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Hult Prize 2022 - Finals

After many successful events, starting from orientation programs at various colleges, four entrepreneurship talk series, two workshops, and two mentorship sessions, each with enthusiastic participation from participating and non-participating members alike, the most awaited day successfully played out. The grand final of the Hult Prize at IOE 2021/22 was successfully conducted on Saturday, February 12, 2022.

The event began as the media coverage manager Ms. Suniti Shrestha welcomed the audience and congratulated the eighteen finalist teams while commenting on their perseverance for having come so far. After a short briefing on the Hult Prize, the campus director reminded participants of the theme of the Hult Prize 2021/2022. He also thanked the entirety of participants, the organizing team, judges, mentors, sponsors, facilitators, and volunteers who joined hands to bring the prize to glorious success. He summarized the journey of the Hult Prize at IOE so far and hoped to create a long-lasting impact on society through these events.

The entire organizing team introduced themselves thereafter, and the volunteers, campus representatives, sponsors, and media partners were introduced. The campus representative of KEC, Ms. Sayana Rai talked about her experience with being in the position and how her misconception about the Hult Prize and what it represents changed for her after her shared experience with the rest of her team and how she learned a lot about entrepreneurship and design thinking.

The Chief Strategy Officer at Bajra Technology, Mr. Shreyan Poudel gave a key-note speech where he talked about his personal experience and experience through Bajra Technology and encouraged the audience to understand the culture, mindset, and environment through case studies and research on which your project is based all the creating what makes sense to you.

The project manager from the team Vertex Nepal, Mr. R. Ashok Kumar in his speech expressed his wish to have entrepreneurial events as such a permanent occurrence in Nepal and expressed his willingness to sponsor programs pertaining to entrepreneurial development and incubation in Nepal. He appreciated the coordination and presentation of the organizing team and wished the participants the very best for their future endeavours and promised to guide and assist them beyond the Hult Prize if it is required.

Mr. Yubraj Basnet from the Ministry of Social Security and Employment talked about how COVID has affected job prospects, made thousands of people suffer unemployment, women, micro-enterprises, and women being the ones most affected. He, thus appreciated the theme of the Hult Prize as it is one of the direst challenges facing the people, government, and economy of Nepal. He urged the participants to stay crazy and chase their crazy ideas and incorporate new technology.

Ms. Bahar Kumar, the director of the new impact hub expressed her excitement in Nepal being recognized as one of the innovative players in the economic ecosystem in her welcome note. She emphasized the need to transform the world into a better place for the present and future by creating jobs, having a positive environmental and social impact, and being a part of the larger global community through collaboration rather than competition. She urged the audience to reach out and be a part of the impact hub to create a larger ripple through their ideas.

Subsequently, after key-note speeches from the recognized personalities, the pitch was just around the corner. Before starting the pitch, Suniti introduced the amazing panel of judges, briefed the participants on the rules to be followed, and announced the prizes that the winning teams will be taking home. 18 teams pitched their business ideas to the panel of 8 distinguished judges in 4 minutes and answered questions from the judges in 4 minutes. The judges asked questions ranging from sustainability to business growth and environmental impact.

After the pitches were successfully completed, the first guest of the day Mr. Sanup Poudel talked about his musical journey which started at a very young age, and the flourishing of his musical career. The second guest speaker of the day, Mr. Dil Bhusan Pathak, editor in chief of Kantipur TV, talked about his experience as a journalist when the presses freedom has only just begun in Nepal and his life-changing experience reporting from Karnali and how witnessing the poor situation of people in the mid and far western region of Nepal shaped who he was as a person and finds himself committed to them still. The next guest Mr. Aakash Khadka serenaded the audience with four of his most beloved and requested songs after talking about his journey as a musician and discussing his future projects.

The next inspiring guest speaker of the day was Mr. Anil Keshari Jha, the first CEO of Nabil Bank of Nepal. He shared his experience with looking for his dream. He urged young people to explore all the other opportunities and not just look at one possibility of life. The next guest to grace the event was none other than Mr. Sameer Shrestha who had the audience swooning over his melodious musical performance. The next guest Mr. Oasis Thapa, a popular Indie musician of Nepal shared his history of musical experience of over 8 years, even though he officially debuted about 5 years ago.

The next guest, Mr. Sanjog Koirala, emphasized the need for personal development and skill set acquirement in one’s life. He explained today’s world as one of dynamism and versatility so he urged the audience to learn skills in their free time and to develop an authentic personality and confidence above all else. The next guest, Ms. Reecha Sharma, while reminiscing her own past encouraged the audience to take one step at a time, to find in yourself what you are good at, and make the best out of it.

The next guest Mr. Joe Morrison had an interactive and jolly session with the audience. The chat sessions were in full blast and the passion for the sports was clearly visible. Joe talked about his past and his various career paths of the past and present. He also fondly recalled his experience in the Everest Base Camp and Namche Bazaar. The last guest of the day, Mr. Madan Krishna Shrestha fondly recalled his days working with Mithila Sharma. He recalled how he first met his life-long acting partner Mr. Hari Bansha Acharya and how meeting him and his own wife has made his life truly complete and successful. He gave a quick recap of his starting days as a comedian and how he is constantly inspired by his own partnership with the actor Hari Bansha Acharya.

At the end of the program, Mr. Nishant, the chief technology officer at Bajra Technologies announced the Team MeasureMe.AI as the winner of the “Bajra Best in Tech” award and presented their prizes, along with inviting them to intern with them at Bajra Technologies. Mr. Madan Krishna Shrestha, then announced the team to position themselves as the Second Runner-up, Team Mushoor, and Team Meem as the First Runner-up. The Team MeasureMe.AI was announced as the Winner of the Hult Prize at IOE 2021-22. Each of the winning teams was presented with their respective prizes and with this, the glorious journey came to a glorious end.