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Entrepreneur India 2016, back in its 6th year, is the largest platform to build organized and scalable entrepreneurship in India.
Entrepreneur Media hosted its annual mega convention, ‘Entrepreneur India 2016’, for Entrepreneurs, Investors, startups and SME’s, at Pullman Hotel, Aerocity, New Delhi on August 23-24, 2016.
An event packed with enthusiasm, zest and pool of knowledge, ‘Entrepreneur India 2016’, offered the much required platform to share success stories, growth models, opinions and prospective by all the dynamic entrepreneurs present at the event.
The two-day Convention was Inaugurated by Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister of State for IT & BT and Tourism, Government of Karnataka, followed by an impactful speech by the Hon’ble minister to promote and encourage the potential Entrepreneurs along with a great audience interaction.
The two-day event was designed to cover the major aspects of the Entrepreneurial Journey and was split into 5 major summits
- Money Summit
- Consumer Summit
- Tech Summit
- Urban Summit
- Society Summit
The conference was led by India’s senior thought leaders:
Mr. Rajeev Chitrabhanu, CEO and Managing Director of JM Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. And Mr. Sanjay Nath, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Blume Venture Advisors.
Day one started with topics like Start up India: Mission, Vision and policies around Startup India, Raising Capital for Businesses, Building Business with Public Money, New Age Enterprise Culture, Retail Vs Institutional Investors and ended with Mahatama’s of Entrepreneurship. These sessions were elaborated by our esteemed speakers and Gurus of the Entrepreneurship Industry; some of them were Rajesh Mehta from Rajesh Exports, Deepak Gaur from SAIF partners, Prashant Prakash from Accel partners, David Gowdey from Jungle ventures, Nitish Mittersain from Nazara Technologies, Sandeep Aggarwal, founder, Shopclues, Amit Somani from Prime Ventures, V Krishnan from Justdial, Brig. Dr. Arvind lal, Founder, Dr. Lal Pathlabs and Mr. Parag Shah, Author of Antar Prerna: an Entrepreneur’s Journey.
Day two mainly focused on the Urbanization of the Society, Tech-innovations, the future of consumer focused businesses and the impact of growth and innovation on the Society.
The key speakers present were Shri Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary- IT, Electronics & Communications Department, Government of Telangana, Byju Raveendran, Founder, BYJU’s, Abhiraj Bhal, Founder Urbanclap, Ravinder Pal Singh, Director, Dell, Atul Hedge, Co-founder, Rainmaker ventures, Juergan Hase, CEO – IoT Business, Reliance Group, Nishith Rastogi, Co-founder, Locus.sh and more.
Organized by Franchise India Holdings Limited and powered by Airtel, the Convention witnessed Entrepreneurship industry stalwarts. Startup Karnataka and Department of IT & BT, Government of Karnataka was the State Partners. Yes Bank, as Digital Banking Partner, Associate partner – Bolt, Knowledge Partner – Francorp, Supporting Associate – NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network) & Wadhwani Foundation, Digital Partner – Influencia.
The highlight of the show was the ‘Start-up Kick off’ programme, which included a pitch stage, mentor hall and the capital room.
There was also a demo zone area, for India’s leading start-ups to showcase their product/ technology represented by its founders, showcasing new Innovations and business concepts.
Present among the esteemed Jury were renowned Investor groups like Kalaari Capital, Rainmaker Ventures, Venture Factory, Kae Capital, Prime Ventures, Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angels, India Angel Network, YourNest Angel Fund, Startup Oasis and more.
The event was closed by Gala Entrepreneur India Awards night, where India’s Leading Entrepreneurs were recognized for their innovative and outstanding work.
More event information can be found on the website
http://www.entrepreneurindia.com/congress/
About Entrepreneur Media
The show is Organized by America’s #1 Entrepreneur magazine, with a reach in 140 countries and over 6,00,000 copies monthly and 2.1 million unique global visitors every month on http://www.entrepreneur.com, the Entrepreneur media is the largest community of Entrepreneurs across the globe.
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