PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in tandem with the Directorate of Youth Affairs and LUMS brings a province-wide social impact competition with six months duration. KP Impact Challenge (KPIC) provides an opportunity for 350 selected youth from 27 districts to pursue their entrepreneurial ventures and enable them to become job providers rather than job seekers. It intends to select 350 candidates between the age of 18 and 30 and turn them into entrepreneurs by providing seed money worth Rs 400 million, incubating their business ideas at LUMS National Incubation Centre (NIC) as well as giving relevant training, and mentorship through Entrepreneurship Development Advisory Services (EDAS). The programme is designed to promote youth entrepreneurship, employment and innovation. It aims at harnessing the skills, passion and commitment of largely rural youth to involve them in the economic mainstream. It presents an alternative of entrepreneurial income, to create jobs for their community while embracing new industries, eventually transforming the conventional business pathways to innovative entrepreneurial successes. Residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa can apply for the programme by visiting www.jawaanmarkaaz.gkp.pk Published in Daily Times, January 18th 2018.