Chennai: Five budding entrepreneurs and students – Divanshu Kumar, Senthil Kumar Gowri Sankar, Chetan N, Ajay Gopi, and Pritish Bhavnani – finished in the top five in the Social Entrepreneurship Pitch competition held as part of the Youth Speak Summit 2018 at the Madras Management Association Centre here recently.
Youth Speak Summit 2018, a collaborative initiative of the US Consulate General, Chennai and NalandaWay Foundation, was a two-day conference that brought together nearly 700 young people from various spheres in one platform to learn, share, and inspire change.
The five winners presented individual ideas that spanned topics like creating classrooms where students can learn from each other; shifting learning from black board to game board; creating a donor network and identifying blood donors; sensitising farmers with sensors and monitoring technology; and establishing a self-help group that helps teenagers solve problems on their own, press release said.
The summit comprised curated talks, panel discussions, workshops, contests, and art by some of the most inspiring minds in the country.
Officers from the US Consulate General in Chennai – Lauren Lovelace, Consul for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Kathleen Hosie, Information Officer; and Moulik Berkana, Cultural Affairs Officer moderated panel discussions on the topics – ‘Building an inclusive society,’ ‘Are we ready for tomorrow’s jobs?,’ and ‘Do artists have a role in social action,’ respectively.