Selected students will be paired with grassroots organization
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at the University of California, Berkeley, has formed a partnership with The Purpose Academy, a program by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) One Million for One Billion (1M1B) with the Innovation Acceleration Group (IAG) to engage the India’s brightest young minds to solve the world’s most complex problems with by pairing them with a grassroots organisation from Indian villages and AI.
The program will enable India’s brightest students to become responsible business leaders by giving a unique exposure to real-time problem solving to create real impact. said a SCET release from New Delhi on 26 April 2021.
SCET will help support the initiative by connecting students with the UC Berkeley campus and faculty, and by providing mentorship from UC Berkeley students.
The 1M1B is a social innovation and future skills initiative aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
With abundant guidance from world-renowned leaders, faculty and mentors with diverse portfolios – the program equips students with technology, ideas, creativity, resources, and motivation to build disruptive solutions.
The Purpose Academy provides a real-life impact lab environment in which students discover not just what makes impact initiatives successful and scalable, but also what makes them fail. Students are then paired with a grassroots organization from the villages of India and are given real challenges to solve using systems thinking and responsible AI.
“Technology has the power to change the world for good. We need young leaders who are just not just skilled in technology but are also learning to use technology responsibly. We are excited to partner with 1M1B in this mission and we look forward to hosting the top students from the Purpose Academy at UC Berkeley,” said Ken Singer, Managing Director, UC Berkeley SCET.
Manav Subodh – Co Founder of 1M1B, added, “Students today face an unpredictable future, full of complicated economic, social, and environmental issues. While schoolwork focuses on the general educational curriculum, The Purpose Academy enables high school and senior school students to gain crucial future skills that will assist them in becoming real problem solvers and create a pathway to become responsible business leaders”.
After a successful pilot batch, The Purpose Academy is inviting applications for the summers program (June- August 2021). The batch size is limited to 25 students and selections are based on interviews. Top Students are given an opportunity to showcase their work at SCET, UC Berkeley.
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology is a global innovation hub headquartered at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, where aspiring entrepreneurs take deep dives into the world of technology entrepreneurship and embark on the path to developing exciting new ventures. The Center researches emerging technologies in its labs and offers a suite of courses and programs for students, executives, and global innovators.
The 1M1B is a social innovation and future skills initiative aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established in the United States of America in October 2014, 1M1B is a United Nations accredited 501c3 non-profit organization with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications.
In India 1M1B Foundation has been given the GuideStar seal of transparency and was also awarded the prestigious Great Place to Work certificate. 1M1B programs are available in over 200 schools and 152 villages of India. Over the last 3 years 1M1B has trained over 15,000 youth on Responsible AI and leadership. Over 120 youth from India have presented their work at the United Nations, New York. 1M1B exists to activate one million leaders who will impact one billion people to create a world with balanced prosperity. #technology #economy #investment /fiinews.com
