Piyush Goyal to announce National Startup Award 2020 on 6th Oct 2020

New Delhi, Oct 5 (KNN) To recognize and reward outstanding Startups and ecosystem enablers that are building innovative products or solutions and scalable enterprises, with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation, demonstrating measurable social impact, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has conceived the first ever National Startup Awards. The measure of success is not only the financial gains for the investors but also the contribution to the social good.

The Results of the first edition of National Startup Awards will be released by Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal on 6thOctober, 2020 at 3:30 PM, at the National Media Centre, New Delhi.

The virtual felicitation ceremony will be held in the august presence of Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Som Parkash. The event will be webcast live on NIC, MyGov and related social media channels.

The first edition of the Awards invited applications across 12 sectors which were further sub-classified into a total of 35 categories. These 12 sectors are Agriculture, Education, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Finance, Food, Health, Industry 4.0, Space, Security, Tourism and Urban Services.

Apart fr0m these, startups are to be selected fr0m those which create impact in rural areas, are women-led and founded in academic campuses.

The winning Startups will get cash prizes of Rs 5 lakh each, along with opportunities to present their solutions to relevant public authorities and corporates, for potential pilot projects and work orders.