Shillong July 13: Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) is excited to announce a successful collaboration with PRIME Meghalaya in hosting the highly anticipated Impact Week on its campus. The week-long event, held from July 4 to July 11, 2024, marked a significant initiative to foster innovation and leadership among aspiring young leaders in an inspiring initiative to develop solutions for pressing Meghalaya issues like pollution, sustainable tourism, youth employment, and waste management.
The Impact Week commenced with a three-day training program where senior coaches from the Impact Week team shared their expertise and mentored junior coaches. This intensive training was designed to equip junior coaches with the necessary skills and strategies to inspire and guide the next generation of innovators. Following this, the remaining four days of Impact Week saw junior coaches taking the lead in training students from 15 different institutions across Meghalaya. These sessions offered a platform for students to engage in hands-on workshops and collaborative activities, emphasizing creative problem-solving and innovative thinking.
MLCU is proud to have hosted this impactful event, which brought together talented individuals and provided valuable learning experiences for all participants. The collaboration with PRIME
Meghalaya exemplifies MLCU’s commitment to nurturing young talent and fostering community engagement through impactful educational initiatives.
The final day of Impact Week at Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) was graced by the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Vijay Mantri, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Education Department, Smti T. Kumari Kharbamon, Vice Chancellor, Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU), Shri Jeff Rani, Sector Head, PRIME, Carolin Taenzer, Managing
Director, Impact Week, government officials, coaches, experts, students, staff, and faculty of MLCU amongst others.
The Chief Minister’s visit on July 11, 2024, highlighted the culmination of a week-long initiative designed to inspire and cultivate innovative talent among students from across the state.
During his visit, the Chief Minister engaged with teams of students who showcased their prototypes developed during the week falling in line with the various social problems faced in Meghalaya from Tourism, Youth Employment, Waste Management, Traffic, and Agriculture. The prototypes, the result of collaborative efforts between junior coaches and students from 15 institutions addressed a range of societal and environmental challenges. The Chief Minister expressed his admiration for the creativity and dedication demonstrated by the young innovators.
Shri Sangma also took the opportunity to offer valuable insights and encouragement to the participants, emphasizing the importance of innovation and perseverance in achieving meaningful progress. His presence underscored the significance of such educational programs in fostering a culture of innovation and community service among the youth. He stated that when the government was formed in 2019, a sharp vision was in his mind, to create an ecosystem for entrepreneurs, and, hence PRIME was started. In the first year of its existence, PRIME saw six hundred participants which increased to more than two thousand participants in the third year. Speaking on the presentations by different students, he applauded them and stated that he was impressed with the confidence that they showed. He went on to congratulate the PRIME team for the work they have done and are doing and also the Impact team for bringing out these aspects through the training and challenges provided.
Speaking about the CM-ELEVATE initiative which intends to handhold and finance twenty thousand entrepreneurs from the state of Meghalaya, he said that it is one of the most aggressive entrepreneurship programs in the country and around 300 to 400 crores has been budgeted as subsidy for entrepreneurs.
The Impact Week, a collaborative effort between MLCU and PRIME Meghalaya, concluded on a high note with the Chief Minister’s visit as well as the pitching competition at the end, marking a successful chapter in the university’s mission to support and develop young leaders for the future.
