New Delhi, 27 Jan (KNN) Wadhwani foundation has introduced“Wadhwani TakeOff”, a golden opportunity for aspiring startups/entrepreneurs to be a part of the Wadhwani NEN entrepreneurship program and win an all-expense-paid trip to Silicon Valley, a dream exposure to the famed entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The program has designed customized entrepreneurship courses for two types of audiences 

1. NEN Activate: You may be in the early years of your graduate program. You have an idea you want to experiment with. You want to experience entrepreneurship and add the experience to your resume.

2. NEN Ignite: You may be in the later years of the graduate program, postgraduate student, working professional or pre-incubated. You have a validated idea and you want to launch your venture with an investible pitch deck.

--  The Silicon Valley trip will apply to Participants who have enrolled in and successfully completed NEN Entrepreneurship Courses across India/SEA, Latin America, Africa/MENA regions.

  --  Participants with a commercially viable idea/venture which gets top certification by an independent global jury Wadhwani NEN course enrolments in the below two phases: Participants enrolled in the period Jan to June ’22 and certified by a global jury in July’22 (for the 1st trip planned in Aug/Sept ’22) 

  --  Participants enrolled in the period July to Dec ’22 and certified by a global jury in Jan’23 (for the 2nd trip planned in Feb/Mar ’23) Participants who are enrolled in NEN courses at their respective institutes (they will be automatically enrolled and need not apply)

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving job creation in India and other emerging economies through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and skilling. Founded in 2003 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today, the Foundation is scaling impact in 20 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.