Summary:
The festival has three components – a 'Sports Hackathon' which is being organised in association with Start-up Odisha and Sports Unlimitech, the biggest sports and innovation festival in Europe, at XIMB with participation of 10 French students as well. Sports Unlimitech has agreed to sponsor the winning team of the hackathon to Lyon in September for the second edition of their festival while Start-Up Odisha has offered pre-incubation and mentoring support. After Bhubaneswar, the hackathon will be held in Lyon, Paris, Casablanca, Shanghai and Doha – the other centers of emlyon business school. The startups would interact and network in an innovative way with industry experts, sportspersons, investors and the Department of Sports and Youth Services. It reflects the virtue of cross pollinisation and enhances a hybrid and creative approach embodied by XAVIER-EMLYON Business School, the first Indo-French business School in India..