Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus selected to Host Hult Prize On Campus Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus has been chosen to Host local edition of Hult Prize, as students from Tribhuwan University answer United Nation’s Challenge and go head-to-head for US$1M. Hult Prize is one of the world’s most significant competition that supports disruptive ideas that can change the world. Gaurav Khatri, recently announced that IOE, Pulchowk has been selected to host a local edition of the Hult Prize.
The annual Hult Prize awards one million dollars in start-up funding to the team of students that develops the most radical and breakthrough idea to solve one of our world’s toughest social challenges. In partnership with the United Nations, the Hult Prize is hosting college and university events around the globe in search of the next game-changing start-up. Gaurav Khatri will be leading the Hult Prize at IOE, Pulchowk initiative, and is confident that his peers from Tribhuwan University have as good as chance as anyone to go all the way and win this year’s Hult Prize.
“They believe it only takes one idea to change the world and They want to give that idea the platform it deserves.” The winner of the intra-campus event will automatically advance to compete in one of fifteen regional finals happening around the world next March (Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Shanghai, Toronto, Mexico City, Quito, Bogota, Melbourne, Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, Tunisia, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore). One winning team from each host city will then move onto a summer business incubator, where participants will receive mentorship, advisory and strategic planning as they create prototypes and set-up to launch their new social business.
A final round of competition will be hosted in September 2018, where the winning team to be awarded the $1,000,000 prize. The registration deadline for the event is November 30th.
To Register: http://www.hultprizeat.com/pulchowkkathmandu
