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The Devbhoomi Udyamita Yojana, Department of Higher Education, provides financial assistance of ₹75,000 to each selected business idea under its “Student Startup Seed Fund Award” initiative.
This initiative organizes a state-level competition focusing on innovative business ideas. Students are invited to submit their ideas online, which undergo a rigorous screening and evaluation process. This process involves refining the business ideas into a standardized presentation format and delivering hybrid-mode presentations to a panel of experts. The evaluation criteria include (i) Novelty of the Idea (Innovation) (ii) Market Potential (iii) Scalability (iv)Team and Talent (iv)Business Model etc. This comprehensive approach aims to motivate aspiring entrepreneurs, foster startup creation, and attract investors to support these ventures.

List of the Students Selected for Startup Seed Fund Award (2023-24)


Sr. No. Team Leader Name Team Member(s) Gender Industry/Domain of the Idea/ Starup Name of Institution
1. Sanjana Padaliya 3 Female Education and Training I. P. G. Govt. P.G. College of Commerce,
Haldwani, Nainital
2. Prince Mandal 2 Male Bakery & Food Processing Govt. Degree College, Maldevta, Raipur,
Dehradun
3. Yamini Joshi 2 Female Organic Cosmetics Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt. Degree College,
Halduchaur, Nainital
4. Pankaj Pandey 2 Male Food Processing DSB campus, Kumaon University, Nainital
5. Deepak Singh Negi 2 Male Food Processing Gopal Babu Goswami Govt. Degree College,
Chaukhutia, Almora
6. Kamakshi Dhek 4 Female Organic Cosmetics & Food
Processing
Swami Vivekanand Government PG College,
Lohaghat, Champawat
7. Sadhna Raturi 4 Female Food Processing Govt. Degree College, Dehradun Shehar
8. Sahiba Mansoori 2 Female Home Decorative Items Dr Shiva Nand Nautiyal Government Post
Graduate College, Karnprayag, Chamoli
9. Rohit Bhatt 2 Male Candle Manufacturing L.S.M. Campus Soban Singh Jeena University,
Almora
10. Ashish Singh Kaintura 4 Male Handcraft & Home Decorative Items R.C.U. Govt. PG College, Uttarkashi
11. Jagdish Chandra 1 Male Food Processing Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora
12. Rekha 1 Female Organic Cosmetics R.C.U. Govt. PG College, Uttarkashi
13. Manisha 4 Female Food Processing B.L.J. Govt. P.G College, Purola, Uttarkashi
14. Manya Rajpal 1 Female Tourism and Hospitality Pt. L.M.S. Campus, Shree Dev Suman
Uttarakhand University, Rishikesh
15. Rahul Shah 3 Male Apparel Design & Printing Govt. Degree College, Maldevta, Raipur,
Dehradun
16. Rohit Singh Jyala 3 Male Agriculture and Allied Industries Government Degree College, Rudrapur
17. Bhawana 6 Female Renewal Energy Resources Govt. Degree College, Bhatrojkhan
18. Mansi Kapri 3 Female Art & craft Government Degree College, Pithoragarh
19. Rahul Singh Mehra 1 Male Healthcare H.N.B. Government P.G. College Khatima
20. Zainab Siddiqui 1 Female Wood Plastic Composite Manufacturing Govt P.G College, New Tehri