Delhi school students pitch ideas to investors at Business Blasters expo

At the end of the day, 200 Letters of Intent are signed

It is a warm Saturday spring afternoon, and the air is almost electric at Delhi’s Thyagaraj stadium as queues form outside the gates.

The excitement isn’t for a sports event. Those who’ve turned up at the stadium on March 5 are here for a unique expo-style exhibition. Inside is an army of students from Delhi’s government schools. They are here to pitch their ideas to investors and venture capitalists and seek both capital and mentorship.

The mega event — the Business Blaster expo — is the next step of Delhi government’s entrepreneurship mindset curriculum, launched in September 2021 wherein some 300,000 students