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In a first, Gujarat government will promote innovative ideas of school students and recent university graduates under the upcoming Open Innovation Challenge. The open innovation challenge will cater to them. Hiranmay Mahanta, honorary director of Gujarat Technological University Innovation Council said there was a latent need to cater to school students and recent university pass-outs. "In various challenges, we found that about 15-20% of the applicants were school students. University start-up incubators say an open challenge will create awareness about increasing need of start-ups..