MEGHALUXION 2022- A Revolution for Solutions
St. Anthony’s College on October 29th , 2022 conducted the first ever program on entrepreneurship development or Design Thinking titled as “MEGHALUXION 2022- A Revolution for Solutions”. From PRIME, Meghalaya, Flo Oberhofer, Program Head PRIME Meghalaya and Jefferson Rani, IIM Manager were jury members for the event. The program saw students pitching topics which include Rising Mental Health […]
Meghalaya Impact Week, 2022
PRIME in collaboration with the Airline Lufthansa and their NGO-arm Help Alliance conducted a multi-day event called “Impact Week” where first 20 faculties from 10 academic institutes across the state were trained in the Design Thinking methodology. Subsequently a full day event was held with 55 students from across the state to develop solutions for pressing issues […]
MeitY Ideathon Programme, Meghalaya
MeitY Ideathon is an entrepreneurship focused initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India with the aim to encourage colleges and universities to identify students with promising entrepreneurship ideas and innovation from across the country. With an intent to encourage these future entrepreneurs, cash rewards of up to ₹25,000/- is provided to students with […]
PILOT PWD DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP SRCDA, CIVIL HOSPITAL SHILLONG
The State Resource Centre on Disability Affairs (SRCDA) in collaboration with PRIME Startup hub Meghalaya and Barefoot Trust held an entrepreneurship development workshop program for the “Best Business Idea / Inc-preneurship competition” for persons with Disabilities (PwD) on November 29th, 2022 at SRCDA Civil Hospital Shillong. The participants at the workshop were divided into a group of 4 […]
12th Edition of IIM Shillong’s Annual Entrepreneurship Summit, EmergE
The IIM, Shillong 12th Edition of IIM Shillong’s Annual Entrepreneurship Summit, EmergE, a two days summit was organized to inspire young minds about entrepreneurship on October 29th to 30th October 2022 which the Executive Director MBMA Shivansh Awasthi, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The entrepreneurship summit of the year was organized with the motto of Harnessing […]
Seminar on Bio- Entrepreneurship Opportunities at Meghalaya
With an aim to build a dynamic ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation that engages with a robust and enthusiastic network of handholding and support including innovators, mentors, investors, funders, accelerators, and industries. PRIME Meghalaya & Bio-NEST Bio-incubator Facility, NEHU Tura conducted a Seminar on & Bio-Entrepreneurship Opportunities at Meghalaya at PRIME Start up Hub, Shillong starting 7th […]
KNOW YOUR ENTREPRENEUR- James Eventis Dkhar, Founder of Nela Handloom
James Eventis Dkhar, a 38 year old entrepreneur from Mawkasiang, Meghalaya started his career as a taxi driver but he always dreamt of doing something that would benefit the society as a whole. Things changed for him when he came across an advertisement in the local newspaper about a training programme on the handloom industry […]
KNOW YOUR ENTREPRENEUR- Dipankar Sarkar, Founder of Blue Print Creatives
Dipankar Sarkar, the founder of Blue Print Creatives & a professional photographer and videographer, from Tura West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya has been providing visual art across India. Dipankar started his venture into entrepreneurship with Blue Print Photography in the year 2017 and was based in Kolkata and pursued his higher studies in photography from […]
Know Your Entrepreneur- Jendrasing Kurkalang, Founder of M/S Kurkalang
Jendrasing Kurkalang from the village of Phlangwanbroi in Mawsynram Block, East Khasi Hills District is an entrepreneur incubated at PRIME from the Cohort 3.0. Jendrasing is into handicrafts and is engaged in the crafting of traditional musical instruments like Duitara, Ksing, Bom, Khasi ornaments & other decorative products. In his early years, while he was […]
Shillong’s first Pizza Truck “The Crust” – Pizza you’ll love
Emisouwi’s business idea of starting up his own Pizzeria came into being as he wanted to create employment for himself and others. And so, with thorough research and considering the fact that he wanted to contribute to the society, he found out that there is a lack of continental restaurants in Shillong. Though it was […]
