UP CM to Inaugurate IIT Kanpur Alumni Conclave

Jayita Ekka

Updated On: January 24, 2018 11:57 am IST

  • CM of Uttar Pradesh will inaugurate the two-day alumni conclave in Kanpur on January 27, 2018.
  • The event will be a great opportunity for individuals to interact and learn from industry experts with a Startup Master Class (SMC) special.
UP CM to Inaugurate IIT Kanpur Alumni Conclave

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be inaugurating a two-day conclave in Kanpur on January 27, 2018. The objective of the conclave is to celebrate the established entrepreneurial ecosystem of the alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.

The event will not only promote the entrepreneurship skills among the students but will also help the existing start-ups by exploiting IIT Kanpur’s experience in the field of innovation and research with its vast alumni network, informed the media head of the event, Ms. Mihikaa Jain.

There would be around 40 distinguished speakers, including some from the US, to address the conclave.

It is said that in the last few years this event has become one of the most awaited events for new entrepreneurs to interact with industry experts. The event will be an important platform for someone who is leading an industry and would like to invest and connect with startups and entrepreneurs to get a pulse of the ecosystem.

This will also be the great opportunity for big and small organisations to do a brand awareness exercise amongst startup ecosystem.

The event is an initiative of the IIT Kanpur alumni association under its banner of Startup Master Class (SMC). Moreover, this is the first time when the conclave will be held in Kanpur after coming into existence four years ago.

Startup Master Class (SMC) was organised for the entrepreneurs, by the entrepreneurs that aimed to build collaboration, inclusiveness and interactions further enabling startups to achieve success, added IIT-K alumni association President, Pradeep Bhargava.

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Further, it was added the SMC is a fully volunteer-run and not-for-profit network of individuals and institutes (PAN IIT alumni network) that combines their skills and resources to promote entrepreneurship.

Through its 8th edition, held across various cities in India - Bengaluru, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad, SMC is engaging close to 5000 startup enthusiasts, more than 200 delegates, 500 startups along with other 100 venture capital firms.

As a part of the initiative, a range of events will be conducted while focusing a total of four including one-to-one with mentors, a hit in the past editions. Besides that, workshops on the blockchain, augmented reality, bulletproofing your startup, virtual reality, mobility, drones, artificial intelligence (AI), innovation framework as well as startup fundamentals will also be a part of the event.

Other than this, a platform that would encourage startups to pitch their ideas and products to the investors from Helion Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Indian Angel Network and Jungle Ventures who will be present on the occasion. Out of these, Indian Angel Network has funds of roughly Rs. 100 crore and are looking to invest in tier 2 city start-ups.

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The challenges in the process will be familiarised to the participants in the process in order make them aware of it. The candidates who are interested in the event can register themselves through the official website of the event or the Facebook page created by the institute.

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