Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Union Minister of State Jayant Chaudhary and Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood at the 'Campus to Market' Startup Youth Festival 2026 organized at Ambedkar International Centre. Awakening
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Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the government is trying to make Delhi the capital of startups and concrete efforts are being made in this direction. Education, skills and entrepreneurship are being brought together on one platform. Delhi Startup Policy will be introduced soon, so that every young innovator can get a powerful platform from idea to startup and become self-reliant.
She was addressing the inauguration of 'Campus to Market - Delhi Startup Youth Mahotsav' organized at Dr. Ambedkar International Center located on Janpath Marg. Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary and Delhi Minister Ashish Sood were also present with him.
The Chief Minister visited various stalls and appreciated the skills of the youth, many of whom were students. Interacted with youth, teachers, investors and startup founders to see the technology of the future. Student teams discussed their startup ideas, market strategy, and social impact.
The Chief Minister said, the youth of the country are now becoming job givers and not job seekers. He appealed to the youth to adopt the spirit of creating solutions for the country so that Delhi and India can lead innovation at the global level.
Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary said that India is a young country and we have great strength of youth. For this reason our working capacity is very high. But we will get the true benefit of this youth power only when we give opportunities to the youth to move forward, identify their talents and hone their skills.
Ashish Sood said that earlier there were startups in Delhi, but they were scattered. There was neither a clear startup policy nor a systematic system to connect students with industry, mentors and investors. Initiatives related to education and startups were then limited to announcements only. Now this thinking has completely changed. The Delhi government is developing an ecosystem from schools to higher and technical education, in which skill development, entrepreneurship and innovation are kept at the center and public and private institutions are working together.
Startup Youth Festival is special
For the first time, 11 universities, 12 colleges and 19 ITIs have been linked on one platform. ‘Campus to Market’ has now been systematically implemented by the government, providing students with mentorship, funding and market access.
Currently, more than 75 thousand students and youth are associated with entrepreneurship programs and more than 470 startups are working in incubation. These student-startups have generated revenues of Rs 500-600 crore and each startup is creating 4-5 employment opportunities on an average. Ideas are being supported at the school level along with financial assistance.