UDAAN – A flight of dreams | IIM Rohtak
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
About the event:
A saga of passion, patience, and perseverance, Udaan is the flagship Entrepreneurship Summit of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Council, IIM Rohtak. One of the biggest in the country, Udaan consists of two power-packed round of panel discussions, featuring founders of start-ups like Outline India, Nearbuy.com and Miko to name a few. The event will also host Ignitus, a Business-Plan competition wherein teams from around the country will present their plans before an esteemed jury, investors and mentors. The winners get a chance to win prizes worth 2.1 Lakhs and incubation and seeding support. The big draw this year is the interesting mix of speakers and panelists that Udaan has managed to onboard, which has created quite a stir in the B-School community.
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Arvind Lal – Founder and Managing Director, Dr. Lal Path Labs
Panelists:
Sumeet Kapur – Founder-Wellcure.com/Co-Founder -IPV/Co-Founder-Nearbuy.com
R. Sreenivasan – Co-Founder, Career Launcher
Abhinav Kumar – VP, Paytm & Ex-Country Head, Trivago
Prerna Mukharya – Founder, Outline India
Sneh Vaswani – CEO and Founder, Miko
Alok Bansal – CEO, DTDC 3PL, and Fulfilment Ltd
Pankaj Dhingra – Ex-Director, Blackrock Financial Services
Rahul Puri – Head, Employment Relations ACCA
The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Entrepreneurship as the key to unlocking the $5 Trillion Economy Dream’. India is gearing up to an ambitious GDP goal of $5 trillion by 2024. In 2018-19, India’s nominal GDP was Rs 190 lakh crore; at $1 at 70, which translates to $2.7 trillion. To achieve this milestone, one of the strongest force-multipliers is our innovation engine and the start-up economy. To further the theme, the panels will discuss the following:
Panel 1 – From a million-dollar idea to a billion-dollar dream! – How to improve the success rate of the Indian Start-up ecosystem to achieve the 5Tn economy dream.
Panel 2 – Looking at successful entrepreneurial societies for ways to strengthen India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
The event will see a congregation of 400+ students, faculties and entrepreneurial minds from colleges around the country at the awe-inspiring IIM Rohtak campus on 17th January, 2020. It is your chance to experience the energy, enthusiasm and the spirit of innovation. To register, contact Stuti: 9038774104.
