Schedule for E-Week@IITM (Entrepreneurship Week) - March 9-15, 2014

[Nishant Goyal]

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Nishant Goyal

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From: Ashwin Mahalingam <ma...@iitm.ac.in>
Date: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 12:43 AM

  E-week is back this year with a number of exciting talks and events relating to entrepreneurship. Event descriptions, timings and venues are in the attached poster and are given below:

E-Week@IITM (Entrepreneurship Week) 2014

When: March 9-15, 2014

Where: IIT-Madras

What: Following last year’s rousing reception, E-Week@IITM (Entrepreneurship Week) is back this year and will be held on campus from March 9-15, 2014. E-week@IITM is dedicated to celebrating and fostering entrepreneurship at IIT-Madras. Through the week there will be a number of sessions focused on entrepreneurship. While some sessions will feature interactions and knowledge-sharing with entrepreneurs, Investors and alumni, other sessions will allow current and prospective entrepreneurs within the IITM community to pitch, refine and receive guidance on their entrepreneurial ideas. The agenda for E-week is enclosed in the attachment and is reproduced below. 

Who should attend: Any faculty, staff, student or alumni with an interest in Entrepreneurship

 

AGENDA

Sunday, March 9^th : E-Week Kick-Off

Events: The Inaugural will session will present the IITM Incubation Eco-system and the Incubation process at IITM. This will be followed by a panel discussion on Incubation at IITM with 5 entrepreneurs who have been incubated over the past year. This is a great opportunity to meet people from the IITM Incubation Cell and to ask questions on Incubation.

                Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m

Venue: ICSR Auditorium

 

Monday, March 10^th: My Story Session 1: The Joys and Challenges of Entrepreneurship

Events: Listen to and interact with three successful entrepreneurs - Murugavel Janakiraman (Bharat Matrimony), Raghuttama Rao (IITM Alumnus and MD of IMaCS) and Arun Athiappan (Ticket Goose and this years TiECon awardee).

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: ICSR Auditorium

 

Tuesday, March 11^th: Innovation Clinic

Events: Prospective entrepreneurs present early stage ideas to a panel of experienced entrepreneurs and investors. Key themes this year are Socially Relevant Ventures, Business Services and Web-based/Mobile Apps. Audience is welcome.    

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: CRC

 

Wednesday, March 12^th: Student Innovation Day

Events: Students can showcase their innovations either in the form of a poster or a prototype, and receive feedback on the commercial potential of their ideas.

Registration is still open. If you have an idea that you have worked on, send an email to events_...@wmail.iitm.ac.in and provide your name and a brief description of your idea.  

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: CFI

 

Wednesday, March 12^th: Faculty Entrepreneurship Forum

Events: 'I have a product idea - How do I proceed?': A panel of experts from industry (Mr. Sundar, ex-CGM, SBI; Mr. V. Sekar, Chairman, Indian Plastics Institute; Mr. Debajyoti Choudhary, DGM, SBI and Mr. Jamkhandi, Director, MSME Development Institute )will discuss and interact with faculty and staff on this issue.  

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: ICSR Hall 2

 

Thursday, March 13^th: My Story Session 2: The First Step

Events: Listen to 5 current student entrepreneurs talk about their experiences and share their stories.

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: MRC

 

Friday, March 14^th: Faculty Innovation Day

Events: Five IITM Faculty present and discuss challenges in commercialization

                Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m

Venue: ICSR Hall 2

 

Saturday, March 15^th: Incubation Drive

Events: Anyone with an idea/innovation that is ready for commercialization and would require incubation support through the start-up phase can present their business plan and be considered for incubation at IITM!

Registration is still open. If you are interested in incubation, please fill out the attached form and submit to events_...@wmail.iitm.ac.in.

                Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m

Venue: IITMRP - Hall 1

 

Saturday, March 15^th: Closing Session – Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship@IITM

Events: E-week concludes with a panel discussion on the way forward for entrepreneurship@IITM. Panelists include our Director Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala and representatives from the Alumni and Entrepreneur Communities.

                Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m

Venue: ICSR Hall 2

 

We look forward to your participation.

 

 Regards

Ashwin

Dear All,