FLAME University's Entrepreneurship Centre all Set to Catalyze the Indian Startup Ecosystem

/ -- BLAZE- Igniting Ideas, its flagship start-up summit brings together a stellar group of successful entrepreneurs, Investors and business leaders to support deserving start-ups
Invites applications from start-ups with less than five lakhs revenue seeking to fund and scale their ventures
Announces business competition to incentivize students with game changing ideas to pursue entrepreneurship as a career choice
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Making the announcement, Professor Dishan Kamdar, Vice Chancellor, FLAME University, said, "BLAZE is an initiative by FCEI at FLAME that envisions to bring together thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders on a common platform to support deserving entrepreneurs. We will provide them the opportunity and incentive to reach their potential and hope that they build ventures that will create jobs and wealth in the future."

Outlining the value-add that BLAZE will provide to start-ups and idea stage ventures, Darshan Doshi, Director of FLAME Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (FCEI) at FLAME, said, "BLAZE will play the role of a catalyst in accelerating the growth of entrepreneurship across the country. What differentiates BLAZE is that it offers a multifold ROI to the promising ideas and selected ventures. We will partner with the entrepreneurs to identify their growth areas, solve their challenges and hand-hold them till they are ready to go to market. We will also connect them with prospective customers and Investors for potential funding support and provide them the much needed boost to grow and scale their ventures confidently."

The agenda for the two-day summit and the speakers who are expected to speak at the summit is as follows:

Friday March 1, 2019 (1pm - 8pm)
Opening address by Dr. Dishan Kamdar, Vice Chancellor, FLAME University 'Startup Opportunities from the eye of an investor' by Pranav Pai, Partner 3one4 Capital 'Scaling & Exiting a Fintech Startup' by Patanjali Somayaji, CTO, Capital Float and Co-founder, Walnut App Investor Panel Discussion: 'What Investors want to see in Startups' with Pranav Pai, Vaibhav Domkumdwar, Sachin Oswal, Abhishek Prasad DEMO Day - Eight Early-stage startups Pitch to Investors
'Building a Brand in India' by Riya Shah, founder, The Quick Wok 'Indian Startup Ecosystem: Deriving benefits from events, incubators, accelerators' workshop by Praveen Dorna, Co-founder, StartupByte Product Showcase - Student Exhibits across FLAME Campus Saturday March 2, 2019 (9am - 6pm)

'How to Build Scalable Global Startups from India' by Tarun Davda, Partner & MD, Matrix Partners 'RealLives to Real Life - Training Youth in Empathy, Sustainable Development & Change making' by Dr. Parag Mankeekar, Ashoka Fellow, Leader - RealLives Global Scaling, Founder Director - NeetiMr. Bennychan Solutions, Founder - YoungChangeMakers Conference 'Enterprise AI Landscape and Data Science General Practices' by Rohit Pandharkar, Head of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Mahindra Group BLAZE New Venture Competition - 15 Selected Startups Pitch to Investors
'Changing Global Trends in Media Consumption' by Tapas Sen, Co-founder & CPO RadioMirchi 'Working with Legends in the Indian Music Industry' by Shameer Tandon, Founder, Music Boutique 'Should I Startup | Succeed not Fail' workshop by Vikas Kumar, serial entrepreneur, investor and founder, LoanTap Key Initiatives at BLAZE - Igniting Ideas:

New Venture Competition - Startups with less than INR 5 lacs in annual revenue as well as game-changing new business ideas from students from universities, technical and management schools across India are eligible to apply before February 22, 2019. Top three winners will receive INR 85,000 in cash prizes while 15 startups selected to pitch to the investors will receive an opportunity to incubate their ideas at the FLAME Incubator Program to achieve next stage of growth. New Venture Competition Application Link: https://www.flame.edu.in/research/centres/centre-for-entrepreneurship-innovation/blaze-igniting-ideas
FLAME Origins Program Demo Day - FCEI's startup accelerator initiative, the FLAME Origins Program, has accelerated eight early stage startups across India over the last five months. These startups will make their business pitch to prominent angel investors and venture capitalists. Product Showcase - Over 30 FLAME entrepreneurship undergraduate and postgraduate student groups will display a range of products created over this academic year. Workshops, Speakers and Networking - Aspiring entrepreneurs and students can attend the two-day event for free upon registration and get the opportunity to network with prominent business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and talented students. Individuals interested to attend BLAZE startup summit can register here: https://www.townscript.com/e/blaze-igniting-minds-204341 About the FLAME Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (FCEI):

FLAME Origins Program is a startup accelerator program that helps early stage startups scale up through a structured mentorship program over 5 months
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