2nd Kailawn

Mizoram Kailawn in its second year of execution has developed into a brand that encourages, promotes and connects entrepreneurs across the state. Its primary objective to create a statewide entrepreneurial culture is visible to see as it continues to snowball into a larger and deeper community involvement ever since the Memorandum of Understanding was signed back in 22 June 2017. Mizoram Kailawn was implemented by Mizoram State Entrepreneurship Development Monitoring Committee (MEDMOC), a nodal body of the Government of Mizoram, and executed by knowledge partner Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), with local partner Mizoram Consultancy Group (MzCG). The 2018 edition has spanned into a greater network of institutional support from the Mizoram University Incubation Centre, TATA Trusts, North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFI) and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). 

            Mizoram Kailawn 2018 was launched on 3 April 2018 by Pu Lalsawta, Honourable Minister of Planning & Programme Implementation. Thereafter, outreach programs were conducted in each district by the MzCG team and the knowledgable support of Master Trainers chosen under the Entrepreneurship Development Scheme (EDS). A total of 330 participants registered for Mizoram Kailawn 2018, an increase in number from the 287 applicants in 2017. IIMCIP evaluators shortlisted 40 Finalists to take part in the Boot Camp/Training program hosted at the State Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (SIRD&PR). Given that the evaluators are only given the business proposal plans and not the applicant name or locality, it is truly significant that all except one of the districts of Mizoram were represented at the Bootcamp.