A GLOBAL MODEL FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE COLLABORATION AND
UNIVERSITY-BORNE INNOVATION IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Tibetan Innovation Challenge was an international, intercollegiate social entrepreneurship business plan contest, organized by the University of Rochester, aiming to improve the lives of Tibetans living in refugee camps in India through self-sustaining and replicable business ideas. It was held from 2015 – 2017.
A similar competition is being held by YETI, the Youth Employment for Tibetans Initiative. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2019. For more information, visit Tibet Innovations.
92.203
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA
13.514
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL
127.935
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN THE WORLD
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Among Tibetan-owned businesses, the nature and focus of the businesses are rudimentary, with their scale and scope limited to their immediate geographical area.
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Tibetans in exile communicate relatively freely using various forms of social media.
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Every Tibetan child in exile has access to free education up to the senior secondary level where both traditional and modern education is being taught. There are about 76 Tibetan schools in both India and Nepal.
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The Tibetan youth population continues to concentrate in India, representing approximately 80% of the total youth population in exile.
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Tibetans in India are mainly involved in small-scale businesses.
