BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T043700Z UID:9D01DA96-0382-4D17-89AD-5AB46243572B DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260223T190000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260227T200000 DESCRIPTION:Dear Participant\,\n\n[One Week Workshop on](https://drive.goog le.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp=sharing)[“IGN ITE: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” (IGNITE–IED)](https: //drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp=sha ring)\n\n[Event Poster](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKn ZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp=sharing)\n\nFebruary 23\, 25–27\, 2026\nTime: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (Online Mode)\nWebEx Meeting link:\nhttps://ieeemeeti ngs.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID=m0f5a216ac32aafd9e83dbeb09c9c2f3c\n\ nMeeting number: 2538 850 4169\nMeeting password: icwie\n\nMandatory Regis tration link : https://forms.gle/7Y4rx3a679qtwGGDA\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n 23 February 2026 – Inaugural Day\n\nChief Guest: Prof. Prerna Gaur\, Cha ir\, IEEE India Council\n\nGuest of Eminence: Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship & Innovation\n\nSession 1:\nH ardware Prototyping: From Concept to Functional Model\n\nBy Prof. Suresh N air\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship & Innovation\n\ nSession 2:\nSoftware Product Prototyping Using Lean Canvas\nBy Prof. Raja shree Jain\, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research\n\n24 Fe bruary 2026\n\nTime: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (Online Mode)\n\nEntrepreneurship : Concepts\, Importance\, and Types (Including Case Studies) & From Invent ion to Innovation: Incubation and Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)\n\nBy Mr. M. Krishna Prasad\, IIC Head\, VNRVJIET\n\n25 February 2026\n\nStartu p Funding\, Team Composition\, and Pitch Deck Development\n\nBy Ms. Parul Mallik\, Professor\, NDIM\, Policy Expert\, Employability Skills\n\n26 Feb ruary 2026\n\nMVP Creation and Market Validation Strategies (With Business Model Canvas)\n\nBy Mr. Bala Prasad Peddigari\, Chief Innovation Officer\ , Chair – FTCCI ICT and Startup Committee\, Driving Deep Tech\, AI & Dig ital Transformation Across Global Technology & Software Industries.\n\n27 February 2026\n\nProblem Discovery and Idea Generation (Using Problem Canv as Framework)\n\nBy Dr. Arvind Dhingra\, Executive Director\, Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park\, GNDEC\n\n&\n\nDr. Shruti Jain\, Dean Acade mics and Vice Chair Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell\, Jaypee University of Information Technology\, Solan\, Himachal Pra desh.\n\nBest regards\,\n\nDr. Ashwini Appaji\n\nWIE Vice Chair\, India Co uncil\n\nIC WIE Team Members\n\nDr. Mini Ulanat - Kerala section\n\nDr.Y. Padma Sai- Chair\, SAC Hyderabad Section\n\nDr. Soma Prathibha – Madras Section\n\nDr. Renu Sharma- Bhubaneswar Section\n\nDr. Shruti Jain - Delhi section\n\nDr. Vani Bhargava - UP section\n\nAgenda: \nProgram Schedule\n \n23 February 2026 – Inaugural Day\n\nChief Guest: Prof. Prerna Gaur\, C hair\, IEEE India Council\n\nGuest of Eminence: Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\ , IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship & Innovation\n\nSession 1:\ nHardware Prototyping: From Concept to Functional Model\n\nBy Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship & Innovation\ n\nSession 2:\nSoftware Product Prototyping Using Lean Canvas\nBy Prof. Ra jashree Jain\, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research\n\n24 February 2026\n\nTime: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (Online Mode)\n\nEntrepreneursh ip: Concepts\, Importance\, and Types (Including Case Studies) & From Inve ntion to Innovation: Incubation and Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)\n\n By Mr. M. Krishna Prasad\, IIC Head\, VNRVJIET\n\n25 February 2026\n\nStar tup Funding\, Team Composition\, and Pitch Deck Development\n\nBy Ms. Paru l Mallik\, Professor\, NDIM\, Policy Expert\, Employability Skills\n\n26 F ebruary 2026\n\nMVP Creation and Market Validation Strategies (With Busine ss Model Canvas)\n\nBy Mr. Bala Prasad Peddigari\, Chief Innovation Office r\, Chair – FTCCI ICT and Startup Committee\, Driving Deep Tech\, AI & D igital Transformation Across Global Technology & Software Industries.\n\n2 7 February 2026\n\nProblem Discovery and Idea Generation (Using Problem Ca nvas Framework)\n\nBy Dr. Arvind Dhingra\, Executive Director\, Science an d Technology Entrepreneurs Park\, GNDEC\n\n&\n\nDr. Shruti Jain\, Dean Aca demics and Vice Chair Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Developme nt Cell\, Jaypee University of Information Technology\, Solan\, Himachal P radesh.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542323 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542323 ORGANIZER:Ashwini.am@ieee.org SEQUENCE:5 SUMMARY:One Week Workshop on “IGNITE: Innovation and Entrepreneurship De velopment” (IGNITE–IED) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542323 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Dear Participant \,&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBD SyFE-?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="ht tps://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DG uKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp%3Dsharing&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1772079 436153000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw3RP4P11QhDuDwWDseTFglN">One Week Workshop on</a>< /span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://drive.google.co m/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp=sharing" target="_bl ank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=htt ps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp% 3Dsharing&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1772079436153000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw3RP4P 11QhDuDwWDseTFglN">&nbsp\;&ldquo\;IGNITE: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development&rdquo\; (IGNITE&ndash\;IED)</a></span></strong></p>\n<p class= "MsoNormal"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH 5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-safer edirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/drive/fo lders/1KJN95DGuKnZCH5zrrHU5AtiNQBDSyFE-?usp%3Dsharing&amp\;source=gmail&am p\;ust=1772079436153000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw3RP4P11QhDuDwWDseTFglN">Event Poste r</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">February 23\, 2 5&ndash\;27\, 2026</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><br><strong>Time: 7:0 0 PM &ndash\; 8:30 PM (Online Mode)</strong></span></p>\n<div>WebEx Meetin g link:</div>\n<div><a href="https://ieeemeetings.webex.com/ieeemeetings/j .php?MTID=m0f5a216ac32aafd9e83dbeb09c9c2f3c" target="_blank" rel="noopener " data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ieeemeetings. webex.com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID%3Dm0f5a216ac32aafd9e83dbeb09c9c2f3c&amp\ ;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1772079436153000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw2AOcZY5mpK77t2ZuN_I jYx">https://ieeemeetings.webex.<wbr>com/ieeemeetings/j.php?MTID=<wbr>m0f5 a216ac32aafd9e83dbeb09c9c2<wbr>f3c</a><br><br>Meeting number:&nbsp\;2538 8 50 4169<br>Meeting password:&nbsp\;icwie</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Mandatory Registration link :&nb sp\;<a href="https://forms.gle/7Y4rx3a679qtwGGDA" target="_blank" rel="noo pener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gl e/7Y4rx3a679qtwGGDA&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1772079436154000&amp\;usg=A OvVaw00Pfw2RAVcwrAC-BYj_quF">https://forms.gle/<wbr>7Y4rx3a679qtwGGDA</a>< /span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Progr am Schedule</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang=" EN-US">23 February 2026 &ndash\; Inaugural Day</span></strong></p>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Chief Guest:</span></strong><spa n lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;Prof. Prerna Gaur\, Chair\, IEEE India Council</span ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Guest of Eminence:< /span></strong><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship &amp\; Innovation</span></p>\n<p c lass="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Session 1:</span></strong><spa n lang="EN-US"><br><em>Hardware Prototyping: From Concept to Functional Mo del</em></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">By&nbsp\; </span></em><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship &amp\; Innovation</span></p>\n<p class="MsoN ormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Session 2:</span></strong><span lang="EN -US"><br><em>Software Product Prototyping Using Lean Canvas</em><br>By Pro f. Rajashree Jain\, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research</ span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>24 February 202 6</strong><br></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US" >Time: 6:30 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM (Online Mode)</span></strong></p>\n<p clas s="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Entrepreneurship: Concepts\, Importan ce\, and Types (Including Case Studies)</span></em><span lang="EN-US">&nbs p\;&amp\;&nbsp\;<em>From Invention to Innovation: Incubation and Technolog y Readiness Levels (TRLs)</em></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang ="EN-US">By Mr. M. Krishna Prasad\, IIC Head\, VNRVJIET</span></p>\n<p cla ss="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">25 February 2026</span></strong> </p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Startup Funding\, Team C omposition\, and Pitch Deck Development</span></em></p>\n<p class="MsoNorm al"><span lang="EN-US">By Ms. Parul Mallik\, Professor\, NDIM\, Policy Exp ert\, Employability Skills</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN -US">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</ span><strong><span lang="EN-US">26 February 2026</span></strong></p>\n<p c lass="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">MVP Creation and Market Validation Strategies</span></em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;(With Business Model Canv as)</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">By Mr. Bala Prasad Peddigari\, Chief Innovation Officer\, Chair &ndash\; FTCCI ICT and Start up Committee\, Driving Deep Tech\, AI &amp\; Digital Transformation Across Global Technology &amp\; Software Industries.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNo rmal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">27 February 2026</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Problem Discovery and Idea Genera tion</span></em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;(Using Problem Canvas Framework) </span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">By Dr. Arvind Dhingra \, Executive Director\, Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park\, GNDEC< /span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&amp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Shruti Jain\, Dean Academics and Vice Chair Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell\, J aypee University of Information Technology\, Solan\, Himachal Pradesh.</sp an></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p cl ass="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span>Best regards\,&nbsp\;</p> \n<p><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span>Dr. Ashwini Appaji</p>\n<p><span lan g="EN-US">WIE Vice Chair\, India Council</span></p>\n<p><strong><span lang ="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span lang="EN-US">IC WIE Team Members</span></strong></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Mini Ulanat - Kerala section</span></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr.Y. Padma Sai- Chair\, SAC Hyderabad Section</span></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Soma Prathibh a &ndash\; Madras Section</span></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Renu Sharm a- Bhubaneswar Section</span></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Shruti Jain - Delhi section</span></p>\n<p><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Vani Bhargava - UP se ction</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><sp an lang="EN-US">Program Schedule</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" ><strong><span lang="EN-US">23 February 2026 &ndash\; Inaugural Day</span> </strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Chief Guest :</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;Prof. Prerna Gaur\, Chair\, IEE E India Council</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US ">Guest of Eminence:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;Prof. Suresh Nair\, Chair\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship &amp\; Innova tion</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Session 1 :</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><br><em>Hardware Prototyping: From Con cept to Functional Model</em></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span l ang="EN-US">By&nbsp\;</span></em><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Suresh Nair\, Ch air\, IEEE R10 Adhoc Committee on Entrepreneurship &amp\; Innovation</span ></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Session 2:</span></ strong><span lang="EN-US"><br><em>Software Product Prototyping Using Lean Canvas</em><br>By Prof. Rajashree Jain\, Symbiosis Institute of Computer S tudies and Research</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><s trong>24 February 2026</strong><br></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><stro ng><span lang="EN-US">Time: 6:30 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM (Online Mode)</span>< /strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Entrepreneurship : Concepts\, Importance\, and Types (Including Case Studies)</span></em><s pan lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;&amp\;&nbsp\;<em>From Invention to Innovation: Inc ubation and Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)</em></span></p>\n<p class=" MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">By Mr. M. Krishna Prasad\, IIC Head\, VNRVJI ET</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">25 February 2026</span></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Sta rtup Funding\, Team Composition\, and Pitch Deck Development</span></em></ p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">By Ms. Parul Mallik\, Professo r\, NDIM\, Policy Expert\, Employability Skills</span></p>\n<p class="MsoN ormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span l ang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span><strong><span lang="EN-US">26 February 2026</spa n></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">MVP Creation and Market Validation Strategies</span></em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;(Wit h Business Model Canvas)</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-U S">By Mr. Bala Prasad Peddigari\, Chief Innovation Officer\, Chair &ndash\ ; FTCCI ICT and Startup Committee\, Driving Deep Tech\, AI &amp\; Digital Transformation Across Global Technology &amp\; Software Industries.</span> </p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">27 February 2026</sp an></strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US">Problem Disc overy and Idea Generation</span></em><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;(Using Prob lem Canvas Framework)</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> By Dr. Arvind Dhingra\, Executive Director\, Science and Technology Entrep reneurs Park\, GNDEC</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">& amp\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Shruti Jain\ , Dean Academics and Vice Chair Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Cell\, Jaypee University of Information Technology\, Solan\, Himachal Pradesh.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbs p\;</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR