E-Summit '17 — the entrepreneurship festival of IIT Delhi will be held from March 3 to March 5. The event is being organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIT Delhi to provide a common platform for aspiring as well as successful entrepreneurs to interact with each other.
IIT-Delhi have been known to breed as many innovative minds as it does impeccable engineers. The students here are known to diversify interests in fields apart from the core engineering fields and contribute to the society in multifarious non-traditional ways.
In such a scenario, the Entrepreneurship Development Cell of IIT-Delhi takes a place of immense importance. It is a body that fosters, nurtures and encourages an entrepreneurial atmosphere for the budding entrepreneurs of the campus, who have an innate desire to solve the problems around them. In this regard, the Entrepreneurship Development Cell — EDC — as it is better known, organises 'E-Summit' a massive three day national event in IIT-D campus, so that the internal pool of prospective entrepreneurs can interact with the entrepreneurial network outside in the entire nation.
The annual summit promises to be an amazing meeting ground for industry experts, business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs and of course, students, many of whom are aspiring entrepreneurs.
Bringing entrepreneurial sparkle and investor energy, the eminent speakers who will be delivering talks on a multitude of topics this E-Summit include Shiv Khera , Droom And Shopclues founder Sandeep Aggarwal, Rediff CEO Ajit balakrishnan, Radhakrishnan Pillai (author, corporate Chanakaya) and Sonam Wangchuk to name a few.
Apart from the stellar line up of speakers, there are many more exciting events happening at the summit, which not only reinforce the spirit and zeal of entrepreneurship, but also provide a fun-filled enriching experience to the attendees.
One of the major highlights this year are the leadership awards,which recognise and appreciate the journey and story of women leaders across the country for spearheading and inspiring organisations, initiatives and various movements. Another attraction is the VC Lounge, where startups will get a chance to meet potential investors, get mentorship, speed pitch their idea to investors and much more.
Other crowd-puller events within the ambit of the E-Summit include:
Impiego, the Job and Internship Fair which is open to all college students of IIT Delhi and aims at connecting start-up enthusiast graduates/undergraduates to the start-ups so that they get the relevant experience in their desired field,.
The start-up Expo,which provides a platform for innovative start-ups from all over the country to get in touch with thousands of potential customers and investors while attendees learn the technique of what made a start-up so big.
