The inaugural session was at the Dronacharya Auditorium, with the invited guests being Mr Arunadaya Bajpai, COO, IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre, and  Mr Praveen Kapoor, Co-Founder and CEO of BeBoss Technology LLP, Global Startup Ecosystem.

The programme started with the ceremonial lamp lighting by all dignitaries present on stage. Dr V.N. Bajpai, Director, I.T.S Mohan Nagar and President, IIC ITS welcomed all the participants. Dr Indraneel Mandal, Coordinator (Startups) at the IIC and Convener of Genesis 2023, outlined the modus operandi of the event. Mr Bajpai and Mr Kapoor spoke from their experience. Dr Timira Shukla, Director, I.T.S School of Management stressed on product development, prototype testing and how a business plan should be developed.

The main competition then proceeded in two tracks. Each venue included participants from both within and outside I.T.S, with several interesting ideas being put forward and discussed threadbare.

The contest had four teams on the winners’ list, with two teams sharing the second prize. The first prize went to Lakshay. Megha and Shivalika from the UG section of I.T.S. Second prize was claimed by a team of IIMT University consisting of Adarsh, Rajat and Priyanka, with Vivek and Ram, PGDM students from I.T.S, being the other team. The third prize was awarded to Abhishek, Adiba, Salil and Tanishka from the I.T.S UG section.

It was a useful learning experience for on and all with the promise of more to come in the future.