Karnataka government launchs programme for student entrepreneurs “E Step”

The Karnataka government has launched an initiative E-Step to empower student start-ups. The focus of E-Step is on boot camps, mentoring and training programmes which cover various aspects of entrepreneurship. The programme is part of Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS). It is specially crafted for students / start-ups / entrepreneurs to understand the basics of entrepreneurship from experienced trainers. The first phase of E-Step will be to organize day long boot camps across all New Age Incubation Networks (NAIN) across the state. The boot camp gives participants an overview of the current start-up system. It also acts as a platform for ideation where teams will work on various ideas based on problems, solutions, competitors and customer.