Entrepreneurship
Summit 2007 to be Held at IIM Calcutta
On December 23, 2007
Heralding an era of renewed
attention to entrepreneurship in West Bengal and East India, the Indian
Institute of Management Calcutta and National Entrepreneurship Network,
India's leading catalyst for entrepreneurship education, in association with
INTELLISYS, are organizing the first ever Entrepreneurship Summit 2007
on December 23, 2007 at IIM Calcutta Campus.
The main objective of this event
is to create awareness and excitement among students about Entrepreneurship,
creating a synergy between academia and the practitioners, and aligning
entrepreneurship with management education. The speakers for the event include
eminent IIM-C alumni entrepreneurs and other stalwarts from the industry. It is
expected to be attended by several faculty and heads of institutes and hundreds
of students from across the region.
The event would showcase amongst
an array of programs, finer nuances of Entrepreneurship through sessions that
would be conducted by role model entrepreneurs known in the domain for setting
high standards in business excellence and noteworthy achievements.
The speakers includes Mr.
Sridhar Iyengar, Ex-Chairman & CEO, KPMG India, who will deliver the
Keynote Address; followed by a session on 'Facilitating the Entrepreneurial
Mindset' by Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, the Rediff.com CEO, and
Ms. Laura Parkin, the Executive Director at NEN and Wadhwani
Foundation.
Subsequent speakers include
Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman & MD, Cybermedia, Mr. K. Ganesh,
CEO, TutorVista.com, Mr. Kanwaljit Singh, Co-founder & MD,
Helion Ventures, Mr. R. Thulasiraj, Executive Director, Aravinda
Eye Hospital, Mr. Saumen Chakraborty, CEO, INTELLISYS Technologies,
Mr. R. Sriram, Consultant, Ex-CEO Crossword Bookstores Ltd., on
topics such as 'Starting Up', 'Scaling Up' and 'Identifying
Future Opportunities'.
IIM-C's situating the summit on
the eve of the Annual Alumni Meet, scheduled for the 24th and 25th, is
targeted towards strengthening the alumni interaction with current students,
with particular focus on entrepreneurship motivation and mentoring. Prof.
Anjan Raichaudhuri, the faculty co-coordinator for the event from IIM-C,
says, "Entrepreneurship has been a major catalyst in transforming our economy,
and IIM alumni have contributed significantly in new venture creation. This
summit is a celebration of the Spirit of Enterprise, by bringing together
prominent personalities, including IIM alumni, to inspire and motivate young
minds."
Within a year of existence in
Bengal, the National Entrepreneurship Network already has 49 institutes in its
fold within the region. NEN currently has a nation-wide membership of 287
academic institutes across 30 cities of India, and reaches over 2.9 lakh young
people in India.
Ms. Laura Parkin,
Executive Director, NEN, says, "NEN is proud to be associated with IIM Calcutta
for this summit. The summit is a great example of how academia is equipping
young people to make the most of opportunities today, by bringing together
experts and students. We're also delighted to see that this event has become a
networking platform for the students and faculty of the different NEN member
institutes in Kolkata. Connecting these young people with the entrepreneurial
community is a critical step towards building a vibrant and supportive ecosystem
for the next generation of entrepreneurs. With the intention of creating
awareness and excitement around entrepreneurship in West Bengal, the summit will
go a long way towards motivating future entrepreneurs in pursuing their own
entrepreneurial ambitions."
INTELLISYS Technologies &
Research Ltd. is aiming to promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country
from the students of the engineering and management institutes. Mr. Saumen
Chakraborty, Managing Director and the Entrepreneur behind the consortium of
beautiful minds, says, "As India moves up the value chain from a services
economy to a knowledge economy, innovation would be the key to entrepreneurial
success in the country. It would be a necessity to foster an entrepreneurial
ecosystem in the country through research and development for creating
Intellectual Property Rights (IP) in all fields, more specifically in IT. I wish
IIM Calcutta and the NEN all the best in their effort to create the
entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country through the Entrepreneurship Summit
2007."
Event
Details
Date: December 23, 2007
Time: 08.00 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.
Venue: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Auditorium, Joka, Kolkata -
700104
Contact
Details
For more information about the
event, please visit the websites: -
http://www.nenonline.org
http://www.iimcal.ac.in/centers/cei/summit2007/index.html
Or Contact: -
Abhijan Ganguly (NEN Consultant)
Phone: +91-9830413327
Prof. Anjan Raichaudhuri (Faculty, IIM Calcutta)
Phone: +91-9830111922
N. S. Mahadevan (Student Co-ordinator)
Phone: +91-9903972932
