Army To Conduct ‘Startup Weekend’ For Jammu And Kashmir Youth

The ‘Techstars startup weekend’ is an entrepreneurial experience program where participants go through the experience of building prototypes, take their ideas to the next stage and learn how to launch their businesses. To foster the spirit of entrepreneurship in the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army is conducting a three-day “startup weekend” at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Reasi district from September 20, an official said on Sunday. The workshop to come up with ideas for the next generation is being conducted by Army’s Counter Insurgency Force (Uniform) under the aegis of White Knight Corps in association with Techstars, a Banglore-based startup seed accelerator, PRO (Defence) Udhampur Lt Col Abhinav Navneet said.