The year 2023 is the year of remarkable change for India. According to IMF report, not only we are one of the fastest growing economies in the world but also we have become the most populous country in the world. Considering the fact that development of any society hinges on the development of human capital,…

At ThinkStartup, we believe 2023 is going to be exciting.  This is the year where pressure of job loss will encourage people into side-hustle and we will see more entrepreneurial ideas come to fore. For innovation and entrepreneurship, ThinkStartup team deliberated to come up with ten themes for the year 2023. These are #1 Explosion…

ThinkStartup family has a great news for you.   Dakshayani Pandey, winner of Youth Ideathon 2021, organised by ThinkStartup for her innovative Mission Protector, an indigenously built cardboard prototype of an automobile that can save lives due to increase in level of carbon monoxide, has been awarded admission at world’s most prestigious Stanford University, California…

Professor Mohanbir Sawhney is not just the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology at the Kellogg School of Management, a well-renowned author and consultant, serving on the Board of Directors at Reliance Jio Infocomm, and a figure with many more titles and accolades…he is also a published poet and most importantly, a recognised leading thinker of…

Yesterday, we had a very interesting session by Ms. Sairee Chahal, founder and CEO of SHEROES. Some of the key lessons we learnt were: Start young, start small, start simple:Ms.Chahal herself had started working while as young as 17, and this ensured that she had more than 4-5 years of work experience by the time…

Prof. Jeanne Lietdka is a professor of Strategy, Ethics & Entrepreneurship, who has also authored the book Designing for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector. She is an expert on design thinking.In her session, she mentioned the need on focusing on customers , their need and empathize with them. She mentioned that we…

Have you heard the terms Design Thinking, Moses Myth, Napkin Pitch or ‘Job to be Done’ ? Well, our session with the amazing Prof. Jeanne Liedtka taught us all this and more. Design thinking is essentially a problem solving approach which keeps the customer in the centre of the product design process. She described it…

Think of Mowgli and his struggle of growing up in a jungle fighting enemies like Shere Khan, befriending Bhagheera and others – we all love that Jungle Book story, don’t we? Well, inspired by this story, Mr. Rahul Garg named his company Moglix ! And we, the top 125 students of the youth ideathon contest…

Our session with Dr.Sanjay Kumar, India Country Director, Harvard Univeristy was an eye opener for most of the attendees. Often we are so enamored with our ideas and potential solutions to perceived problems that we fail to really understand the environment and associated problems of the target users. Dr. Sanjay Kumar explained this to us…

That is me at the Apharwat Peak in Gulmarg Kashmir, which is at a height of 3747m. When I reached there riding Asia’s largest and highest cable car, I felt a mix of emotions – excited, on top of the world and at the same time shivering inside !!! This is exactly how I felt…