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See possibility
Awareness, exposure and entrepreneurial thinking.
Strengthening entrepreneurship from the ground upMAHARASHTRA · SINCE 2015
The belief
GRASSROOT IDEAS NEED AN ECOSYSTEM.
Navayuvak helps student entrepreneurs from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities build ventures by connecting the people and institutions around them.
4cities reached
6,000+students engaged
100startups supported
400+event attendees
Local ambition. A wider path forward.
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The gap
Talent is everywhere.Access is not.
THE STARTING POINTIn many Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, an idea begins far away from the networks that can help it become a venture.
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Limited exposure to entrepreneurship
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Fragmented access to mentors and experts
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Few bridges to incubators, investors and markets
Navayuvak closes that distance by bringing the ecosystem closer to the entrepreneur.
The system
No founder
builds alone.
CONNECTS IN
Student & aspiring founder
Ideas, ambition and the courage to begin.
See your pathCONNECTS IN
Campus & E-cell
Campus communities that make entrepreneurship visible.
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Mentor
Experience that turns uncertainty into direction.
See your path
ONE HUBONEECOSYSTEM
Every connection strengthens the entrepreneur at the centre.
The journey
From local idea
to viable venture.
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Build capability
Hands-on learning, cohorts and campus programs.
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Test the idea
Mentorship, validation and practical feedback.
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Enter the ecosystem
Incubators, experts, investors and service partners.
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Grow with support
Acceleration, visibility and a community that stays connected.
AN IDEA ENTERS
A PREPARED ENTREPRENEUR EMERGES
The work
Three kinds of work.
One connected journey.
The proof
Rooms filled.
Names on the door.
6,000+students reached at Nagpur Startup Fest
100startups pitched at Pitch Mumbai
400+attendees at Akola Startup Fest
4cities: Mumbai, Nagpur, Akola, Pune
Delivered with
- MSIN
- Government of Maharashtra
- Akola district administration
- NMIMS
Recognised by
“Focused & committed, this team of young, informed & energetic entrepreneurs continues to surprise even the most cynical sides of me.”
“The SED team is not just good at coming up with good ideas to encourage entrepreneurship, but also good at supporting ideas from their partners.”
SED is Student Entrepreneurship Development, Navayuvak’s campus student community.
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Stories from
the ecosystem.
Where we are now
Rebuilding,
in the open.
Between 2015 and 2021 Navayuvak built programs, campus startup hubs and city-scale startup fests across Maharashtra, and carried youth-led welfare and innovation work through the pandemic.
Those programs are dormant. The organisation is rebuilding, and what runs today is smaller and specific:
Student Entrepreneurship DevelopmentThe campus community, open nowContentVideos, event moments and practical ideasCampus conversationsWe are taking these now
The next phase gets built on campuses. If yours has students and no structure, that is the conversation we want.
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