A motivating lecture was delivered by Dr. Neetu Verma (Associate professor, PG department of Physics, Innovation ambassador, Vice president IIC , Kanya  Maha V idyalaya , Jalandhar) to all the UG students to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and startups in the young minds.The topic of the lecture was design thinking. She emphasized that there are no limits to what we can accomplish except the limits we place on our own thinking. She then quoted the example of problem solving: the encumbered VS the fresh mind and made things clear between traditional thinking and design thinking. Examples of world’s leading brands such as Apple, Google and Samsung were given that adopted the design thinking approach. Ma’am further explained what design thinking means and how problem solving equals design thinking. Many problems were solved such as installation of a sink on the top of the toilet seats to curb the water scarcity problem. Introduction of cashless payments to make the transactions straightforward and to reduce the chances of fraud.  Design thinking  modes were discussed which include empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test. Design thinking helped the students to think outside the box.Dr. Verma conducted several idea pooling sessions within   the campus such as Creative Mind Teasers , Anubhooti, etc. Students developed many prototypes and under her valuable guidance, KMV students won 2^nd Best Idea Prize in national event “Innovesta- 2021”. Two ideas selected for grand finale Toycathon 2021. Three innovation ideas selected for Smart India Hackathon. Under her guidance, the students made a way to the national level and got recognized. The lecture was quite fruitful and fostered the idea of innovation in the young minds. Principal Prof. (Dr.) Atima Sharma applauded Dr. Neetu Verma for  her incredible efforts for the same.