Newsletter of TiE Punjab & Chandigarh
JULY-SEPTEMBER 2013
2nd May 2013
TES 2013 TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 18-20 December 2013 HICC, Hyderabad
PTU inks MoU with TiE Chandigarh
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit is the largest gathering for entrepreneurs and enterprising professionals by TiE in Asia. With its highly interactive agenda, TES aims to assist the existing and aspiring entrepreneurs of today in finding solutions to common challenges and providing a platform for engagement with India’s leading entrepreneurs and icons such as Ratan Tata, K V Kamath, N R Narayan Murthy, Nandan Nilekeni, Harsh Mariwala, who have been our earlier key-note speakers and Co Hosts. More information on http://www.tiesummit.com/
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unjab Technical University (PTU) this afternoon signed an agreement with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, and education. Dr. Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor PTU and Partap Aggarwal, Chairman, TiE-Chandigarh formally signed the agreement at the UT Guest House. Speaking on the occasion Dr Arora said that PTU intends to promote entrepreneurship in the region since the country needs more and more job providers than the job seekers, which would be accelerated through a symbiotic
relationship with TiE. TiE would assist PTU in upgrading syllabus as per the industry needs and enable students become employable shall also help develop online interaction through efficient deployment of IT and integrating social media. Those present on the occasion included Dr. A.P. Singh, Dean RIC, PTU, and TiE’s representatives President Partap Aggarwal, vice president Ajay Tewari, Alok Ramsisaria, J.B. Singh, Gurmeet Chawla, Sumeer Walia, Manish Trehan, Chandra Mohan, amongst others.
6th September 2013
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Swiss Business Hub holds interactive sessions
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iamak Rouhani, Counsellor and head of Economic & Commercial Session of the Embassy of Switzerland, invited the Panjabi entrepreneurs to explore their business expansion plans in the world’s highly competitive and the best business destination, Switzerland. Siamak Rouhani who was in the city on an invitation of Chandigarh Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur) listed out numerous advantages of living and setting up business in Switzerland including highly skilled workforce, flexible labour laws, high standard of livings, innovation and research driven environment. More on Page 4