Event | National Conference

12.30pm-1.00 pm- Plenary Session- Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India- Dr.Kshama Kothari , Clinical Director –Social Alpha

Dr. Soumya officially opened the meeting by introducing the plenary session. Access, cost, and availability of health care are three significant issues raised by the speaker Dr.Kshama. Along with science and technology, avenues in healthcare have been highlighted. Role and importance of funding and various sources of funding have been discussed by the speaker. Ground research and a thorough understanding of the market are critical. Awareness of funding and scholarship is required for taking up any entrepreneurial journey. Managing finances, managing people, choosing mentors and leadership capabilities are of great importance in an entrepreneurial journey.

Bank of Baroda Demo session -1.00 pm-1.30 pm

Mr. Ashwin began the meeting by outlining the various funding alternatives available through the Band of Baroda and various processes in which start-ups are aided by the bank. Since its inception the institute has served over 250 clients. Mr. Ashwin mentioned that various support is been given to assist aspiring entrepreneurs from BOB. Speaker also gave brief about startups and mentioned

Govt of India's initiatives will assist start-ups, industry-academia collaboration. BOB's incubation center was discussed in detail. Startup needs, such as banking and other ancillary procedures have been highlighted by him. Speaker highlighted that bank have numerous offers for startups and make exclusive offers through designated branches such as capital connect, banking connect, mentor connect, market connect, and others.

2:50 pm to 4:00 pm- ‘Change Lab’ - A Design Thinking workshop on Women EntreLeadership Organiser: Professor Prakash Unakal, Dean – Business Design

During this workshop the participants had an immersive experience in the process of Design. The workshop started with the host Professor Prakash Unakal pairing the participants into two. Initially the participants were required to create a Caricature of their partner and share their experiences with each other. Later both members were required to separately create a wallet using the stationary provided and enter a discussion at the end of every stage.

Given below are the stages that the participants were required to go through while designing the wallet: A. Draw

1.Interview

2.Dig Deep

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6. Share your solutions and capture feedback

7. Reflect and Generate a solution.

8. Build your solution

9. Share the solution and get feedback needs

The entire session revolved around the principles of Design thinking Stages such as: Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test and Implement. By the end of the session the participants were clear as to how one should understand, explore, and materialize a concept.

4:05 pm – 5:00 pm- Conversation Café: Setting an Intrapreneurial Cult in Organisation

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Madhavi Lokhande, Dean – Bengaluru Campus

Guest: Mr. Philip Varughese Vayarakunnil, Global Head, Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Dr. Madhavi Lokhande, moderated the session through her insightful questions to which Mr. Philip had responded using anecdotes from his life. He spoke about how his 18-20 years of experiences in Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship arena has made him realise that today we live in a world of opportunities. He stressed the importance of capitalizing on the vast opportunities that are available for entrepreneurs today. He also spoke on how he was always on the lookout for connecting with people and sharing his ideas.

He explained that entrepreneurship is an inner calling and was worried that that the current academic ecosystem in India is not aptly designed to enable entrepreneurs. He emphasised that according to him he looked at entrepreneurship as a means to solve problems and create jobs. He also stressed that Intrapreneurship is best suited for middle age, whereas entrepreneurship is most suitable in the early or late period