The Hult Prize is a brainchild of Ahmad Ashkar who came up with the ingenious idea while pursuing an MBA at Hult International Business School and later transformed his idea into reality in collaboration with BertilHult. Established in 2010, the Hult Prize is on the brink of its 10th grand anniversary.
In this grandiose occasion, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) is hosting the renowned competition for the first time with huge response and support from the entire campus and community. KUET has already held an info session and workshop on the event and the online round is going on in full swing. The other on-campus segments are the Semi-Final where the top 30 ideas will be selected and participants will have to compete through presentations and Q&A sessions. The Top 6 teams from the Semi-Final Round of 30th November will proceed on to the Grand Finale of 1st December. The Champion team from the campus will directly fly to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dubai, London or any of the 25 hosting cities to participate in the Regional Finals.
The Hult Prize Foundation is the world’s largest engine for the creation and launch of a market- based, SDG-aligned, sustainable, and impact-centered startups emerging from university, offering a grand prize of 1,000,000 US Dollar. The Hult Prize truly emphasizes a practical approach to learning how to become an impact entrepreneur. Students build a team, brainstorm ideas, start a business, and pitch to impressive audiences. Hult Prize has helped launch social enterprises that serve the least fortunate, tackle humanity’s greatest challenges, and pursue large, untapped markets. Every year, the Hult Prize has crafted challenges and helped launch startups that actively solve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year’s challenge is to “To develop an idea to provide 10,000 meaningful jobs for young people within the next decade”
Location:
KhulnaBenefits
The Hult Prize Competition provides an ample range of opportunities such as:
- A grand total of 1,000,000 US DOLLAR for the Champion Team
- Incubation and Internship for every top idea from the competition
- The on-campus opportunity to pitch the idea of your dream startup.
- Being featured not only in the university campus but also in the platform of the world’s biggest student’s competition.
- A trip to Hult Castle in England for a two months long nurturing period from the world’s best mentors
- An opportunity to visit and participate in any of the 25 Regional Round hosting cities.
- Certificates for every participating team
- Crests and Certificates of Achievement for the winning teams of every segment
- Opportunity to present and discuss ideas with members of the Hult Foundation and respected guests.
Eligibilities
- Every KUETian of currently running batches is allowed to participate in HULT PRIZE 2018-19.
- The team must be of 3-4 enthusiastic, passionate members (members can be from any departments or batches of KUET)
Application Process
- Apply online through the given link
- Participants will have to submit their ideas in a gist of 500 words Microsoft Word File or in a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation or in a Video with 4-5 minutes duration.
- The Idea has to be based in 2019 Hult Prize Challenge “Develop an idea to provide meaningful jobs to 10,000 young people within next decade”.
Download the 2019 Hult Prize Challenge PDF from here: http://www.hultprize.org/challenge - Participants will have to submit/attach their ideas in this Google Form but have to REGISTER their team in our HULT PRIZE at KUET official website with their team details and a little bit of overview about their team.
- There are no registration fees for Online Round.
Application Deadline: November 7, 2018
Application ClosedOfficial link
