Entrepreneurship Summit 2007 to be Held at IIM Calcutta

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.

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