For funding new start-ups 2018-19 at GLIC, the pitching session was held on 19th September 2018. In kind presence of Honourable Director Sir, Prof (Dr) Bimal N. Patel as the jury member including Dr R. K. Singh, Dean, Academic Affairs, Dr Viral Pandya, Deputy Dean, Academic Affairs, Dr A. N. Rao, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Mr. Ankit Shah, C.A., Industry expert (external jury) and Mr. Yash Shah, Founder of Gridle.com, Industry expert (external jury) as many as 11 Business ideas were pitched by participants.

The participants were students and alumni of GNLU. Out of all business plans, after five hours of intense and interactive pitching session, 6 were selected for further funding process under Student Start-up and Innovation Policy (SSIP) scheme. The rest of the business proposals were motivated by the kind Jury to work more on idea and pitch in next session of funding.