Startup weekend was held during the 3rd-4th-5th of November 2017 at Nirma University. It was a 54-hour event which gave young, budding entrepreneurs a platform to not only startup their venture, but also to meet new co-founders or potential team members.
The event began on Friday evening with idea generation and team formation activity wherein the participants were divided into 10 teams and given random words to pitch their ideas. Total 49 ideas were pitched from which 12 ideas were selected for final pitching. The teams were offered with different facilities, i.e., mentors skilled in different domains for guiding them, web designer for designing websites and web application for each venture, and 3d printing for prototyping the ideas.
A combination of all skills and the balance of all domains was the base of assessment of the final pitches. At final pitching three teams were selected by jury. The winners were awarded with prizes.