Social Innovation
TUD Students To Represent Ireland At 2021 Red Bull Basement Global Final
Red Bull Basement National Finalists, Harsh Chandra and Clara Fargas impressed judges with their career guidance solution for students
Technological University Dublin student innovators Harsh Chandra and Clara Fargas with their career guidance solution Careers XP have been selected to represent Ireland at the 2021 Red Bull Basement Global Final.
In this global program, students are empowered to showcase their innovative ideas, using technology to make tomorrow’s world a better place. Ireland’s winning entry, Harsh and Clara’s online platform Careers XP is a game-changing career guidance solution which aims at giving students more clarity when choosing their college course. Inspired by the issue of college dropout rates and the lack of solutions already available, Careers XP provides hands-on experience through short and simple activities across a range of different courses which aims to provide valuable insight to help students make a better-informed choice.
Computer Science student Harsh commented on the project; “We aim to create a platform that helps sixth year students to overcome the fatigue and pressure of chosing a college course and a career. Many college freshers are led to make uninformed decisions which leads to poor performance, stress, and dropouts. With CareersXP we plan to tackle this problem with a practical approach by allowing students to 'try courses before applying to them'. This creates a unique & personal experience helping them to gain insight and narrow their search to find the right fit for them.”
Harsh Chandra - Red Bull Basement Ireland 2021
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Harsh and Clara will now receive support and mentorship to further develop their platform ahead of the Global Final in Turkey in December where they, alongside 44 other country finalist teams will pitch to a panel of globally acclaimed thought leaders, entrepreneurs and tech and innovation experts and visionaries.
Clara Fargas - Red Bull Basement Ireland 2021
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Business student Clara commented on the Red Bull Basement experience; “It is a huge opportunity to be selected to represent Ireland and TUD at the Red Bull Basement Final and we are so excited to be able to travel to Turkey in December. The mentorship, work-space and support will be a real leg up for the project as we continue work on the prototype ahead of the Final. This is a real game changer for us as students and for our project, we look forward to great things to come.”
Follow Harsh and Clara's journey and watch their pitch video here.
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