Indian Mobile Initiative advocates social innovation and entrepreneurship through student workshops
1. Indian Mobile Initiative Purpose: Advocate for social innovations and entrepreneurship with mobile technology to inform and educate Indian Universities students to help address community needs Kyle Fisher AakritiShroff Thiago Vieira
2. Innovation Traditional approach to teaching students at Indian Universities are with very theoretical coursework that don’t emphasize real world applications or entrepreneurship IMI Approach Empowerstudents with a base of knowledge and skills Engagethe local community for problems and propose creative solutions Emerge with a design and implement it! To do this, IMI will consist of two parts - One five week course on entrepreneurship and mobile applications - Multiple 3-day mobile and entrepreneurship workshops
3. Part 2: What’s the excitement about? Spread the IMI gospel with four 3-Day Mobile Boot Camps 100-200 student participants at each camp Visiting different colleges all over India- Hyderabad, Mumbai,… Day 1: Android Basics Simple programs, resources for developers, getting started Day 2: Get Ideas for an application Break into groups of 20 and look for problems in the community Break into smaller groups of 4 and come up with creative solutions Day 3: Present Ideas, stay connected Discuss design, implementation and business strategies Stay connected with other students, community and business mentors
4. Summary & Goals Inspire a generation of Indian students to be social entrepreneurs in their communities Build a contact network for academic advisors, experienced industry workers, investors and motivated students to work together Empowerstudents with knowledge Engagethe community needs Emergewith a solution Enablethis through IMI