India in HP comp final
By Asha

It is ironic that on the day HP sacked its second President and CEO in 12 months, and named Ms Meg Whitman as its new President and CEO,  it also announced the results of its global competition for students to ‘Better Compete in the 21st Century Workforce’

HP and Junior Achievement, the world’s largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy, today announced the winner of the first Social Innovation Relay, a global competition where teams of students from 11 participating countries designed projects that could have a significant positive social impact.

More than 9000 students who participated in this interactive, web-based competition were coached throughout by HP employee mentors to think like innovators while developing skills that will help them grow into globally minded, socially responsible entrepreneurs.

A team of high school students from Nizhnekamsk, Russia, took home the global title for Fortuna, a simple and sustainable business concept designed to encourage citizens to manufacture and sell products created from recyclable waste materials, potentially driving profit and also reducing landfill.

The Regional winner from India, and a finalist, pitched a ‘plan to eradicate illiteracy and poverty by providing educational services to low-income children with the help of students, the unemployed, governments and corporations’