Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 29 (ANI/PNN): An idea can be worth billions of dollars as unicorns in India and around the world have shown, and who better to come up with new ideas than schoolchildren? And this is what the Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC) aims to achieve with its two ambitious programs to nurture young innovators.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 30 (ANI/PNN): The importance of life insurance for ensuring financial security is well-known, but the penetration of life insurance in the country remains abysmally low at just over 3 per cent. The huge financial risks women are exposed to due to lack of life insurance cover is what inspired Meha Parekh, a high school student from Ahmedabad, to set up a startup that focuses on making insurance accessible to women. Meha's startup InSurvive is a social venture that is insuring the lives of women from underprivileged backgrounds and making them self-reliant. The Ahmedabad International School (AIS) student is also working with banks to create a more equitable society. "While working on a school project, I learnt that a lot of women had bank accounts, but only a small minority had life insurance. Women are the main beneficiaries of life insurance but are reluctant to avail of insurance even though cases of families facing financial struggles d
Technology has the power to save the earth and innovation must be ingrained in our education system, says Aarav Roy, a student of Ahmedabad International School.
A sustainable earth is composed of fewer greenhouse gases, cleaner rivers and air, animals living in harmony with humans, earth with greenery and flowers, and cleaner soils for plants to grow, writes Prisha Roy, a student of Ahmedabad International School.