Nagaland – A one-day training programme under the Seed the Future Entrepreneur

Programme was conducted at Government Higher Secondary School, Purana Bazaar to promote innovation and entrepreneurial thinking among school students in solving local problems through STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) and the use of Atal Tinkering Labs and skill labs.

The initiative is initiated and funded by La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, across the country. In Nagaland, it is implemented by Samagra Shiksha Nagaland under the Department of School Education, with technical support from Lend A Hand India. The programme is being implemented in six schools in Nagaland—three Government and three Private schools—each nominating six students from Classes VIII, IX and X.

This national-level programme includes 216 schools across the country, out of which 30 schools from Maharashtra and 6 schools from Nagaland are directly supported by Lend A Hand India, where students will develop innovative prototypes and compete at the national level. The product ideas focus on themes such as Agriculture, Local Artisans, and Safety & Security, encouraging students to create solutions addressing real community challenges.

The programme began with an address by the Principal of the school, Pipi Gloria Chishi, who encouraged students to use their ideas to benefit society and appreciated the structured support provided under the initiative.

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Resource persons Shreyas Bhagwat and Arundhati Jadhav, from La Fondation Dassault Systèmes & Lend A Hand India respectively, conducted sessions on 3-D product design and developing final product concepts, guiding students in transforming their ideas into innovative prototypes through a design thinking approach and finally preparing the students to come up with the final product for submission to the next steps of the competition.