal for Local

Student shall conduct a video 2 min interview with an entrepreneur from Quepem, Sangem or

Lost In ByLane

A student / group of students shall bring to light a lost heritage / treasure from Quepem, Sangem

Canacona Talukas who has made a mark in Agriculture / Healthcare / Education sector.

or Canacona Talukas by producing a 2 min film on the same.

Student can participate in one category or more than one as well

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WHO WILL BE THE WINNER? GDP Talks doesn’t believe in winners and losers. It believes in WIP (Work In Progress).

However, entries which bring insights, innovation, cost effectiveness & sustainability will be appreciated as under:

1st Prize: Memento and a cash prize of Rs. 2,000/- in every category 2nd Prize: Memento and a cash prize of Rs. 1,500/- in every category 3rd Prize: Memento and a cash prize of Rs. 1,000/- in every category Every participant will receive a Certificate of Participation (digital).

GDP Talks will present a Rolling Trophy to the institution who will win maximum prizes in Cluster 02 - Quepem, Sangem & Canacona Talukas.

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CLUSTER 01 Salcette Taluka

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Cluster 01 - Salcette Taluka Looking at the number of college in three talukas we decided to club them together into one cluster.

Colleges that participated: Rosary College of Commerce and Arts Parvatibai Chowgule College Of Arts & Science Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics Carmel College for Women Cuncolim Educational Society's College of Arts & Commerce Govind Ramnath Kare College Of Law

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01. Registration Registration starts: 18th Feb 2021 Submission ends: 4th March 2021 Register on website www.gdpideaz.com and pay entrance fees Rs. 75/- per entry per category

TIMELINE

(One student can participate in multiple categories)

02. Evaluation 8th - 10th March 2021 All entries will be evaluated by our experts

03. Declaration of Results / Awards 20th March 2021 Prize Distribution* *Subject to COVID norm

LAUNCHING TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 1 AT RAVINDRA BHAVAN, MADGAON Launching Talking Talukas

Mr. Santosh Janglye appointed as the brand ambassador

Mr. Chandrakant Kavlekar - Hon. Deputy CM, Goa

Parag Veluskar - Trustee, GDP Foundation

Mr. Saiesh Naik - Project Manager, GDP Foundation

Mr. Kishore Shah - Managing Trustee, GDP Foundation

Poster Reveal event

Team Talking Taluka

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ORIENTATION & ICE BREAKING

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PARTICIPATION TOTAL: 91

Girls: 61 (67%) Boys: 30 (33%)

Percentage of student participation form each faculty

Science (11) 12%

Vocational (4) 4%

No. of entries per category

Thinker's Lounge (46) Talkathon (26) Arts (37) 41%

Vocal for Local (13) Lost in Bylanes (26) 0

Commerce (39) 43%

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PRIZE WINNERS Thinker's Lounge

Talkathon

Vocal For Local

Lost In Bylanes

Vaibhav Majalikar

Esha Kankonker

Jackson Rodrigues

Vaibhav Vithuray Naik

Second Appreciation Prize

Kimberly Queenie Ferrao

Anand Bale

Namira Naroo

Taaniya Kirtani

Third Appreciation Prize

Lizanne Nadia Rodrigues

Anirudh Bhat

Laxmi Marandi

Rekha Oli

First Appreciation Prize

Change Agent Award Mohan Undakoti (Rosary College of Commerce and Arts)

Rolling Trophy Rosary College of Commerce and Arts

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GIST OF AWARD WINNING ENTRIES EDUCATION

Thinker's Lounge

Talkathon

HEALTHCARE

Taluka-based learning in

Using IoT in healthcare to

Smart class rooms

predict diseases

Providing holistic education

Using of GI for solid waste and

in Rural settings

wet waste in Margaon

AGRICULTURE Complete end to end ideas on horticulture, poultry & hydrophonics

Simple smart demand creation and designing logistics for perishable goods

An interview with Mr. Eluterio Carneiro, Vocal For Local

interview with Mr. Iftikar Shaikh

a teacher and a farmer

who conducts training camps Interview with Mr. Savio Sequeira, Springfiled (India) Distilleries Effordable sanitisors

How a untapped portugues villa can be a tourist hotspot Lost in Bylanes

How a primary school in a rural setting can be a potential tourist attraction Exploring Rachol as untapped location for experiencial tourism

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AWARD FUNCTION FOR CLUSTER 1 HOSTED BY ROSARY COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS

Poster Launch event

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CLUSTER 02 Quepem, Sanguem & Canacona Talukas

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Cluster 02 - Quepem, Sanguem & Canacona Talukas Looking at the number of colleges in three talukas, we decided to club them together into one cluster.

Colleges that participated: Don Bosco College Of Agriculture Government College Of Arts, Science And Commerce Dnyan Prabodhini Mandal's Shree Mallikarjun College Of Arts & Commerce

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01. Registration Registration starts: 1st Feb 2021 / Submission ends: 21st Feb 2021 Register on website www.gdpideaz.com and pay entrance fees Rs. 75/- per entry per category

REMEMBER THE FLOW

(One student can participate in multiple categories)

02. Evaluation 22th - 26th Feb 2021 All entries will be evaluated by our experts

03. Declaration of Results 27th - 28th Feb 2021 Declaration of Results 1st Week of March 2021 Prize Distribution* *Subject to COVID norm

ORIENTATION OF TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 2

Father....?????

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LAUNCHING TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 2 AT MALLIKARJUN COLLEGE, CANACONA

Launching Talking Talukas

Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar - Principal, DBCA

Ameya Salatry - Trustee, GDP Foundation

Poster Reveal event

Regsitration

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LAUNCHING TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 2 AT MALLIKARJUN COLLEGE, CANACONA

The audience

Launching Talking Talukas

Dr. Manoj Kamat - Principal, Mallikarjun College

Mr. Sandesh Prabhukhanolkar - Trustee, GDP Foundation

Poster Launch event

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PARTICIPATION TOTAL: 219

Girls: 118 (54%) Boys: 101 (46%)

Percentage of student participation form each faculty Arts (36) 16%

No. of entries per category

Thinker's Lounge (152) Commerce (6) 3%

Talkathon (14) Vocal for Local (19) Lost in Bylanes (40) 0

Science (177) 81%

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PRIZE WINNERS Thinker's Lounge

Talkathon

Vocal For Local

Lost In Bylanes

First Appreciation Prize

Sania Bepari

Utkarsh Swant Dessai

Harsha Gaonkar

Mahboob Nadaf

Second Appreciation Prize

Yeshvita Velip

Abigal Barretto

Roma Khandekar

Laxmi Vagmude

Krutika Raut

Jolitta Fernandes

Pranjali Dessai

Vignesh Shetye

Third Appreciation Prize

Change Agent Award Dr. Rakesh Kawale (Don Bosco College of Agriculture)

Rolling Trophy Don Bosco College of Agriculture

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GIST OF AWARD WINNING ENTRIES EDUCATION / UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITY

Thinker's Lounge

HEALTHCARE

AGRICULTURE Comprehensive study of Sanguem and

Providing quality education in

its traditional flora and fauna

rural setting after factoring the felt needs

Efficient and effective way of reusing banana plant

Talkathon

Reviving ethnic fashion

Simple and cost effective method to

Supplying vegetables as

using local resources

create bio-fuel

required in the recipe

Women entrepreneur - Coconut farming Women entrepreneur - Plant nursery

Vocal For Local

Jaggery Production

Exploring an underrated tourist attraction and developing into adventure sports training for rural childrean Lost in Bylanes

A blueprint for the region of Cancona to create a discovery lab Exploring a temple which has a potential to be an offbeat tourism destination

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AWARD FUNCTION FOR CLUSTER 2 HOSTED BY GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF QUEPEM

Poster Launch event

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CLUSTER 03 Ponda & Dharbandora Talukas

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Cluster 03 - Ponda & Dhardandora Talukas Looking at the number of colleges in three talukas we decided to club them together into one cluster.

Colleges that participated: GVM Gopal Govind Poy Raiturcar College of Commerce and Economics Swami Vivekanand Vidyaprasarak Mandal's College of Commerce Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola Goa Multi Faculty College, Dharbandora PES College of Arts and Science GVM Dada Vaidya College of Education

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01. Registration Registration starts: 12th March 2021 Submission ends: 25th March 2021 Register on website www.gdpideaz.com and pay entrance fees

REMEMBER THE FLOW

Rs. 75/- per entry per category (One student can participate in multiple categories)

02. Evaluation 26th - 30th March 2021 All entries will be evaluated by our experts

03. Declaration of Results / Awards 31st March - 2nd April 2021 3rd - 4th April 2021 - Prize Distribution* *Subject to COVID norm

ORIENTATION OF TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 3

Launching Talking Talukas

Father....?????

Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar - Principal, DBCA

Ameya Salatry - Trustee, GDP Foundation

Poster Reveal event

Regsitration

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LAUNCHING TALKING TALUKAS - CLUSTER 3 AT GOPAL GOVIND POY RAITURCAR COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS

Launching Talking Talukas

Father....?????

Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar - Principal, DBCA

Ameya Salatry - Trustee, GDP Foundation

Poster Reveal event

Regsitration

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PARTICIPATION TOTAL: 153

Girls: 95 (62.10%) Boys: 58 (37.90%)

Percentage of student participation form each faculty

No. of entries per category

Arts (11) 7.2%

Thinker's Lounge (26) Talkathon (72)

B.Ed. (71) 46.4%

Commerce (56) 36.6%

Vocal for Local (31) Lost in Bylanes (41) 0

Science (15) 9.8%

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PRIZE WINNERS Thinker's Lounge

Talkathon

Vocal For Local

Lost In Bylanes

First Appreciation Prize

Sunny Mathew

Chaitali Parsekar

Poorvi Chodankar

Nilesh Mapari

Second Appreciation Prize

Vaishnavi Ghadi

Ravi Krishna

Rudresh Gaonkar

Vishwanath Varde

Nithal Naik

Ankita Agarwadekar

Vallany Cruz

Prajyot Naik

Third Appreciation Prize

Change Agent Award Mr. Sanjay Govekar - Associate Professor GVM's Dada Vaidya College of Education

Rolling Trophy PES College of Arts and Science

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GIST OF AWARD WINNING ENTRIES EDUCATION / UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITY

HEALTHCARE

AGRICULTURE

Fusing vocational training with syllabus Thinker's Lounge Women Empowerment; an educative collaboration

Making of customised cloths for patients to make their life easy

of students & SHGs Unique process of waste management, Talkathon

Preparing a chain of process of waste segregation

from collecting waste flowers Reviving the traditional method of bee keeping

Vocal For Local

A short video of her own business of

Interview with Mr Deepraj Gaude,

Interview with owners & founders of

stitching dresses and other products

a young artist from the village of Bori

Laxmikant Herbal Life

Developing Khadepar Caves as a new tourist attraction Lost in Bylanes

Developing a new Nature trail for birders, nature lovers and Botany enthusiasts Making temple a tourist attraction

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Prizes for Cluster 3 sponsored by

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PRIZE DISTRIBUTION - TALKING TALUKAS CLUSTER 3 Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar - Principal, DBCA

Regsitration

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PART B

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THE WAY AHEAD All ideas need nuturing and nourishing We will take up promising ideas and suggestions in 4 categories for implementation.

What GDP Talks promises*: Mentoring by industry stalwarts Prototyping assistance Industry intervention Investor readiness *Conditions apply

This will be a golden opportunity for students to take their first step into the world of social entrepreneurship...

Transform themselves and their talukas.

GDP Talks is not a contest or a competition. It is our way to make rural India Atmanirbhar in true sense.

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01 All award winners are contacted for PART 2 and are guided to take their idea

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Exceeding Expectations

to the next stage - the implementation stage.

02 GDP Foundation will conduct interactive sessions with the Change Agents of the respective Clusters, students, and relevant SHG. Though we started with one-on-one interactions, due to the widespread of COVID, we are conducting online sessions.

03 We are shortlisting potential young entrepreneurs. Also, we have initiated the process to construct a mutual framework with industries / SHGs

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OUR METHODOLOGY Interviews

Online Sessions

Forming a Supply chain

Interviews of Awardees are conducted to

We have started conducting Mentoring

Once BMC and BSC are completed, a

and competencies are mapped considering

Session of awardees

supply chain will be formed (Awardees,

the following parameters:

Awardees along with the Change

SHG, Coordinators)

Agent work on Business Model Canvas

We will prepare pilot projects along

1. Optimistic perspective

(BMC) and Business Score Card (BSC)

with the students

2. Proactiveness

The awardees are imparted basic

We will scout for small orders to test

3. Decision-making efficiency

knowledge about Social Media

the pilot project

4. Identifying customer needs

Marketing (Facebook, Instagram)

We will ensure that the orders are met We will help students to scale up their project if successful

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ONLINE MENTORING Dr. Suresh Kunkalikar - Principal, DBCA

Regsitration

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SENSING REPORT The Ground Reality

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COL SUKHAMAN SINGH (RETD) DEPUTY DIRECTOR In the year 2018, the Ministry of Education (MoE) through MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) launched the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) program in collaboration with AICTE for Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to systematically foster the culture of innovation and start-up ecosystem in education institutions. Its role is to engage large number of faculty, students and staff in various innovation and entrepreneurship related activities so that innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem gets established and stabilized in HEIs. It is designed to address the existing challenges/issues in HEIs such as less numbers, occasional and unplanned Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) activities organised in HEIs with low involvement of top leadership, lack of coherence and absence of synergy in resource mobilization, deployment and underutilization of creative potential of youths.

It is disheartening to know that Goa with population of about 18 Lakh has only 02 Institutes and 15 Colleges (less than 50 %) which is even less than Puducherry with population of 14 Lakh and having 3 institutes and 16 Colleges registered with MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC).

VIVEK PATIL PROJECT MANAGER CLUSTER 01: Salcete Taluka Lukewarm response from the staff of the educational institute A little resistance to the idea and hesitance to adopt this new idea Students needed a lot of coaxing and encouragement College co-ordinators became non-responsive after a point in time Students: Low Energy ---- Low Focus

CLUSTER 02: Quepem, Sanguem & Canacona Of the three colleges, two colleges were super excited and gave full-fledged support. One institute went inside their shell once the activity was rolled out Principals of two colleges went out of the way to ensure a great response Students were very enthusiastic Students and Co-ordinators became a little complacent once the entries were awarded Students: High Energy - Low Focus

CLUSTER 03: Ponda & Dharbandora A moderate response overall Students were enthusiastic in the beginning but complacent once the awards were declared Co-ordinators were not too enthusiastic during the entire process Students: Moderate Energy - Low Focus

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DIAGNOSTIC REPORT What can be done now

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In a nutshell Rural youth have the skills, but lack encouragement Entrepreneurial Cells in institutes are run by professors who lack

DIAGNOSIS

real market intel Mentoring for talent is crucial Young ideas need marketing and branding intel Raw Ideas need industry expert's help become investor ready A synergic ecosystem between Industry, Education Institutes, Students and Self Help Group needs to be established Ideas need to be adapted by the industry as young thinkers need a lot of hand holding We need to join Demand to Supply

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Process we intend to follow

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We need your help We at GDP believe that every idea should be taken to a logical end.

And we can only do that if industries and trade conglomerates can collaborate with us. It is time for the industries to step forward.

Because these new ideas need hand-holding. These new-age entrepreneurs need your mentoring. These entrepreneurs need your

AN APPEAL TO BNI

guidance to upgrade their skillsets.

Imagine if a small trust like GDP can encourage students to think of innovative business ideas, imagine what wonders we can create together. Together we can strengthen Innovation Center in every college.

The way we see it, this is a perfect opportunity to shed BNI's image as a very urban-centric association. WHY NOT RURAL? Together we can make a difference in the lives of the Rural Youth. BNI has immense business intel they can share with the rural youth and GDP Foundation has a bank of high potential ideas that are ready to fly.

So let us join hands and rebuild the world.

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TEAM TALKING TALUKAS It’s time to shift our focus to the grassroots and relook at rural India.

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It’s time to rethink ways to make our Bharat equal to India. For which

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rural India needs is a quality ecosystem in the Agriculture, Healthcare

your problem is. Demerg Systems does whatever it takes to design

& Education sector. The GDP Foundation aims to achieve just that.

the most optimum and cost-effective solution.

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at the welfare of Goan Communities. GoaBylane plans to inspire,

environment between the students, companies & educational

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hinterland of Goa.

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www.goabylane.com

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GDP FOUNDATION www.gdpideaz.org Col. Sukhaman Singh (Retd), Deputy Director Phone: +91 99582 98446 Email: dtydirector@gdpideaz.org