Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive by IIT - Kharagpur

Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur in its quest for promoting entrepreneurship across the country is launching its path breaking initiative: 10 days 10 cities Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive. E-Cell is a student organization with the endeavour of fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship among college students in India and nurturing young people with bright ideas. Within its 3 years of inception, E-cell has witnessed the emergence of more than 15 startups from IIT Kharagpur campus itself. E-Cell has a large global network and has ties with renowned universities like MIT Sloan, UC Berkeley and University of Jyvaskyla Finland.

E-Cell is undertaking this massive initiative to promote entrepreneurship and encourage students across the country to embrace the concept of starting one's own enterprise. Starting from Chandigarh and ending at home camp, i.e. Kharagpur, E-Cell IIT Kharagpur will conduct a workshop, indigenously termed Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp (EAC), each in 10 selected cities in a time span of 10 days. A renowned college in each city will help us traverse the length and breadth of the country. Each EAC includes a successful entrepreneur speaking about his entrepreneurial experiences and the joys and hardships of the journey to success. From TiE to Morpheus Venture Partners, from the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 to the Founder and President of Association of Lady Entrepreneurs in Andhra Pradesh, EAD promises the most varied set of entrepreneurial gurus, who'll awe-inspire the youth, unleashing the entrepreneur in them. So make the most of the EAC in your city.

The Detailed Schedule:

• 29th September:
  • Chandigarh [Punjab Engineering College]

Speaker Mr. K.D.Singh Founder CEO, Alchemist Group

• Bengaluru [Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering]

Speaker Pramod Rao, Founder, eLitwit.com

• 30th September: Pune [Maharashtra Institute of Technology]

Speaker: Mr. Gerard J Rego, Founder CEO Vayugrid , Charter member, TiE and Ms. Rebecca Noeker from Teach for India

• 1st October: Lucknow [Sherwood University]

Speaker: Dr. Rajat Mathur, Founder Saraswati group

• 3rd October: Chennai [Anna University, Chennai]

Speakers:

1. Mr. George Anand Founder CEO Semantics Learning
2. Mr. Pravin Shekhar Co-Founder Dexterity Ltd.
3. Mr. Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder Bharatmatrimony.com

• 5th October:
  • Hyderabad [Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University]

Speaker: Ms. Rama Devi Founder Chairman ALEAP

• Delhi [Delhi College of Engineering]

Speaker: Arvind Singh, Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2008

• 6th October: Bhopal [Oriental Institute of Science and Technology]

Speaker: Founder CEO Collegespeaks.com

• 7th October: Bhubaneswar [ Interscience Insitute of Management and Technology]

Speaker: Vikram Kumar, Founder Dataresolve

• 8th October: Kharagpur [Indian Institute of Technology]

Speaker: TiE Kolkata Director

For more details visit http://ecell-iitkgp.org/events/ead/ or contact D.P.Ankit +919933776384