"Start-Up India: Opportunities and Excitement" offers a concise overview of the transformative "Start-Up India" initiative. This initiative, launched by the Indian government, has ignited enthusiasm among entrepreneurs and investors alike. The synopsis explores the initiative's role in fostering innovation, driving economic growth, and creating a dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. It delves into the policy framework, economic impact, technological innovation, global outreach, and the solutions proposed for challenges The document also showcases the excitement of youth empowerment, investor confidence, and the vibrant start-up culture that is reshaping India's business landscape.
Key Areas of Exploration:
Policy Framework and Support Ecosystem
Economic Growth and Job Creation
Technological Innovation and Disruption
Global Outreach and Investment Inflow
Challenges and Solutions
Start-Up Diversity and Social Impact
Generating Excitement:
Youth Empowerment and Aspiration
Investor Confidence and Entrepreneurial Spirit
Start-Up Culture and Ecosystem Vibrancy
Programme
5:15 PM Registration & Hi-Tea
6:00 PM Welcome Address
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM
Executive Director, Madras Management Association
Address by the Speakers
Mr Moinak Banerjee
Co-Founder & Head of Products
Solinas Integrity Pvt. Ltd
Mr Swostik Sourav Dash
Co-Founder & CEO
NeoMotion Assistive Solutions
In conversation with
Dr Sujatha Srinivasan Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Vote of Thanks 7:25 PM
MrMoinakBanerjee Co-Founder&HeadofProducts SolinasIntegrityPvt Ltd
Mr Moinak building Solinas Integrity, a startup that creates robotic solutions for pipeline diagnosticsandseptictankcleaningtoreducewaterlossesandeliminatemanualscavenging. HehasapassionforEntrepreneurshipthathaspropelledhimtobuildastart-upthatsolvesthe existingproblemsinIndiabyusingfuturistictechnologies
Healsoholdsamaster’sdegreeinMachineDesignfromKTHStockholm Hehasbeeninvolved inseveralprojectsfromEuropeanSpaceAgency,ScaniaAB,andafewstart-upswherehe developed various innovative design solutions and filed patents. He has also worked as a DesignEngineerinScaniaR&D,Stockholm.
HehasbeenawardedbytheChiefMinisterofTamilNaduforhisworkinWatersectorandhas also featured in popular newspapers and online magazines like The Hindu, Times of India, SharkTank,Yourstoryetc
Swostik Sourav Dash is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology
Madras (IIT Madras) from the batch of 2013. He is passionate about design and innovation and uses his time and skills to solve problems that bring a positive change in the society
Swostik has designed and developed products in the field of assistive devices over a span of 10 years. For his designed products, he has 6 Granted Patents, 2 Pending Patents, 4 Journal Publications, 1 Conference Publication
He is the Co-Founder & CEO of NeoMotion, an organization which creates life transformative solutions for the physically challenged and the elderly
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Dr Sujatha graduated with her B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IITMadras in 1992, her MSME from the University of Toledo, USA in 1994, and after a long stint in the prosthetics industry, her PhD from the Ohio State University in 2007 She joined the faculty at IIT-Madras in 2008
Dr. Sujatha’s work is in the areas of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Biomechanics and Mechanisms. She heads the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2), which focuses on the development of assistive and rehabilitation devices that are biomechanically and economically suited to Indian lifestyles and conditions. R2D2 works towards commercializing the devices with industry partners or startups, having accomplished it successfully with the Arise Standing Wheelchair and NeoFly-NeoBolt: devices for seamless indoor-outdoor wheelchair mobility
Dr. Sujatha’s team members have won awards at prestigious competitions for their projects and have several Indian and international patents granted/pending for assistive device designs She is also co-inventor on several US and international patents for prosthetic designs from her prior work.
Awards & Honors
1. R2D2 has been awarded the ‘Best Assistive Technology Initiative Among Educational Institutes’ by Assistech Foundation (ATF) – 2021.
2 Prof Sujatha Srinivasan has been conferred the Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship for a period of 3 years starting Feb 01, 2020.
3. Presidential Fellowship, Ohio State University, July 2006 – June 2007.
4 University Fellowship, Ohio State University, September 2003 – August 2004
5. Resolution passed in the Ohio Senate honoring work in prosthetics, October 1998.
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