Our
Agenda
Day 1 : 25 th February 2022
10:00 am
Welcome Remarks and Keynote speech
10:15 am
Organization Building
Through this session we aim to unravel answers to questions like :
Can organization building be a way to solve problems? What does it take to build organizations, which are long-lasting and sustainable? Can this trait be acquired?
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Moderator:
Gaurav Shah, Founder & Director at Indian School of Development Management
Speakers:
Shaveta Sharma, Co-Managing Director, Centre Square Foundation
Prakhar Bhartiya, Co-Founder at Indian School of Democracy | Founder, Ex-CEO, Youth Alliance
11:30 am
Sustainable Growth : Focus on MSMEs
This session addresses the new buzzword in town, ESG and what it means for companies to incorporate Sustainability practices in all domains. The MSME sector in particular needs capital for deployment as well as skill and green technology transfer and transition from fast to sustainable growth, discussions around which is the focus here.
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Moderator:
Richa Pant, Founder, Harmony Inc
Speakers:
Pratyush Panda, Head - Sustainability and CSR, L&T Infotech
Tom Walsh, CEO - Renetech
Abhejit Agarwal, Lead - Sustainability & CSR, Axis Bank
2:00 pm
Masterclass: Finance and Business Processes | A value addition approach
We often think of finance and finance related processes as a cost center. What if we consider the finance and accounting department to be an asset which adds value rather than being purely a cost centre. Our endeavor in this session is to introduce you to these tools and to introduce a framework to think of finance as a value-add center.
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Moderator:
Dhurv Dua, CA
3:30 pm
Inclusive Finance
Through a 360 degree overview of financing landscape with a concentrated focus on MSMEs, this session aims to address questions like, “Who is Funding MSMEs and Why?”, exploring financial literacy for MSMEs and multifarious aspects of funding via SIDBI, other banks , their schemes and policies.
All the stakeholders can do more to unlock the entrepreneurial potential among different age groups cross cutting across gender, status, geographies and what lies ahead in the this space and how can it be leveraged are some highlights of this session.
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Moderator:
Manik Dhingra, Co-Founder, Shoonya Environmental Solutions
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Speakers:
CS Thanvi, CGM, SIDBI
Lalitha Iyer, Former Director at Bharatiya Samruddhi Financial Services Ltd, Basix group
Manohar Hemnani, Micro Entrepreneur
Arunava Mandal, Program Manager, Tata Trusts
5:00 pm
Failures, Resilience, and Celebrating Entrepreneurial Stories
Fail forward is a popular phrase in today’s generation. However, not many in the entrepreneurial domain talk about how failures are combated, processed and used as a means to incorporate resilience in their work. With this session, we want to change the perception about failures with entrepreneurs who have been fearless through challenges, pivoted, learnt and re-calibrated to build truly inclusive and sustainable enterprises.
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Moderator:
Rachita Vora, Co-founder and Director at India Development Review
Speaker:
Anshu Gupta, Founder Director at Goonj and Gram Swabhimaan
Ashwin Pawade, Co-Founder at S4S Technologies
Chhaya Bhanti, Founder and Creative Director at Vertiver
6:30 pm
Masterclass: How to sell your products Online
This is a session to understand how to sell online, leverage social media to market products and services and build a robust online presence to grow businesses.
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Moderator:
Amit Jain, Co-Founder, Mitti Ke Rang
Day 2 : 26th February 2022
11:30 am
Community Led Entrepreneurship
What are the various models of community-led entrepreneurship? How should we measure impact/success for such enterprises? Within this data, can stories be mainstreamed as a way of capturing the same? What is the future of community-led enterprises and how can they receive support from the ecosystem?
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Moderator:
Divas Vats - Chief Impact Officer, Habba.org
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Speakers:
Omprakash Malwiya - Director, Field Operation, Jan Sahas
Anita Patil - Leadership Team, Goonj
Mahendra Patel - Vertical Head, Skill Training, Ambuja Cement Foundation
2:00 pm
Startup Ecosystem - Connecting the Dots
Why do you think an ecosystem is important for a startup to sustain? What's your call on the role of incubators and other ecosystem builders when it comes to the journey of a startup? What are the challenges and ways to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem? What does it take to break silos and speak to each other as collaborators?
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Moderator:
Nishtha Pandey - Founder, Skillyak Pvt. Ltd.
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Speakers:
Neerja Palisetty - Founder, Sutrakaar Creation
Akhilesh Trivedi - Founder & CEO, StartupCheers.com
Ananya Pandey - Senior Manager, Strategic Alliance & Business Development, CoolBoots
Shilpa Jain - Program Manager, CIIE.CO
Kritika G Soin - Financial Expert, Entrepreneur
03:30 pm
Development through Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The session will give an insight on entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid, it seeks to give a glimpse of businesses that we see in our day to day life from the tea stall to a roadside eatery. Through this session we plan to unravel questions like: what are the ambitions of nano- micro informal enterprises, how can you build entrepreneurs at the bottom of the pyramid, How can we strengthen local economies by empowering the entrepreneurial spirit. Join us for this and more.
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Moderator:
Selco Foundation Team
5:00 pm
Masterclass: Legal and Taxation Structures (For and nonprofits both)
You have an idea, but you do not know the structure under which this idea can be accommodated. You have a business plan but are not aware about the in and out of the legal and tax related structures that you should adopt. You are confused with the plethora of choices available and the plethora of blogs which end up confusing you further. We introduce a simple straightforward approach to help you ask the right questions before deciding on which structure to opt for.
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Moderator:
Dhruv Dua, CA
6:00 pm
Networking Lounge and Closing Circle