TURA: Students from Don Bosco College in Tura have brought laurels to Garo Hills by getting top honours at the just concluded ‘Start-Up India’ event organized at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong.
Four students of the college, master Naman Chettri, miss Koyal Saha, master Bishnu Kant Panthi and miss Varsha Joshi won prizes in various categories involving business ideas and farming practices for sustainable living.
The two day event, February 22-23rd, ‘Start-up India’ event was organized by the Directorate of Commerce and Industries, Government of Meghalaya and Invest India at IIM, Shillong.
The four young students of Don Bosco College were selected to represent Garo Hills during the ‘Boot Camp’ by ‘Start-Up India’ Meghalaya Yatra that took place at Tura Government College on February 20th.
Brimming with ideas, Koyal Saha and Bishnu Kant Panthi presented before the jurists at the event their idea of starting business and expanding it to the entire country by coming up with their own brand.
Both Koyal and Bishnu Kant, fourth semester students of the college, jointly started their own business while studying in the college. They stood fourth among the top five finalists at the event.
On the other hand, Naman Chettri, who is a fourth semester Bachelor of Science student of the college, presented the idea of organic farming for sustainable living. He displayed to the audience and the judges his development of a solution called ‘farganic’ which is a component for fertilizer and pesticide. Though still a college student, his ‘fargaic’ farm solution is already on sale at different marketing points in the gegion.
Young miss Varsha Joshi, who is doing her fourth semester of Bachelor of Commerce was awarded for her idea of online food delivery in the lines of Swiggy and others that have taken cities by storm. Varsha has named her enterprise as ‘foodiemood’ and hopes to make an impact in the hot and happening food delivery market.