National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 conferred to 30 Young Entrepreneurs and 6 Organizations / Individuals building Entrepreneurship eco-system in the country.
The awards were presented to honor outstanding contributions in entrepreneurship development ; 30 young entrepreneurs and 6 entrepreneurship ecosystem builders were conferred with the award ; The award included a trophy, a certificate and prize money up to Rs 10 lakhs
National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 conferred to 30 Young Entrepreneurs and 6 Organizations / Individuals building Entrepreneurship eco-system in the country The awards were presented to honor outstanding contributions in entrepreneurship development 30 young entrepreneurs and 6 entrepreneurship ecosystem builders were conferred with the award The award included a trophy, a certificate and prize money up to Rs 10 lakhsNew Delhi, November 9th, 2019: In the quest to give a boost to entrepreneurship in the country, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) today conferred Awards to 30 Young Entrepreneurs and 6 Organizations /Individuals contributing to entrepreneurship development during the fourth edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA). The award ceremony was held at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, and Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog felicitated the winners.
The event ceremony was also graced by Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship who has been spearheading the Ministry’s vision and focusing extensively on encouraging young skilled youth to take up entrepreneurship bringing the shift from being a job seeker to a job giver. Due to the concerted ground level effort, this year, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship witnessed a sharp increase not only in the total number of applications, but also in terms of completed applications from a variety of businesses. These ground level initiatives were in the form of targeted meetings, focused workshops, specialized gatherings like MSME meets, seminars at alumni gatherings of various business schools, One-on-One interaction with Entrepreneurs during Fairs and Exhibitions etc. All these collectively could create resounding effect to bring seriousness for completing applications although it meant some amount of hard work by the applicants. The number of completed applications grew from 2379 last year to 4134 this year. This 75% growth of successful entrepreneurs completing their application for National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019 is reflection of the increasing seriousness of young entrepreneurs for this coveted National Entrepreneurship Awards.
Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Congratulated the winners of National Entrepreneurship Awards,
Speaking on the entrepreneurial growth culture in India, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, said, “Today, India is at a threshold of startup boom, as we are world’s third fastest growing startup eco-system. With 7,200 startups, India is closely behind UK with 11,864 startups and catching up to US which has 41,500 startups in 2018. India is changing and so are the aspirations of its people. It is evident of drastic improvement in the business environment of course fueled by the innovative modules of business that we are witnessing from the youth of the country. It is our priority that we give the right kind of support to the aspiring talent and nurture and encourage our young minds to dream big and achieve bigger.”
“NEA2019 is a great platform to encourage young aspiring entrepreneurs and recognize the exemplary work that they have done adding to their personal and nation’s overall growth. I wish all of them the very best for their future and hope they further motivate many more to be a part of India’s growth story,” he further added.
For the successful execution of the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2019, MSDE partnered with twelve premier institutes and organization which are spread across the country, including IIT Madras (Lead Partner), IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, XLRI, TISS, NSIC, IIT Guwahati, IRMA, MANAGE, NIF, NABARD, and RSETI. These institutions were responsible for mobilizing nominations and evaluation process.
