Last Updated: 29 September 2026

Entrepreneurship curriculum: compulsory subject for ~5.6 lakh students in 3,692 Govt schools, plus ITIs, polytechnics & colleges: details

Neuron 2.0: ₹29 crore tech incubation hub (Startup Punjab Hub) at STPI Mohali; MoU signed 19 Aug 2026^[1]
-- Focus: cybersecurity, AI, data analytics, IoT & graphics
-- Target: nurture 50+ startups & train 2,000 professionals in 5 years

Neuron 1.0 IMPACT^[1:1]
-- 114 startups incubated; 158 products & 171 prototypes
-- ~2,700 jobs created; ₹251 crore investment raised; combined valuation ~₹2,890 crore

¶ Startup Punjab Conclave (Jan 2026)^[2]

• Punjab's 1st-ever Startup Conclave at LPU, Phagwara on 12 Jan 2026; 100+ startups with investors & incubators
• CM's mantra to youth: become job creators, not job seekers

¶ Entrepreneurship in ITIs & Polytechnics^[3]

• Entrepreneurship/Business curriculum in 322 ITIs & 91 Polytechnics
• 36,139 students (28,967 ITI + 7,172 Polytechnic) working on business ideas on a digital platform
• Quarterly residential Startup Bootcamps; 1st held at MGSIPA in March 2026

References:

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1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=225593 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 19 Aug 2026) ↩︎ ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=215901 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 12 Jan 2026) ↩︎

3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=217851 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 1 Mar 2026) ↩︎