Global Business Challenge 2020: Third-Place Finish For IIT Kharagpur Start-Up Team

Kolkata: Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur’s (IIT-K) graduate start-up team ‘EcoDabba’ secured the third position in the Global Business Challenge 2020. The competition was organised by QUT Brisbane, Griffith University in Queensland, and supported by the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The IIT-K, the only Indian outfit in the Top 3, emerged winners competing with 153 teams from 23 countries. EcoDabba team offered a solution for waste reduction in food packaging.

@IITKgp graduate startup team EcoDabba has secured 3rd position among 153 teams from 23 nations in the Global Business Challenge 2020 organized by @QUT @UQ_News @Griffith_Uni & supported by @UN @WIPO Green. EcoDabba offered a solution for waste reduction in food packaging. pic.twitter.com/7eyb7drzTD

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IIT-K provided a sustainable, eco-friendly solution to handle food packaging in the post-pandemic scenario.