Galgotias Ideathon 2025

  • Event Date: February 25, 2025

Galgotias Ideathon!

Galgotias Incubation Center for Research, Innovation Startups & Entrepreneurs (GIC RISE) will host Galgotias Ideathon, a two-day Ideathon event, on March 4th & 5th  2025. This intensive brainstorming session brings together individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and interests to tackle predefined challenges, pinpoint the best opportunities, and generate the most viable solutions. The participating young innovators, often driven by a passion for creating impactful solutions, have the potential to significantly contribute to social welfare and economic development. However, achieving success necessitates a platform to showcase their ideas.

Galgotias Ideathon is specifically crafted to assist young talents from rural and semi-urban regions of Uttar Pradesh in developing innovative solutions for community-related challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to form teams and utilize creative learning methods to brainstorm and collaborate on potential solutions.

The event aims to support selected innovative ideas by offering them the chance to be incubated at GIC RISE. Additionally, the top three ideas will receive cash prizes to help boost their morale.

Under the visionary guidance and mentorship of Hon’ble Chancellor Mr. Suneel Galgotia and Hon’ble CEO, Galgotias University Dr. Dhruv Galgotia, GIC RISE is thrilled to host Galgotias IdeAThoN on March 4-5, 2025.

We are excited to announce iHub-AWaDH, IIT Ropar as our Co-Partner, bringing a strong commitment to invest in Agri-Tech and Water-Tech startups and extend support through their SPRINT Programs to nurture early-stage innovators.

This event will bring together young innovators, startups, and visionaries under one roof for collaboration, innovation, and growth.

Who Can Apply?

✅ Early-stage and scaling startups with a scalable business idea
✅ Startups with a proof of concept or prototype
✅ Individuals or startups focusing on social impact
✅ Academics with research ideas that have commercialization potential
✅ Founders seeking mentorship, funding, or market access
✅ Startups looking for pre-incubation, incubation, or acceleration programs

Why Apply?

✨ 24/7 functional support
✨ Access to government grants & investments
✨ Mentorship from industry experts
✨ Pitch opportunities with venture capitalists
✨ Incubation and global acceleration support for selected startups
✨ Grant support of up to ₹5 Lakh and debt funding up to ₹10 Lakh through SPRINT Edition
✨ Exclusive access to StartInUP Grant for UP-based startups:

  • Prototype support: up to ₹5 Lakh
  • Go-to-market support: up to ₹7.5 Lakh

Targeted Sectors

🌟 Industry 4.0
🌟 Drone Tech
🌟 Health Tech
🌟 Space Tech
🌟 Water Tech
🌟 EdTech
🌟 Robotics & RPA
🌟 Disruptive Technologies
🌟 Additive Manufacturing
🌟 Women-led Startups
🌟 EV & Renewable Resources
🌟 Agri-Tech

Let’s innovate, inspire, and accelerate together!

Chief Guest

Mr Vipin Kumar
Chief Scientist & Former Director,
National Innovation Foundation – India,
Department of Science & Technology, Govt. Of India

Guest of Honour

Mr Amitabh Nag
CEO, MeitY BHASHINI,
Govt. of India

Ms. Tejasvini Puri
Director,
Puri Oil Mills Limited

Esteemed Guests

Mr. Ajay Singh Rajawat
Senior Manager,
MeitY Bhashini

Mr. Shani Chaudhary
Senior Project Consultant,
StartInUP

Dr. Radhika Trikha
Chief Operating Officer,
IIT Ropar- TIF

Dr. Mukesh Chandra Kestwal
Chief Innovation Officer,
iHuB-AWaDH-IIT Ropar

Mr. Tushar Vadera
Co-Founder,
Set My Cart

Mr.Arindam Mukhopadhyay
Partner & Corporate Innovation Head,
India Accelerator

Mr. Alok Govil
CEO,
Geenovate Foundation

Mr. Pravash Dey
Curator,
US India Blockchain Council

Mr. Ishant Sachdeva
Founder,
B and S Ventures

Mr. Ravindra Yadav
Chief Executive Officer,
ACIC GIETU

Mr. Agam Gupta
Principal,
Seafund

Ms. Srishti Arora
Lead Corporate Innovation,
India Accelerator