Global Entrepreneurship Fest 2026Build it. Brand it. Pitch it. Sell it.
The Launchpad Experience
Shark Tank Finale: 5 minutes, one ask, ₹2,00,000 on the table on 20 November!
Our Partners & Collaborators
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Millet Mission (Govt. of Uttarakhand)
Explore the 5-Day Plan
Click through the days to view workshops, competitions, and round progression timelines.
"Start selling before you finish your coffee"
Inaugural Ceremony
The fest opens with the full five-day roadmap, unveiling every challenge, mentor panel, and the Rs 3,00,000 prize pool so your team knows exactly where to be and what to win from the first hour.
Attend the opening to get your team registration credentials, track kits, and schedule maps before competitions begin.
Millet Market: Cook It, Price It, Sell It
Run a live culinary stall. Prepare and serve innovative millet dishes to real visitors while our judging panel scores your taste, innovation, unit pricing, and presentation. Top teams take home cash prizes and guaranteed spots at Friday’s Founder’s Bazaar.
A prestigious Uttarakhand government initiative reviving indigenous Himalayan supergrains like mandua (finger millet) and jhangora (barnyard millet). Teams get access to regional millet supplies and mentor guidance on modern nutritious culinary applications.
Stall Allotment & Setup
Details to be announced.
Live Stalls & Judging
Teams run stalls and serve millet dishes to visitors. Judges tour the stalls and score product quality, innovation, pricing and presentation.
Winner Announcement
The five winning teams are announced (Rs 5,000 each).
Founder's Bazaar Millet Row
Promising products are shown at Millet Row in the Founder's Bazaar.
Stitch to Startup: The Clock Starts Now
One fashion & lifestyle product brief dropped for all registered teams. Use provided upcycled textiles and raw fabrics (or bring your own). You have three intensive days to design and handcraft a viable consumer product. The jury awaits on Thursday 19 November.
Products must be retail-ready with cost-sheets, target customer definition, and packaging mockups by 19 November review.
Brief & 3-Day Build Sprint
Brief and build. Every team gets the same fashion brief; materials are provided or teams bring their own. Teams have three days to design and make a product with a business case.
Jury Defense & Viability Review
Jury review. Teams present the product with its costing, price and target customer. The jury scores design, use of material, cost viability and brand story. Top teams are told privately that they have won a Bazaar stall.
Founder's Bazaar Live Stall
Founder's Bazaar stall. Top teams sell their product to real visitors.
Grand Finale Awards
Winners are announced at the closing ceremony.
Cloud & Deploy Workshop: Get Your App Live
Led by Red Hat’s Abhishek Gupta. Learn to containerize and deploy a real working application to cloud infrastructure while keeping cloud bills under control. Practical, live terminal walk-throughs for every participant.
Red Hat’s enterprise open-source tools power modern tech unicorns. Participants learn cloud resource optimization and receive AWS credit guidance so early server costs stay at zero.
Nutraceuticals Poster Competition: From Formula to Shelf
Every supplement on a pharmacy or supermarket shelf started as a scientific formula. Pick a nutraceutical (a food-based bioactive product offering medicinal health benefits) and chart its journey from laboratory formulation to customer hands on a comprehensive technical poster.
Required 9-Point Poster Blueprint:
Idea to Formulation Workshop
Workshop on taking a nutraceutical from idea to formulation, the licences and rules that apply, and how to cost a small batch.
9-Point Poster Competition
Poster competition. Each poster takes a nutraceutical from formula to customer and covers nine points (listed in the Event copy tab).
Grand Finale Declaration
Winners are announced at the finale.
₹3,00,000 in Prizes & Grants
Direct cash prizes across 11 competitions, high-stakes investor capital, and SEED-X incubation funding up to 10 Lacs.
Shark Tank Pool
Finalists pitch directly to prominent investors. The Sharks evaluate your live numbers and decide prize grant distribution on the spot.
Competition Cash Awards
Every one of the 11 fest competitions awards cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place — totalling ₹1,10,000 across all 5 days!
SEED-X 3.0 Opportunity
High-potential student startups and innovators emerging from the fest get fast-tracked for TBI-GEU's SEED-X 3.0 cohort with seed funding grants up to ₹10 Lakhs, FabLab 3D printing support, and investor mentorship.
Your Venture Starts Here.
Select which days and sessions you want to attend using the date-stacked schedule below. Open to students and innovators from all colleges.
Create Your "I'm Attending" Badge
Personalize your fest badge with your photo, generate your official pass, and announce your presence at Uttarakhand's biggest entrepreneurship festival.
Personalize Your Fest Pass
Customize your badge with your photo and full name, then download high-res PNG.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about participating in Global Entrepreneurship Fest 2026.
Five Days That Could Change Your Trajectory
Whether you want to build with AI, deploy to the cloud, design a brand, sell millet delicacies, or pitch in the Shark Tank — there is a seat for you.
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