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Himalayan Startup Trek is the flagship annual startup event hosted by IIT Mandi Catalyst (Catalyst) to bring together the stakeholders of the Indian Startup Ecosystem and connect them on a single platform. New venturing startups and seasoned mentors get to meet each other and pick each others' brains that help formulate new relationships and turn the ideas and innovations into products and services for the global market.
Registartion Arrival of startups, mentors, jury members
Grand Finale Theme 1: Human Computer Interaction
Grand Finale Theme 2: Build for Himalayas Grand
Finale Theme 3: Environment and Sustainaility
Investors' Den for Catalyst Startups
Master Class 2 - "AI for India"
Master Class 3 - "Patterns and Anti-patterns in Incubated Startups: A mentor's point of view"
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Keynote speaker: Not announce
Role of Human-Computer Interaction technologies in shaping global and local startup ecosystems
Opportunities for Startups in Circular Economy & ESG
HST 2024 Prize Distribution Function
Investor Den : One to One Meeting
Startup Clinic (Mentor & Investor Panels)
Announcement of Incubation offers to select startups
Bus Pick Up at Gadpa to bring startups to North Campus
The new age alliance through Human-computer interaction (HCI) is all about enhancing humans’ cognitive and decision-making capacity through the use of technology without disrupting the natural order of events. This challenge aims to promote the use of intelligent interfaces and technologies in daily order of routine as well as in the complex business and social decision-making processes.
This thematic area is for innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs that have the intent and the passion to build technology-based solutions for solving the social, economic, and ecological problems facing Himalayan regions of the world. The problems should sharply focus on addressing the issues relevant to the local terrain, population, environment, ecology, or focus on taking local products and offerings to the world by building supply chains, storages, or build capacity at different value chain levels. Further solutions focusing on rural development issues such as education and literacy, skilling, local e-marketplaces, will fit into this thematic area.
The past few decades have witnessed a devastating effect on the environment because of human intervention in nature's life cycle. Our world's natural resources are constantly depleting, and there's a dire need to preserve these resources. This theme of HST Grant Challenge aims to enable startups and innovators who strive to make the world more livable and habitable place for all species. The specific problem statements of interest under this theme include clean & renewable energy, waste management, e-vehicles, green solutions, recycling, natural resource management. However, the innovators and startups that are building solutions aligning with the UN-Sustainable Development Goals are welcome to apply under this challenge. The sub-themes are as follows:
Among the fastest growing states in India, Himachal had at a CAGR of 10.8% during the decade 2005-2015. With per capita GSDP 1.5 times the national per capita GDP, the state has tremendous potential for business activity in agriculture, horticulture, biotech, food processing, clean energy, thermal energy, tourism, pharma and healthcare. Government of Himachal Pradesh, through CM Startup Scheme launched in 2017, is also promoting already flourishing startup culture in the state.
We invite passionate entrepreneurs with their cutting edge ideas to make the best use of support being provided at IIT Mandi Catalyst
