SACC boosts campus startups:2nd Startup Weekend starts at CGC Landran

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 20^th September:- Newly setup Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce (SACC) has stepped up its efforts to boost the campus startups and create a culture of entrepreneurship in the country in collaboration with its Seattle based partners Up Global. The first Startup Weekend, the 54-hour marathon session to help people transform their ideas into an enterprise, at Chandigarh in July helped grow 4 new startups which are already on their way to start operations.  SACC has lined up more such Startup Weekends in the region including one at Chandigarh Group of Colleges in Landran campus on19-21 September, at the University of Petroleum in Dehradun in 10-12 October, Shaheed Udham Singh Engineering College in Tangori on  31 Oct-2 November, and an all-women Startup Weekend at Chandigarh on 14-16 November. Rakesh Verma, Secretary Technical Education & Industrial Training, Medical Education and Research, Government of Punjab, was the chief guest and formally inaugurated the Startup Weekend.SACC is working closely with various institutions to setup Entrepreneurship Development Centres, having recently signed an MoU with SUS Tangori for setting up a Startup Hub.

Manipal Dhariwal, president of SACC said that our effort is to structure a complete ecosystem first in the northern region which is known for its enterprising spirit engaging educational institutions, youth, existing businesses, financial institutions, angel investors, to contribute to its growth. He added that to help the student startups with all necessary support system and working space, SACC is in the process of completing its incubator/co-working space in Mohali, and the winners of various Startup Weekend events are being offered free facilities for three to six months period to establish their startup.

SACC has built a network of mentors and investors who work with the young startups that emerge out of Startup Weekend events or even directly from various colleges to accelerate their process of setting up their enterprise.