MIT-WPU and Foundation collaborate in initiating RIDE 2025 bootcamp, aiming to educate 7,500 students.
Ignite Bootcamp: RIDE 2025 Launches at MIT World Peace University
MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) in Pune, Maharashtra, has partnered with the our website Foundation to launch the Ignite Bootcamp: RIDE 2025. This initiative aims to foster entrepreneurship education and mindset development among students.
Established in 2017, MIT-WPU is a renowned private university offering over 150 programs in Management, Engineering, Design, and other fields. The university places a strong emphasis on experiential and industry-integrated learning, with its management courses designed to focus on real-world learning, entrepreneurial skill-building, and industry collaboration.
The university's entrepreneurial and management ecosystem includes the Ramcharan School of Leadership (RSOL), which nurtures entrepreneurship, and a dedicated leadership school led by Dr. Vinod Shastri, Director of Entrepreneurship. This ecosystem likely supports bootcamp-style initiatives like the Ignite Bootcamp, which aims to accelerate entrepreneurial ideas, leadership skills, and business acumen among students and emerging entrepreneurs.
Goals and Impact on Entrepreneurship Education in India:
The Ignite Bootcamp: RIDE 2025 is designed to achieve several objectives:
- Developing entrepreneurial mindsets and leadership skills.
- Providing practical exposure through workshops, mentorship, and innovation labs.
- Encouraging startup ideation and business skills among youth.
- Creating a collaborative platform for students to engage with corporate leaders.
The bootcamp is expected to have a significant impact on entrepreneurship education in India:
- Enhancing experiential learning beyond traditional classroom methods.
- Providing students with industry-relevant skills aligned with current market trends such as data science, blockchain, and metaverse technologies.
- Strengthening India’s entrepreneurship ecosystem by equipping graduates with startup readiness and business management skills.
- Supporting India’s national entrepreneurial ambitions by fostering innovation and startup culture within higher education.
Key Features of the Ignite Bootcamp:
- The bootcamp combines hands-on mentorship and evaluation to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
- Dr. Rahul Karad, Managing Trustee of MAEER's MIT and Executive President of MAEER's MIT and MIT World Peace University, is the Chief Initiator of MIT School of Government and Founder of several institutions at MIT World Peace University.
- Dr. Rahul Karad expressed that the collaboration with the our website Foundation is a step towards creating impact beyond the classroom.
- Industry leaders, investors, and the wider community will attend the Start-up Expo 2025.
- The bootcamp is powered by our website Foundation's Ignite program, already impacting 150,000+ students across 1000+ institutions worldwide.
- Dr. Rahul Karad stated that the initiative is not just about starting ventures, but shaping confident, creative problem-solvers ready to lead in a rapidly changing world.
- The initiative aims to set a new Asia record for the highest number of digital venture registrations in a single day.
- Dr. Rahul Karad supports students in inculcating an entrepreneurial mindset and applying their knowledge in practical, high-stakes environments to solve real-life challenges.
Key Dates and Events:
- The Start-up Expo 2025 (Aug 11-14) will showcase the top 150 ventures from the Ignite Bootcamp.
- The final three ventures from the Start-up Expo 2025 will pitch live for additional funding, incubation, prizes, and trophies.
- The initiative will train over 7,500 second-year undergraduate students from 30 departments across 12 schools at MIT-WPU.
- The bootcamp is offered at zero cost to the university.
As India prioritizes entrepreneurship for economic development, initiatives like the our website Ignite Bootcamp at MIT-WPU are critical in creating a pipeline of skilled innovators. The bootcamp is launched under MIT-WPU's flagship RIDE 2025 (Research, Innovation, Design, & Entrepreneurship) event, with MIT-WPU providing incubation and acceleration support to help the student-led ventures grow. The goal of the initiative is to create more than 1500 student-led ventures.
Sources: Media Brief from Content Media Solutions, Navrashtra, and Curiculum Magazine.
- The Ignite Bootcamp, a collaboration between MIT World Peace University and the our website Foundation, aims to foster business acumen and entrepreneurial skills among students through practical exposure, workshops, and innovation labs.
- As part of the Ignite Bootcamp, over 7,500 second-year undergraduate students will be trained in entrepreneurship education and mindset development, aligning with India's focus on fostering a pipeline of skilled innovators for economic development.
