Youths Idea About Indian Future

"With a view to provide a platform to the youth to express their aspirations on India's future, ITC has unveiled a competition for students"

"Classmate - Ideas For India echoes ITC's credo of Let's Put India First. It is a powerful forum to kindle great ideas," Chand Das, chief executive of ITC's Education and Stationery Products Business said on Wednesday.

 The competition, which began in September, received around 6,000 entries. These were classified into six broad categories of ideas relating to science and technology, education, social and religious tolerance, infrastructure and environment. About 500 entries have been shortlisted for the citylevel contest in 11 cities. Finally,one will be chosen from each city for the finals in December. Five of the finalists will receive internships and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh each.

SOME INNOVATIVE IDEAS
• Aritra, a city-level contestant, has proposed a GPS-based People's Transport Information System to help citizens with instant updates

• Lokesh and Supreet are two other contestants who have proposed ideas regarding production of electricity

• Cricketer Yuvaraj Singh, the programme's brand ambassador, expressed his wish to open a cricket academy for youngsters