Entrepreneurship competition in Kaslik to encourage students’ innovation

The Holy Spirit University-Kaslik School of Business and Commerce Studies organized last Friday an entrepreneurship competition  aimed at promoting the spirit of initiative amongst students and encourage them to translate their creative ideas into innovative development projects. On the occasion, the head of the School Communications and Student Exchange Department, Tina Habib, announced the opening of the ‘Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’ in partnership with the University of Cleveland and the Lebanese Central Bank, which has so far supported many youth undertakings. For his part, the School’s Dean, Professor Neemat Azouri, pointed out that the contest represents the first stride towards the innovative world of entrepreneurship. At the end of the ceremony, participating students presented their projects in front of a jury committee.  These included the following:

a) Converting waste cooking oil into biodiesel: Students sought to produce new sources of energy, like for example, biodiesel, in order to replace conventional petroleum products. This invention attempted to generate biodiesel.from wasted cooking oil

b) U +: is an application catering to school students. It includes a database for various electronic portals of the different universities, their activities and the services they provide.

c) Seek & Match: is an application related to services in Lebanon which tries to match demand with service providers. (Al Mustaqbal, June 7, 2016)