Dear
Sir/ Madam, India is witnessing a
major growth in entrepreneurship because of the
need for its citizens to create their own jobs.
For a country to grow, entrepreneurs play a vital
role and thus these are actively being promoted
and supported by the Government of India and
various state governments, through initiatives
like “Make in India” and “Startup India”.
With the mission to provide start-ups
with an eco-system in Pune to help them achieve
their objectives, last year Alumni Association IIT
Kanpur - Pune Chapter with NASSCOM had hosted a
professional networking event namely, Startup
Master Class (SMC). Last year’s SMC event
was inaugurated by Hon. Minister of IT Mr.
Ravi Shankar Prasad with the Chief Guest
of the event being Mr. Narayan Murthy
along with other delegates. The event was
attended by about 800 relevant professionals, with
more than 350 start-ups, 40 investors (Angels and
VCs) and more than 100 mentors.
Alumni Association IIT Kanpur - Pune Chapter in
association with NASSCOM and FundHound, are now
looking to bring the 2nd edition of SMC
to Pune on 16th September’17. Some of
the key highlights of this year’s SMC in Pune
are:
- Mr.
Manohar Parrikar will be the Chief
Guest for the event
- Mr.
Neil Bhaskar (Chairman of NovaGroup
Companies) has confirmed to be Key Note Speaker
for the event
- Dr.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey (CEO of UIDAI)
under whose tenure as the UIDAI head, Aadhaar
allocation crossed 100 cr
and a new Aadhaar bill was passed; has confirmed
to be one of the speakers at the
event
- Mr.
Ganesh Natarajan (Chairman 5F world
& NASSCOM Foundation), Mr. Pratap
Pawar (Chairman & MD Sakal Papers)
and Mr. Baba Kalyani (Chairman
& MD Bharat Forge) and Mr. Kunal
Kumar (Commissioner, Pune Municipal
Corporation) are invited to be part of Panel
Discussion
- We
are expecting confirmation from few Nobel
Laureates to be part of Panel Discussion to
enlighten attendees with their global
experience
- Mr.
Prakash Kumar (CEO GST Network) has
confirmed to speak on GST and its effects on
Startup Eco-system
- We
are also expecting the Ambassador of Costa Rica
and Ambassadors of other Latin American
countries
- We
have partnered with Hindustan Times
and Sakal as print
media partner and are also in talks with
Radio one, and a TV channel for
other media coverage
- We
expect this edition of SMC to be attended by
about 1000+ professionals including
entrepreneurs (from early stage start-ups and
matured startups), speakers, mentors, investors
(from Angel Investors, Venture Capitalist, and
Private Equity) and others
The
event is scheduled from 9 am to 7:30 pm on
16th September and
detailed agenda for the same is attached for your
reference with the letter. For
more information about the event, please visit
www.startupmasterclasspune.in We
sincerely hope you accept our invitation and grace
the SMC event with your presence. Thanking
you, Shailendra
Agarwal| President Alumni
Association IIT Kanpur Pune
Chapter 206
Garden Plaza | Rahatani | Pune, Maharashtra, 411
017 | INDIA Mob:
+919850053022 | Email: snai...@gmail.com
| www.startupmasterclasspune.in
AGENDA FOR THE
EVENT


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