Students to pitch business ideas to potential investors on TV
The Hindu
Sisodia says the ‘Business Blasters’ event will enable children to take their ventures to the next level
Class XI and XII students in Delhi Government schools who received seed money under the ‘Business Blasters’ programme will now get to pitch their projects to investors on a television show every Sunday. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told The Hindu that the opportunity to obtain investment capital could take their business ventures to the next level.
The first episode of the Business Blasters televised event on November 28 will witness business ideas – shortlisted from more than 50,000 ideas submitted by 3,00,000 students – being pitched to Mr. Sisodia and a panel of businessmen that includes Abhiraj Singh Bhal, co-founder and CEO of Urban Company, Nitin Saluja, founder of Chaayos and Sairee Chahal, founder and CEO of SHEROES.