IIT-Madras to host ‘E-Summit 2020’
S Vishnu Sharmaa, INN/Chennai, @Svs037
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras will be the cynosure of all eyes from 17 to 19 January, thanks to ‘E-Summit 2020.’ The three day student run entrepreneurial conference will be a summation of four summits.
Professor Ashwin Mahalingam, Faculty Advisor, Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Madras, said Innovator’s Summit, Start-Up Summit, Youth Summit and Techno-Entrepreneurship Summit are the four summits.
The fifth edition of the summit attempts to evangelize entrepreneurship among the student community and to motivate potential entrepreneurs to start businesses that not only solve complex engineering challenges but provide solutions to society, he said.
The E-Cell will be organising social campaign to highlight issues of relevance. This year the issue for campaign during the summit is D-Well which expands to Digital Well-being.
The ‘D-Well’ initiative involves organizing nostalgic activities and reminding people about how the world used to be before the digital era and features discussions and debates of what the future of digital media holds for us, he said.
This year, the focus is to ensure that students with entrepreneurial inclinations take a giant step towards becoming entrepreneurs themselves in a few years of time, said Mahalingam.
Srinivasan Vishwanathan, IIT-Madras Entrepreneurship Forum, said the E-Summit is all about getting inspired, about getting charged up and getting ready for the exciting journey of entrepreneurship.
‘You meet students, aspiring entrepreneurs, startups, alumni and investors to build contacts and share knowledge, experience and wisdom. There are fantastic takeaways for all.’
Speaking about the four summits Aniket Bhoyar, Students’ Co-Head, E-Cell, IIT Madras said youth summit offers a diverse platter of events covering the unconventional paths to entrepreneurial success such as business simulation games, quizzes.
Innovators summit has events that bring into limelight the innovation. Startup summit deals with startups that have achieved some traction and are looking to move to greater heights, it gives funding oppurtunities up to Rs 7 crore to these startups.
Techno-entrepreneurship summit provides students and entrepreneurs with knowledge on blockchain and its potential applications in an enganging and industry-stimulated way.