IIT E-Summit 2008 ( 10-feb-2008, IIT-Bombay)

The Entrepreneurship Summit is a one-day event , supposed to take place in IIT-Bombay on 10-Feb-2008.Themed around “Changing entrepreneurial ecosystem in India”, the summit will have eminent panel speakers from the industry and academics discussing the emerging trends in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India.

The inaugural speech will be by Mr. S. Ramadorai, CEO, TCS.

Speakers for panel discussions include Mr Vinnie Vyas, CEO, Crossover Advisers, Mr Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder & CEO, Rediff.com, Mr.Sandeep Murthy, Partner, Sherpalo Ventures, Hrush Bhatt, Founder & Director, Cleartrip.com, Mr Ashish Gupta, Managing Director, Helion Ventures, Mr Mahesh Murthy, Partner, Seedfund, Mr Shravan Shroff Director, Fame Cinemas, Mr VSS Mani Founder & MD, Just Dial, Mr Alok Mittal, Executive Director, Canaan Partners, Mr Satya Narayana, Chairman, Career Launcher, Mr Mahesh Murthy, Partner, Seedfund, Shantanu Surpure, Managing Advocate, Sand Hill India Advisers, Hitesh Oberoi, Co-Founder & Director, Info Edge(India) Pvt Ltd and Shantanu Prakash Founder & Director, Educomp.

Discussions will be held around Emerging Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. It aims to identify the factors that have contributed to change in Indian entrepreneurial scene and what needs to be done to sustain and accelerate it.

• Scaling up: It aims to guide the budding entrepreneurs (startups) on when is the right time to scale up their enterprise, how to scale up and what are the major challenges faced with scaling up and how to overcome them.

• How to adapt your business model in a changing business environment: The session aims to guide the budding entrepreneurs on how to continuously adapt their business model to the changing business environment and capitalize on the opportunities presented by this change.

• Art of Starting up: It is intended for the aspiring entrepreneurs and would guide them on how to start their company once they have a business idea.

• Identification of business opportunities in the changing India: It aims to showcase how a changing environment presents with many business opportunities.

VC Pitch: It is a opportunity for the “Early-stage enterprises” to reach out to the Venture Capitalists, other investor communities and entrepreneurs who could be interested in helping you take your idea forward.

Mentoring Sessions and Networking lunch: It will provide aspiring entrepreneurs an opportunity to network and receive one to one mentoring from corporate and academia world.

Participating v.c. firms: Mayfield Fund, Light Speed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Trinity Ventures, Genreal Atlantic, Sidbi Ventures, IDG Ventures

Registration Fees is Rs 300 for student’s and Rs 500 for Working Professionals.

Techhare India 2008 (4,5-Feb-2008, Delhi)

Techhare India 2008 claims to be “India’s First Technology Event to Promote Accessible Technology for People with Disabilities”. It was inaugurated on 4-Feb-2008 by Dr. (Smt.) Veena Chhotray, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Brought to India by the Royal National Institute of the Blind (UK) and BarrierBreak Technologies, Techhare will be a 2-day event showcasing the products that van be used by people with disabilities.

Mr. Javed Abidi, Executive Director, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) said,

“India is a priveledged country to have the best of the technology, top corporate houses as well as the best brains that we export around the world. In such a scenario, it is very unfortunate to see that the people with disabilities are loosing out. The situation is such that the corporate sector is not even aware that we have fantastic assistive technologies available and how they can be incorporated to give better opportunities to people with disabilities. That according to me is discrimination”

It has always been advocated that technology should benefit the disabled ones. At times, these are the people, ignored and the newer products and services are often designed, i\neglecting the needs of these.

Techhare seems like an apt platform for anyone looking forward to the products for the disabled.

Open Source Madurai 2008 ( 29-Feb-2008, Madurai)

The state government is trying to push Madurai as a tier-II IT hub. For this, the state government will be organizing a one day event titled “Open Source Madurai 2008”. The event will have conference and paper presentations on Open Source softwares. The event will be for IT professionals and IT and management students. The event will focus on the importance of using Open Source softwares for enterprise needs.

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