Pitch Your Startup Ideas To India's Best Investors & Win 16 Lakh At IIT Bombay's E-Summit 2018

If there’s one thing that has pushed technological advances forward is a spirit of pioneering and entrepreneurship, without which it would be difficult to enable all of our digital indulgences. 

From booking cabs to reading news in 60 words to learning new skills, there is an app for everything and what was just a dream a few years ago is turning into reality today, all thanks to entrepreneurship. And it doesn’t get any better than IIT Bombay’s Entrepreneurship Summit (E-Summit) 2018 taking place later this weekend.

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The Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Bombay is hosting the 13th edition of Entrepreneurship Summit (E-Summit) 2018: ‘A Zenith of Innovation’ on 27th-28th January. E-Summit 2018 is the place where prominent voices from India’s startup ecosystem will converge for the two-day summit.

Prominent speakers at this year’s E-Summit include Former Chairman of SBI Arundhati Bhattacharya, Indian economist Dr. Subramanian Swamy, CEO of Directi & Media.net Divyank Turakhia, Country Head of LinkedIn Akshay Kothari, VP of Netflix Michael Spiegelman, CEO & Co-Founder of Ola Cabs Bhavish Aggarwal, Indian Author & Business Coach Shiv Khera and Founder of AIB Tanmay Bhat to name a few.

In addition to this list of personalities, one of the prominent speakers this E-Summit is Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal, IIT-Bombay alumni and CEO of India’s most popular cab aggregator Ola Cabs. Also expected to grace the event are CEOs of startups like Oyo Rooms, Hike, Freecharge, Snapdeal, Zoomcar and much more.

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Here’s what else is happening at this year’s IIT Bombay E-Summit 2018.

Teen Tycoon:

For the first time, E-Summit is organizing a competition which aims at evoking the entrepreneurial spirit among young school going kids. Students will gain a first hand experience of the challenges faced while running a startup by creating their own business models.

The Ten-Minute Million:

Ten startups get 10 minutes to pitch in front of a panel of India’s best investors to score an on the spot financial backing of INR 16,00,000. All one needs to do is convince our panelists that their idea is the best.

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i_Hack 2018:

Passionate about building, designing, or innovating? Then i_Hack 2018 is definitely for you. Here we bring India’s best coders, developers, designers, innovators, creators under a roof who can inspire tomorrow’s entrepreneur.

Startup Expo:

What are the most important things an aspiring entrepreneur needs? Aren’t they investors and potential customers? In Startup expo, we get Startups to meet them both.

Lean Startup Workshop:

Having just an idea is never enough, to create an impact you have to make the product that benefits the most. Learn how to build disruptive products using Lean Startup methodologies this E-summit at Lean Startup Workshops.

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Internship and Job Fair:

Internship and Job Fair Connects startup enthusiasts to the startups in their desired field so that they get the relevant experience.

Business Conclave:

HR, Marketing, Tech & Finance are the four major things that are required for a business to run and grow. Business conclave include talks by the pioneers in these fields, followed by closed networking sessions

Innovation Conclave:

The top innovators of India will be showcasing their success stories, strategies and products at the Innovation Conclave in 15-minute long interactions.

For more information, including registering for the event, visit the event’s official website at: ecell.in/esummit