Jamshedpur , Sept. 13: Gone are the days when medical and engineering were the only two career options approved by the society as �successful careers�. The world is now ruled by Elon Musk (Tesla Motors) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). This is the start-up generation.
Promoting this blazing spirit of entrepreneurship amongst youth, the Entrepreneurship Cell of XLRI, in association with Tatanagar Incubation Centre is organizing The Startup Quiz 2016 on September 17. It is a quiz aimed at not only testing the entrepreneurial quotient of the youth of Jamshedpur but also introduce them to the opportunities, challenges and various other aspects of becoming an entrepreneur.
The quiz is open for all students from class X to those pursuing post-graduation. The quiz will provide a great platform for learning and interacting with like-minded people. The startup quiz, sponsored by Tata Steel is an initiative by a group of committed students of E-Cell XLRI to educate the leaders of tomorrow about entrepreneurship and ignite in them the desire to achieve big. To be conducted on September 17 at the XLRI campus this year, the quiz will give participants a golden opportunity to interact with a pool of talent and impact the business scenario of PM�s startup India.
To participate in the event, the students, with a valid college/school ID card, have to register on the Facebook page of E-Cell XLRI. The quiz will be played in a team of 2 participants from the same college/school. The quiz will be played in 2 rounds and the complete event will span for about 4-5 hours.
No entry fee will be charged for the participation. The theme of the quiz is based on the worldwide advancements, happenings and events in the startup sector and it does not require any specific domain knowledge. Not only the students will get a chance to showcase their knowledge in the startup world, but there are also attractive cash prizes to be awarded to the top 3 winning teams.
September 17 will be the day worth watching young budding entrepreneurs scratching their brains to check their understanding of the Startup world. This startup quiz will give the students a platform to showcase their knowledge and march ahead in their journey of entrepreneurship.