Niti Aayog Announced Competition for Startups

Government think-tank NITI Aayog launched "Pitch to MOVE" - a mobility pitch competition that aims to provide budding entrepreneurs of India a unique opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a distinguished jury.

"Pitch to MOVE" is organised by NITI Aayog in collaboration with Invest India and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) as a part of a series of engaging featured events in the run up to the main event.

The Summit is scheduled to be held on September 7-8, at Vigyan Bhawan, in New Delhi.

Startups working in the various fields of mobility can pitch their ideas to industry leaders and Venture Capitalists for raising investments.

Winners of the event will be felicitated by the PM during the Global Mobility Summit.

"'Pitch to MOVE' aims to identify and incentivise the startups, which will help the Government realize its vision of Shared, Connected, Intermodal and Environment Friendly Mobility for India. The objective is to harness the latest disruption for generating employment and growth in our country. We look forward to working together with these startups", said Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog.

Commenting on the launch, Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog noted that "Pitch to MOVE" provides a golden opportunity for early and late startups to push their ideas to reality.