Chandigarh, July 5 -- The Punjab government is all set to host the first "Business Blasters' Expo" at IIT Ropar on Saturday, where Class 11 and 12 students from government schools will showcase their innovative ventures in thrilling Shark Tank-style pitch sessions before renowned investors, entrepreneurs and incubators, said school education minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday.

Addressing a press conference here, Bains said the expo will enable funding, incubation and industry partnerships for scalable student ventures, besides inspiring stakeholders to support school-based entrepreneurship.

"Around 40 teams will showcase their products at the expo. The state government had provided Rs.16,000 seed funding each to over 7,000 teams who ...