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The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp and Venture Competition ) featured pairs of inspired student entrepreneurs handpicked from over 17,000+ Indian colleges and 700 + universities. Each venture team presented ideas to innovate across several sectors of national importance to unlock business opportunities fit for the Indian commercial landscape.

A community of 600 + Students, start-up founders, investors, and coaches from India & Canada working online together.
An open-education model that will now allow us to train thousands of Indian Student Entrepreneurs (to support the unprecedented waitlist from 2022).
A new 30-day intensive Mentorship/Acceleration program for the top 25 Student Teams (2 Indian + 2 Schulich Students).
Indian Student Ventures in the Top 25 will receive dedicated mentorship from a specialized Canadian and Indian mentor over 3 weeks
Inspirational Keynote speeches and remarks by dignitaries and leaders promote social entrepreneurship and deeper connections between the two ecosystems.
A Grand Finale with live pitches from the Top 6 teams streamed to an estimated audience of 10,000+.

The theme of this Together 2023 was ‘Self Reliability, Sustainability, and Social Purpose’, with eight sectors as follows:

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e-Mobility

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Environment and Energy

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Health Care

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Income Security and FinTech

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Food and Agriculture

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Telecommunication

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Textiles

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Education

Indian student entrepreneurs are recruited by Startup India and supported by teams of top Masters Students from Schulich School of Business and Lassonde School of Engineering or post secondary students from leading insitution in Canada throughout the Bootcamp. We are also pair Mentors from India with Mentors from Canada to support these innovators further and help them refine their pitches for the judges.

The new businesses are owned by the Indian student entrepreneurs and the winners of the competition are rewarded with access to powerful startup tools, global networks, and monetary support to realize their dream.

This event witnesses several successful innovation leaders and venture capitalists from Canada and India each who wear the hats of an event speaker, mentor, judge, or coach. This initiative is supported by leading global organizations.

For a more comprehensive list of the contributors please visit the web page in the top menu.

Schulich is known as Canada’s Global Business School™, the Schulich School of Business is ranked #1 in Canada and among the world’s leading business schools by a number of global MBA surveys, including The Economist, Forbes, CNN Expansión and Corporate Knights. The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program is ranked #8 in the world by The Economist and #4 in the world among joint programs by QS MBA. Schulich (York University) is already deeply committed to our larger academic partnership with the Government of India. Each year, our Schulich Campus in Hyderabad welcomes 55 students to our MBA in India Program (with their first year in India and second year in Toronto, Canada).

Schulich is deeply invested in developing entrepreneurial leaders for the future. Its ‘Schulich Startups’ community includes 3,000 members and 150 Schulich-founded companies. ‘Schulich Startups’ is led by the Co-Director of the Entrepreneurial Studies Program, Chris Carder – himself a serial entrepreneur and angel investor.

Schulich has also demonstrated an exceptional ability throughout COVID-19 to move with lightning speed, partner effectively, and make an entrepreneurial impact. As a key partner in the Digital Main Street ShopHERE Initiative during the pandemic, we rallied 100 Schulich Student Leaders to support the program within weeks, helping bring tens of thousands of small businesses online and partnering with Shopify, Google, Facebook/Instagram, Microsoft, and Mastercard Canada.

Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong ecosystem that is conducive for the growth of startup businesses, to drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Government through this initiative aims to empower startups to grow through innovation and design.

Several programs have been undertaken since the launch of the initiative on 16th of January, 2016 by Hon’ble Prime Minister, to contribute to his vision of transforming India into a country of job creators instead of job seekers. These programs have catalyzed the startup culture, with startups getting recognized through the Startup India initiative and many entrepreneurs availing the benefits of starting their own business in India.