IGNITE 3.0 - 03rd edition of the summit organized by G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering in association with IEEE Nagpur Subsection , on 24-25 August 2018
IGNITE 3.0
IGNITE is an annual entrepreneurship summit organized by G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur. This is 2nd entrepreneurship event in association with IEEE Nagpur Subsection , IGNITE2.0 was grand success with 200+ students from various institutes across states. In past edition, Nagaraja Prakasam (Angel Investor-Bangalore), Priyank Patel (Founder-Nukkad Teafe Social Entrepreneur-Raipur), Shashikant Chaudhary (Angel
Investor-Nagpur), Prateek Doshi(Founder, CheekyChunk) and many have delivered talk. IGNITE3.0 was the third edition of the summit which was organized by G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering in association with IEEE Nagpur Subsection , on 24-25 August
2018 .This year’s IGNITE had Talks by young Startup Founders, Mentors and Angel Investors; Business Plan Competition; Startup Expo; Focused group mentoring for B-Plan participants & Panel discussion. This year, Business Plan competition was also added as part of this summit. Along with attractive cash prizes, participant of B-Plan competition also got mentoring from experience Angel investors and successful startup founders.
The theme of this year summit is "Entrepreneurial Mindset".
Session by Nagaraja Prakasam
Nagaraja Prakasam, well-known as Naga, has funded in more than 25 startups in
India that operate across sectors ranging from pure-play IT services to waste
management. Like always Naga Talk was on innovation & Start-up which bring social
impact. He simplified the concept of entrepreneurship to young crowd by a simple
definition “Problem-Solution-Opportunity-Customer”. He asked student to identify the
problem around them. And keep their senses alert to identify the problem which exists in
society. Naga tell students to believe in their idea, he said, “ if any body says its bad idea
means it's a good idea, trust your instinct; the more of No’s to your idea indicates its a Yes
for your idea.”
Session by Dr.Soham Pandya, Director, Centre of Science for Villages-Wardha
Nagaraja Prakasam, Dr.Soham Pandya, Director of Centre of Science for Villages-Wardha brief the attendees about the work of CSV-Wardha. How CSV-Wardha working for sustainable model for rural development. He presented many innovations done by CSV-Wardha which has impacted lives of Villagers. He addressed students on need of innovations & solutions which address problems of rural region. He informed audience
about the “150th Gandhi Birth Celebration” which CSV is celebrating through different activities. He calls for 150 posters & model presentations on “Low Cost sustainable design of houses for villagers” , to be exhibited at CSV-Wardha on 2nd October, 2018 i.e. Gandhi Jayanti.
Session by Aakarsh Naidu, Founder, The Startupreneur & Former, Lead, Strategic Initiatives for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem, NSRCEL, IIM-Bangalore
Next talk was by Aakarsh Naidu, Founder of Startpreneur-organization which is helping early-stage & student start-ups to get proper mentoring. Previous to The Startupreneur, Aakash was Lead for Strategic Initiatives for Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at NS Raghvan Centre for Entrepreneurship Learning, IIM-Bangalore. Aakarsh share his journey & experience of mentoring young guys while he was at NSRCEL, IIM-B. He
interacted with students and tells him to not wait for resource to come. “If you got an idea, built it. Don’t wait for magic to happen”, he told students. Aakarsh releases his next video of Starupreneur video series titled as “It’s not about idea, it’s about YOU”
Session by Ashutosh Mundhada, Founder, Your-Physio, Nagpur
Graduated from BITS-Pilani in 2016, Ashutosh Mundhada founded of Your-Physio in 2017. Your-Physio Nagpur based healthcare startup is aiming to provide best physiotherapist services in the region. They recruit young physiotherapist and give them proper training. Currently Your-Physio is operating in Nagpur with two centres. Ashutosh share his journey from being BITS-Pilani stud nt to being an entrepreneur. He informs
how he learn so many things of doing startup during his time in internship with Startup. He told students to keep doing internship during their 4-years of course and learn from successful people.
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- CRPF GATE NO 3
- NAGPUR, Maharashtra
- India 440016
- Starts 02 July 2018 05:23 AM UTC
- Ends 18 August 2018 11:30 AM UTC
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innovation & Start-up which bring social impact
Nagaraja Prakasam, well-known as Naga, has funded in more than 25 startups in India that operate across sectors ranging from pure-play IT services to waste management. Like always Naga Talk was on innovation & Start-up which bring social impact. He simplified the concept of entrepreneurship to young crowd by a simple definition “Problem-Solution-Opportunity-Customer”. He asked student to identify the
problem around them. And keep their senses alert to identify the problem which exists in society. Naga tell students to believe in their idea, he said, “ if any body says its bad idea means it's a good idea, trust your instinct; the more of No’s to your idea indicates its a Yes
for your idea.” Naga concludes his session by sharing story of “The Climber”-startup from Nagpur. Naga mentored team of Climber.
The Founders of Climber, young students four years back, refuse to take investment from anyone and bootstrap everything from
scratch. Today they are running their company successfully with 4000+ trained on various skill through their program.
Biography:
Nagaraja (Naga) Prakasam is a versatile and passionate leader with 26 years of global experience (decade in the USA and a decade+ in India). As a full time angel investor, invested in 21 start-ups, serves 12 boards, seen 5 exits 1 write-off. Spearheaded Impact thinking in Indian Angel Network and co-founded IAN Impact. His personal mantra is “Start-ups should focus on India’s strength – people, problems, Tech (PPT)”
He believes in hands on approach and travels extensively in rural areas understanding the need first hand. Sought after as thought leader in Impact space and inspired many students as a motivational speaker in number of colleges. Featured by Forbes magazine as Social investor engineering social change. Delivered C.K.Prahalad memorial lecture at WorldCoCreationDay. Chaired “Green Revolution 2.0 – Food Security and the role of innovation” at 10th CII Innovation Summit. Spoke at launch of Bank of Innovations and Ideas (BII) by Ministry of Rural Development along with Dr.Abdul Kalam. Awarded “Successful Person 2015/Vetri Tamilar” by Sangam4, Chennai. Proud to join CM of Rajasthan to unveil state startup policy.
Partner at Acumen – New York based $100M impact venture fund and serves as an independent director in one of its portfolio company, Guardian – a micro finance venture working in Water and Sanitation.
Founder Chairman of Native Angels Network (NAN) by Nativelead foundation (NLF) – enables entrepreneurship in non-metros of Tamilnadu, with the vision to Enable, Nurture, Incubate, Invest. NAN grown into 220 angels in Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Erode, Tuticorin, Karur, Tirunelveli with 6 investments, touching 120 startups, 37 colleges.
Advisor and Mentor-in-Residence at NSRCEL, IIMB; Investment Committee, IIT Madras Incubator; Mentor at CIIE, IIMA; Board Member, Madurai Agri-Business Incubator, TNAU-NABARD.
Address:Banglore, Karnataka, India
Aakarsh Naidu
Entrepreneurial Learning
Aakarsh Naidu: Aakarsh Naidu leads the initiatives for one of India’s top startup incubators – N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, IIM Bangalore. He is an alumnus of The London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE and has worked with Indian School of Business as a Research Associate. Aakarsh is on the advisory panel of the Global Startup Awards (SAARC) and participated in the unveiling of the Startup India Action plan in Delhi. More recently he featured in #TheStartupVideo which garnered 65000+ views on social media.
Agenda
IGNITE3.0: Start-up Summit Proceedings
❖ Inauguration Ceremony
IGNITE 3.0