Entrepreneurship Summit was organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell, Shambhunath Institute of Engineering & Technology, Allahabad on March 9-10, 2018 in association with Kalam Centre for Innovation & Incubation of Startups (K-CIIS), Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (AKTU); Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Computer Society of India (CSI); Eastern U.P. Chambers of Commerce & Industries (EUPCCI) & Millionminds. E-Summit was inaugurated with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp and addresses of eminent invited guests from reputed institutions. Dr. K.K. Tewari, Secretary, Shambhunath Group of Institutions extended floral welcome to the guests and presented Angvastram. He briefed guests & participants about the milestones achieved by Shambhunath Group of Institutions & UTTHAN within a short span of time. Prof. D.K. Dwivedi, Director, E-Cell, SGI in his address informed the guests and participants about the aim & objective of the E-Summit, Startup-Pitching/ Business Idea Competitions, E-Talk, E-Quiz scheduled during two days’ event. He also briefed participants about the initiatives & activities of E-Cell, SGI. Prof. S.N. Upadhyay, Emeritus Professor, DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow & Former Director, IIT BHU in his address talked about Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurs and discussed several case studies of successful entrepreneurs along with intricacies of entrepreneurship in respective cases. Prof. P. Nagbhushan, Director, IIIT, Allahabad in his address talked about Entrepreneurship: Opportunities & Challenges in India and advised participants specially students to dream big & aim big and accordingly groom themselves to be successful in the career. Prof. P.K. Mishra, HoD, Chemical Engineering & Coordinator, Malviya Centre for Innovation & Incubation of Startups (MCIIS), IIT BHU in his address discussed about “Innovate to Serve” and enlightened students about the innovations carried out by various social as well as charitable organisations including MCIIS, IIT, BHU. Er. Rajneesh Agrawal, Director, STPI, Noida enlightened audience about the organization structure & infrastructural facilities of STPI in different cities, Government Policy of supporting Startups, Call Centres as well as various initiatives & activities of STPI in innovation & incubation of Startups. Dr. G.S. Darbari, Managing Director, Darbari Industries & Past President, Eastern U.P. Chambers of Commerce & Industries shared his entrepreneurial journey and also discussed about the entrepreneurial opportunities & risks in various sectors in city like Allahabad. Er. Ajay Chaturvedi, CEO, Harva (Harnessing Value of Rural India)- An NGO emphasized the need to accept the challenges of entrepreneurship for the progress of rural India and motivated students by citing several examples from mythological scriptures. He also briefed participants about the social entrepreneurship work being done by Harva. Er. Praveen Dwivedi, Dy. Director, STPI, Lucknow showcased the facilities established by STPI in Noida, Lucknow, Allahabad, other cities of U.P. and nearby States along with core activities of STPI. He also discussed about the Incubation Centre, Startups being incubated at present at STPI Centres and opportunities for the students to establish their Startups. Er. Shivesh Gaur, CEO, Empyrean (An Allahabad based Startup manufacturing drones & imparting training to students) discussed about his entrepreneurial journey, challenges faced in registering his venture as Startup and the activities of Empyrean. In E-Talk Session, Er. Mohit Nayar, Founder, Lawyers of India & Er. Piyush Agrawal, Founder, Happy Cultures, ThEnGa shared their success stories/ challenges faced and explained the art of preparing good business Plans to attract angel investors as well as sustain the Startup business. E-Quiz was organized by the E-Cell SGI student volunteers to generate an appetite amongst students to become aware about the current happenings and test their entrepreneurial knowledge. Surprise gifts and goodies were given to those who promptly gave correct answers. Some glimpses of the E-Summit & Startup Pitching Competitions Summary of the Startup Pitching Competitions Startup/ Business Idea Pitching Competition 5th Edition of Dr. Kalam Startup Parikrama organized by K-CIIS, AKTU with support of TEQIP Phase-III The Startup League-Allahabad Chapter organised by Millionminds with support of Startup India programme Winning Teams Hybrid Refrigerator - AITM, Varanasi Sangam Trip Advisor - SIET, Allahabad E-bicycle –AIT, Varanasi Obalish of MNNIT, Allahabad Apna Ghar of SIET, Allahabad V4U of MNNIT, Allahabad Jury of experts Sri Saurabh Singh, Consultant, K-CIIS Sri Abhishake Nandan, Consultant, K-CIIS Er. Shivesh Gaur, CEO, Empyrean Er. Mohit Nayar, Founder, Lawyers of India Er. Piyush Agrawal, Founder, Happy Cultures, ThEnGa & Millionminds team Prizes to the winners Cash prize of Rs.10000.00, Rs.5000.00 & Rs.3000.00 respectively Ticket to Grand Finale of “The Startup League” to be organized in Metros. Remarks 11 innovative business ideas were shortlisted out of 175+ online submissions for pitching competition. 9 innovative business ideas were shortlisted out of 120+ online submissions for pitching competition. E-Summit was a great success with 200+ participation from Academia, Industry, Government, Startups and students of engineering, management & pharmacy streams from various Institutes affiliated with AKTU and other Universities. Prof. D.K. Dwivedi Director (Capacity Building, CRC & E-Cell), Shmabhunath Institute of Engineering & Technology, Allahabad & Convener, E-Summit-2018
