Jagriti Enterprise (Digital) Mela 2021

The last date for filling the form is 12th December 2021 – 10 pm

As the pandemic ran roughshot over the country, leaving personal loss and economic devastation in its wake, India found itself on an inflexion point. The recovery has been slow, but sure. As one of the largest and oldest community of entrepreneurs in this country, we reflected on our 12 year long exercise of inspiring and encouraging youth in building the country, we were posed with the challenge of taking the physical journey into the digital space.

Here we stand, a year removed and one successful digital yatra later, armed with multiple initiatives that are doing fantastic work with the larger community and an even larger network of alumni hard at work on fulfilling their pledge.

Join us, as the Jagriti Digital Yatra takes you on a 15-day digital journey combining eminent speakers, power-packed initiatives and a dynamic fraternity; all driven by the boundless ambition to build the nation through enterprise. With the aim to inspire, innovate and incubate, the Jagriti Digital Yatra is a confluence of change-makers, leaders, problem-solvers and innovators. It focuses on the themes of Agriculture, Health, Technology, Handicraft and Apparel, Women Empowerment and Urbanization and interlinking entrepreneurship with nation-building. The Digital Yatra is accepting applications for over 2000 changemakers this year, building on our strong legacy of extending unyielding support to young entrepreneurs wherever possible.

Jagriti Digital Yatra is a 15-day digital journey combining eminent speakers, power-packed initiatives, and a dynamic fraternity; all driven by the boundless ambition to build the nation through enterprise. With the aim to inspire, innovate and incubate, the Jagriti Digital Yatra is a confluence of change-makers, leaders, problem-solvers, and innovators. It focuses on the themes of Agriculture, Health, Technology, Handicraft and Apparel, Women Empowerment and Urbanization, and interlinking entrepreneurship with nation-building. As we finish another year, we at Jagriti Yatra look forward to the 2nd edition of the Digital Yatra. For me personally, a silver lining of the digitization of the Yatra has been the immeasurable increase in the actual learning and borderless networking ability that the digital yatra has enabled. One key learning platform in the Digital Yatra has been the Jagriti Enterprise Mela (JEM).

JEM is a festival of diverse social enterprises that work on specific areas of focus (mentioned as categories, in this form) addressing social issues and challenges in the development of the country. The Mela provides an opportunity for such enterprises that are an eclectic mix of profit, not for profit and non-profit all with a vision to create a better India. We invite you to share your philosophies, work models, and ideas with a larger audience and inspire them. Carrying forward the initiative from the last 5 years, this year we are hosting the 6th edition of the Jagriti Enterprise Mela Digitally! Here is your chance to share your work and entrepreneurial experience with 1000 young changemakers who will be joining us this year!

Basic eligibility to be a JEM Participant:

1. Your organization must be at least 3 years old since registration (3 years of financial accounts)

2. Your organization must have at least INR 10 Lacs of business/ year

3. Your organization should be a social enterprise/ have a clear social focus

How it works:

1. You first fill in this form, expressing your interest to be part of the Mela

2. The selection team goes through the applications and shortlist organizations from different verticals

3. Selected enterprises will then be asked to send a video, not more than 3 minutes – 5W1H model explaining your work and impact (Imagine, an elevator pitch)

4. We will present this video to our participants on the Yatra, along with any other material you would like to share with them. We will also share your contact details in case they want to reach out and connect with you to know more.

Basic eligibility to be a JEM Participant:

1. Your organization must be at least 3 years old since registration (3 years of financial accounts)

2. Your organization must have at least INR 10 Lacs of business/ year

3. Your organization should be a social enterprise/ have a clear social focus