NSRCEL and IIM Bangalore alum-founded GPS Renewables partner for ‘Campus Founders’
IIM Bangalore (IIMB), has partnered with GPS Renewables, a full-stack, clean fuels technology and engineering company, for the second edition of Campus Founders – a student entrepreneurship programme aimed at supporting college-based startup founders and recent graduates in transforming their startup ideas into thriving businesses.
The collaboration assumes significance as GPS Renewables was co-founded 12 years ago by two IIMB graduates Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar.
Campus Founders focuses on innovative solutions in sustainability, climate change and hardware development. The four-month long programme is tailored to cater to students' needs, allowing them to evolve their ventures while still pursuing their studies.
It is designed for students from various academic disciplines, putting innovation from universities on a path to commercialisation and scale. Participants with startup ideas or working prototypes will explore minimum viable products and the path to product-market fit.
Alongside workshops and hands-on mentorship during the programme, the students will interact with seasoned entrepreneurs and industry experts who will guide them through their entrepreneurial journey. The programme aims to enable entrepreneurship as a lucrative and sustaining career for campus graduates, fostering an ecosystem where college graduates can progress to becoming CEOs of ventures.
GPS Renewables CEO Mainak Chakraborty said the programme aligned perfectly with the company’s commitment to climate-forward and
