"Don’t Shy Away"- An Online Event on 18th Oct for World Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Samrohana Foundation in association with OncoStem presents a webinar on 18th October to build awareness about self breast examination, key tips to reduce risk of breast cancer, early detection and treatment of breast cancer

 

To mark World Breast Cancer awareness month observed in October, Samrohana Cancer Foundation in association with Oncology startup OncoStem will host "Don't Shy Away", an online event to build awareness about self breast examination, early detection, tips to reduce risk of breast cancer and treatment of breast cancer. The virtual event will be held on 18th October from 12 Noon to 1PM.

 

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As per WHO, breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, affecting more than 2.09 million women globally every year. In India, as per Globocan 2018 data, 1,62,468 breast cancer cases were registered in 2018. In spite of the growing awareness about the incidence of breast cancer, most women are unaware about the need for regular self breast examination, it's importance in early detection and successful treatment. Breast cancer is one of the cancers with best cure rates. Detecting breast cancer early increases the chance of cure. When detected in the early stages, low risk breast cancer patients have the possibility of avoiding aggressive treatments like Chemotherapy.

The event will touch upon aspects of self breast exam, tips to identify breast cancer before it's too late, signs to look for and common questions on breast cancer prevention. Moderated by Dr V Sreekanth Reddy, the event will comprise an esteemed panel of Oncology experts, cancer survivors and influencers. The panelists for the event are Dr Suresh Babu, Dr Arunima Chandra, Dr Manjiri Bakre, Dr Sandeep Nayak, Dr Bharath G, Dr Harsha Doddihal, Ms Meghana Muskan, Mr Aji Joseph, and Pinkathon Ambassador Ms Swati Mukund.

Commenting on the event, Dr Sandeep Nayak, Oncologist and Founder, Samrohana Foundation said " The idea behind hosting this event is to create conversation and build awareness about the need for self breast examination. A lot of women are unaware about the simple steps for breast self exam and how it can help in early detection. Through this event, we invite women and men to be part of this discussion and educate their loved ones about breast cancer treatment, detection and care"

When: 18th October, 12 -1PM

What: Don't Shy Away - A virtual event to build awareness about breast cancer

Where:   https://bit.ly/30ECT4l

 

The Esports Club Joins Hands with AMD and Lenovo to make the TEC Challenger Series Largest Valorant Event In India

• LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series Powered by Ideapad Gaming and AMD
• Prize money of the tournament staggeringly increased by 33%
• LG Ultragear, AMD & Lenovo are key partners for the event
• A total prize pool of INR 9 lakhs for the entire series

Bangalore, 8th October, 2020: The Esports Club, a Bangalore based esports platform today announced its partnership with Lenovo in the ongoing Valorant tournament, 'LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series' Powered by AMD which started on 15th August 2020. The new partnership comes after 2 successful editions of the TEC Challenger Series that saw over 400 teams competing for INR 1.5 Lakhs each month!

After the two successful events, The Esports Club has joined hands with Lenovo as their third key partner as they look to elevate the event and increase the prize pool for players. The prize money, which was earlier 1.5 Lakh per series, has been staggeringly increased by nearly 33% to INR 2 Lakhs per series with the champion taking home INR 1 Lakh! The total prize money in the 'LG Ultragear TEC Challenger Series' now stands at INR 9 Lakhs with INR 2 Lakhs for each of the next 3 events set to run every month from October till December 2020. Interested gamers can signup on The Esports Club Website.

Ishaan Arya, Co Founder, The Esports Club; "We are extremely excited to welcome Lenovo on board as a partner for the TEC Challenger Series. With the joint vision of maturing the esports community in India, we look forward to creating bigger and better opportunities for our community with this strategic partnership".

Mukesh Bajpai, India Marketing Head - AMD, said, "High performance gaming is a key forte for AMD and we have always understood the pulse of gamers and catered to their changing needs. The TEC Challenger Series is a tremendous opportunity to interact with the rapidly growing gaming community in India. We are pleased to continue our strong collaboration with Lenovo in this tournament with notebooks powered by AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors empowering gamers to push their boundaries even further."

Amit Doshi, Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo; "We are committed to providing a premium gaming experience to all our users. The partnership with The Esports Club is one step in that direction. Over the last few years, we have worked on bringing powerful gaming devices to India and creating and supporting multiple platforms for the community to engage in. We recently launched our IdeaPad Gaming 3 Notebook, powered by Ryzen 7 processor built for gamers to support with their gaming and multitasking. We are also gearing up to launch several other gaming notebooks powered with AMD later this year.The TEC Challenger Series for Valorant gives us an amazing platform to reach and engage with the esports community while also contributing to the esports growth in India."

Lenovo™ IdeaPad™ Gaming 3 is engineered with AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series processors, up to 4GB graphics, DDR4 memory and PCIe SSD storage options. With up to 8 ultra-responsive cores, the device provides the new standard for gaming performance in innovative, thin and light laptops. It projects a quiet and serene confidence with smooth, crystal-clear visuals and seamless gameplay that stays cool through improved 5th Generation thermals. The IdeaPad Gaming 3 is also stunning visually turned on or off with an up to 120 Hz clear FHD display and an advanced gaming keyboard housed in an iridescent Chameleon Blue or slick Onyx Black that refracts light at the nano-molecular level—for a gaming PC that truly catches the eye.

Mansoor 'Nabu' Ahmed ; Director of Esports, The Esports Club; " The response to the TEC Challenger series has been phenomenal. Valorant in India is at a critical stage of development and we're happy to be in a position where we can help provide a stable competitive platforms for teams as they gear up for an exciting future in esports"

The TEC Challenger Series format fits with The Esports Club's strategy to create long term and sustainable esports IP's that give players a recurring opportunity to play, improve, and win. The company is investing in the future of Valorant and working closely in sync with publisher Riot Games to help support the budding esports ecosystem with multiple tournaments and opportunities for players during its 5 months long tournament.The tournament has been received very well by players and fans alike with nearly One Million Views amassed on the official livestreams of the first two events with the trend set to grow with the new partnership with Lenovo. 

Binance Launches "Build For Bharat"; First DeFi-focused Hackathon in India

: Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange, today launched ‘Build for Bharat’, a twofold program with a hackathon and acceleration opportunities for blockchain developers and startups in India.

The hackathon is sponsored by Google Cloud, along with leading technology companies Matic Network, Marlin Protocol, Band Protocol and Ankr cloud infrastructure, while the acceleration comes under Polaris, an initiative by the Blockchain for India 50M fund, launched by Binance and WazirX in March 2020.

Spanning over a few months  -- from 24th August to 31st October 2020 -- the Build for Bharat hackathon will be open to creators, innovators, startups, and BUIDLers from all over India working on unique and creative products utilizing digital assets and blockchain technology. The solutions will be centered around decentralized finance (DeFi) such as mini-Tokens, micro-financing products, blockchain datasets, blockchain-AI solutions and more.

“India has been one of the most interesting countries Binance has tapped into!” said Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “We’ve seen entrepreneurs create robust blockchain-based solutions from scratch and scale it. With the second-largest blockchain developer base in the world - India has already kickstarted the revolution of decentralization and we’re here to fuel it!”

Selected participants will undergo three stages of filtration with 100 teams shortlisted in the first cohort, 20 teams in the second, and five teams in the final cohort. The finalists will receive rewards from a pool of 30,00,000 INR while the winning teams stand a chance to secure additional investment and mentorship opportunities under the Polaris accelerator, an initiative by the Blockchain for India fund.

To apply for Build for Bharat program, head over to the event registration website. Registrations for the program are open from today till 11th September 2020.

[The event is managed by Lumos Labs (Formerly known as IBC Media) - A Singapore-based innovation management platform.]

About Binance

Binance.com is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Binance Exchange serves users from 180+ countries and regions. Binance’s dual-chain architecture comprises Binance Chain & Binance Smart Chain that empowers the developer community to build their own decentralized apps and digital assets on one blockchain, while also taking advantage of the fast trading performance offered on the Binance Decentralized Exchange (DEX).

Three Times Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Evelin G Lindner Graces First Edition of E-Conclave "SRIJAN" in Indore

With everything that has been happening around the globe at present, be it the pandemic, the climate change crisis, casteism, racism, economic downfall, it has become important to realise that there are certain things that we need to re-learn. The wheels of the normative grain of the society need to be broken and reconstructed, the 'new normal' has given us an opportunity to start afresh and there is no better place to do that than our educational institutions. Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore recently organised its first edition of "SRIJAN", an e-Conclave dedicated to and aimed at renewing the idea of education beyond the realm of subjects and concrete school walls.

The school is known for its vast teaching philosophy extending from academic learning to moral values and life skills. This initiative by the School aspires to create a platform for students to be able to garner insights on social and personal skills from esteemed professionals in an interactive and engaging manner. It aims to provide a positive lens to the young minds and help them look at the society from a broader perspective. To develop more compassion and undertake a healthy and sustainable outlook on things so they can not just incorporate these in their lifestyle but also lead towards a better tomorrow.



The event was graced by three times Nobel Peace Prize nominee Ms. Evelin G. Lindner, MD, PhD (Medicine and Psychology). Ms. Evelin is the Founding President of HumanDHS (Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies) and a Co-founder of the World Dignity University Initiative. Some of her most notable work includes 'Making Enemies': Humiliation and International Conflict (2006), 'Emotion and Conflict': How Human Rights Can Dignify Emotion and Help Us Wage Good Conflict (2009) and 'Gender, Humiliation and Global Security' (2010).

It was kicked off by an introductory speech by the Principal of the School, Ms. Punita Nehru and thoroughly moderated throughout by Dr. Siddharth Jain and Tanishqua Kanetkar. During the course of the interview, Ms. Evelin introduced her idea of dignity. According to her, keeping aside all categories of classification such as religion, caste and class etcetera, solidarity amongst citizens and states should be practiced through mutual respect and dignity. She suggests each one to look forward to dignified humility as a way of motivation and not humiliation. She further discussed her fascination with the country, Norway for its capacity to uphold the idea of equality and dignity. When talked about India, she was appreciative of the vast cultural background of the country as well as the family values and the idea of togetherness in the society.

The event was organised by a group of 8 alumni of the school, Mr. Swapnil Kothari, President of the Old Sathya Sai Students Association, Mr. Shyam Bhatia, Ms. Firoza Aklesaria, Ms. Shachi Maheshwari, Ms. Shweta Mallick, Dr. Siddharth Jain and Tanishqua Kanetkar. SRIJAN is a brain child of the Principal of the School, Ms. Punita Nehru who brought the above team together. We are grateful to our sponsors Mr. Tarun Agrawal, Mr. Akhil Bandi, Mr. Vikas Bansal and Mr. Gaurav Mehta.

The event ended on a positive note and received participation from over 8000 students, faculty and alumni of the institution paving way for many more such events to take place. The message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: The world is one and all its inhabitants are a part of one big family was drawn as a conclusive note for the event.

World’s Biggest Virtual Global Fintech Fest saw Participation from Over 12000 attendees from over 110 countries

Global Fintech Fest which (GFF) organised by Fintech Convergence Council (FCC), Payments Council of India (PCI) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 22^nd & 23^rd July’2020 had witnessed participation from more than 10k delegates out of which around 30% were from international community, representation from over 110+ countries and participation from 160+ speakers out of which 30 were women speakers and 45 international speakers. In addition to this, there were 75 Indian & International Exhibitors showcasing their products and services in the two-day fest with 27000+ unique booth visits by attendees.

Global Fintech Festival has brought together representatives of banking, financial technology and investment industries from across the globe to host impactful dialogues, public discussions and a curated exhibition of the latest disruptive technologies.

NPCI also launched UPI AutoPay feature for recurring payments & RuPay commercial card for entrepreneurs and business owners at GFF. The event also released report titled “Empowering payments: Digital India on the path of revolution” in association with PWC & “India FinTech Report (2nd edition)” in association with MEDICI.

The event had seen participation from stalwarts of the Fintech Industry namely Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Infosys, Uday Kotak, Managing Director & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of India, V Vaidyanathan, Managing Director & CEO, IDFC First Bank, K Rajaraman, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Justice BN Srikrishna, Retired Judge, Supreme Court of India, P Vasudevan, CGM - Department of Payment and Settlement Systems (DPSS), Reserve Bank of India, Dilip Asbe, Managing Director & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India, Sachin Bansal, Co-Founder & CEO, Navi,  Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO, Paytm, Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital, Anna Maj, FinTech Leader & Advisor, The World Business Angels Investment Forum & European Innovation Council, Mahesh Uttamchandani, Global Practice Manager, FCI GP, World Bank Group, Nnenna Nnoli, Chief Financial Officer, Aspiration US, Vibha Padalkar , Managing Director & CEO, HDFC Life, T S Anil, Chief Executive Officer, Monzo Bank, Tilman Ehrbeck, Managing Partner, Flourish Ventures, Surina Shukri, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, G Mahalingam, Whole - Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Yashish Dahiya, Co-Founder & Group CEO, PolicyBazaar, Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO, Comply Advantage, Herve Tourpe, Head of Digital Advisory, International Monetary Fund, Dr. Christopher Sier, UK Treasury Fintech Envoy and Chairman, Fintech North, Myles Bertrand, Managing Director, Mambu, Nobutake Suzuki, Chief Executive Officer, MUFG Innovation Partners and many more.

About Fintech Convergence Council (FCC)

FCC is formed under Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and represents the FinTech industry and traditional companies in the BFSI space. The purpose of the council is to encourage collaboration, seek complementarities and build synergy between leading BFSI companies and the emerging FinTech start-ups. The council has worked towards interpreting the regulatory and legal framework, aggregating the concerns and feedback of the various players within the larger FinTech community, communicating it to regulators and lawmakers, and organizing events and gatherings for the industry participants to meet, share ideas and work together in the interest of creating a safer, more open and more collaborative operating environment through a transparent forum.

About NPCI

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. NPCI has created a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country. It has changed the way payments are made in India through a bouquet of retail payment products such as RuPay card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC Fastag) and Bharat BillPay. NPCI also launched UPI 2.0 to offer a more secure and comprehensive services to consumers and merchants.

NPCI is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through use of technology and is relentlessly working to transform India into a digital economy. It is facilitating secure payments solutions with nationwide accessibility at minimal cost in furtherance of India’s aspiration to be a fully digital society.

Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) will Revolutionise Micro Lending: Nandan Nilekeni

The first day of Global Fintech Fest 2020 - the largest two-day, virtual fintech meet-up witnessed the grand confluence of industry veterans and thought leaders in the Fintech & BFSI ecosystems across the globe. The two-day fest is organised by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) and Payments Council of India (PCI).

Speaking at the largest two-day, virtual fintech meet-up – Global Fintech Fest 2020, Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog said the future of lending will be Phygital. Betting big on digital lending he stated the latter will be the next big driver in fintech, driven by retail loans. Digital lending will constitute 50% of total lending by 2023. Kant said that the financial technology sector has been the shining star of India’s startup and technology ecosystem, enabling seamless transition from physically connected to a physically distant but socially connected environment.   

Addressing the delegates, Nandan Nilekani - Co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, Infosys stated that democratising credit in India is the need of the hour as he captured the remarkable journey of the Indian fintech industry which had now become a global hot bed for innovation. According to him, for reviving the economy India needs to kick-start consumption, offer credit a larger role whilst lubricating small businesses with capital. 

India needs to go that extra mile in offering credit to the most deserving, smallest businesses and individuals. With most credit directed to large companies in large volumes, smaller companies and micro enterprises are left in the lurch with little or no access to credit at all which is a huge concern for the next growth phase of the industry he said. According to Nilekani, Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN) which enables to connect lenders to marketplaces and thereby to borrowers is a technology system, currently under discussion. If implemented, the technology can democratise lending to micro enterprises and street vendors in a big way.

Moreover, with the cost of lending being too high, small value loans become unfeasible. He therefore suggested, account aggregator service protocols developed and backed by RBI can be the game changer. While it can be implemented across fintech firms like wealth management, broking and banking, he highlighted the fact that the latter, most importantly and immediately, needs to be implemented in lending so the well-deserving smaller and micro businesses are able to opt for loans. 

Citing the examples of home-grown innovations such as – UPI and AEPS, he highlighted the fact that there is a need to realise that public systems need to be designed keeping in mind not just the top 50 million users but the 1 billion users, the masses. 

State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar said “Mobile banking may become the most preferred banking channel, even more than internet banking, in the days to come. Out of 100 transactions at SBI, only 9 transactions are being made in branches. While transactions at ATMs at the time of demonetisation were around 55 per cent, now they are down to around 30 per cent and digital, mobile banking has seen a rise from 25-30 to 55 per cent now. Going ahead it is going to be internet banking and mobile banking that will flourish, Kumar said delivering a key note address at the Global Fintech Fest.

In his opening address, Dilip Asbe, Managing Director and CEO, NPCI said: “The phenomenal success of our home-grown platform of UPI and the global recognition it received is a testimony in itself as to how far we have come as a nation - from being followers to innovators and pioneers in the industry. The pandemic has been a great catalyst for the industry and we aim to develop an eco-system where digital transactions are executed remotely, possibly by majority of our population. We appreciate the concerted efforts of the government authorities in offering the necessary tailwinds in promoting the industry.” 

Earlier in the day, Naveen Surya, Chairman, Fintech Convergence Council said “India, currently, is a very fertile ground for the progression of collaborations between banks and fintech, accelerating the growth of nascent sectors like - neo-banking and digital lending. The role of non-banks in growth of UPI, BBPS and PPI has been sizeable. The phenomenal funding and global attention attracted by sectors like – payments, lending and wealth-tech speaks volumes of the kind of impact the Indian fintech has had on the society and the world at large. With low-cost, high-volume transactions across payment technology, digital banking and lending, fintech has helped serve millions in a way that the legacy systems couldn’t. Aadhaar kyc and video kyc is the future and will pick up pace extensively in the near term.”

The Global Fintech Fest has witnessed a participation from 50+ countries, 100+ speakers and 10000+ registered delegates in attendance. Significantly, 45% are international speakers and 30% women speaker participation. Of the total delegate participation, around 30% are from international community. In addition, there are 75 Indian and international 75 exhibitors showcasing their products and services in the two-day fest. Global Fintech Festival has brought together representatives of banking, financial technology and investment industries from across the globe to host impactful dialogues, public discussions and a curated exhibition of the latest disruptive technologies.

About Fintech Convergence Council (FCC)

FCC is formed under Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and represents the FinTech industry and traditional companies in the BFSI space. The purpose of the council is to encourage collaboration, seek complementarities and build synergy between leading BFSI companies and the emerging FinTech start-ups. The council has worked towards interpreting the regulatory and legal framework, aggregating the concerns and feedback of the various players within the larger FinTech community, communicating it to regulators and lawmakers, and organizing events and gatherings for the industry participants to meet, share ideas and work together in the interest of creating a safer, more open and more collaborative operating environment through a transparent forum.

Microsoft and Schneider Electric to Host Digital Event: ‘Buildings of The Future: Smart to Autonomous’

Schneider Electric, the global leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Microsoft India today announced a digital event ‘Buildings of The Future: Smart to Autonomous’ centered around creating secure and resilient buildings during a crisis. Scheduled for July 7, 2020, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. the session willexplore key differentiators which building management should embrace to facilitate cost optimisation, energy savings and safety of occupants. Technology intervention can make critical requirements like contactless management, predictive and remote operational efficiency, real in today’s environment. The session will be led by Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India and Anil Chaudhry, Zone President & Managing Director, Schneider Electric, India.

The recent health crisis and economic scenario has led businesses and communities to have an even sharper focus on the health, safety and well-being of people, making contact-less operations crucial. As most companies transition to a hybrid work environment, smart buildings that enable secure, efficient operations will be critical. Technology is playing a big role in enabling that, with  technologies like IoT and AI being used for remote monitoring services that provide  insights into a building’s performance and health, helping organisations, and communities achieve operational efficiency and build resilience.

Schneider Electric and Microsoft have brought IT & OT & AI together to create a seamless and secure AIoT- enabled platform providing customers the tools they need to build resilience in these challenging times. Powered by Microsoft, Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Building Advisor, EcoStruxure Power Advisor and Workplace Advisor are intelligent tools that enable condition-based monitoring and maintain power network operations along with building HVAC systems, while teams are operating with reduced strength or off-site.

Talking about the engagement with Schneider Electric, Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said, “In today’s world of remote everything, technology is playing a central role in building economic resilience. Technologies like AI, IOT, big data and machine learning are helping businesses transform, adapt and drive business success by providing real time actionable insights for efficient and secure operations. Our collaboration with Schneider Electric reflects our commitment to help organizations build the digital capability required to pivot toward recovery and accelerate digital success for India.”

Teams can continue making data-driven decisions, using powerful diagnostics to anticipate potential malfunctions in electrical and HVAC equipment. Microsoft’s technology that powers these platform gathers data from sensors to create parallel digital twins to drive insights, is scalable and can integrate

with any digital environment. It helps in digitising power and building management systems, increases remote service capabilities, controls costs, and maintains operations when resources are low.

“Building owners, operators, and facility managers in critical facilities, such as data centers, hospitals, and airports, today face a daunting task of keeping operations running smoothly at maximum capacity, with minimum resources and this can be only achieved through digitisation and the right use of technology. Organisations today need to become more resilient and adapt to disruptive measures to ensure business continuity,”said Anil Chaudhry, Zone President & Managing Director, Schneider Electric-India.

The event will highlight measures to optimise operational efficiency without compromising on comfort and safety, discuss preventive checks on assets with digital tools and predictive maintenance of assets nearing breakdown and share insights around safeguarding premises from cybersecurity threats.

To join the event, please register: https://tinyurl.com/ycvdp393

About Schneider Electric

At Schneider, we believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. We empower all to make the most of their energy and resources, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment.

We provide energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. We combine world-leading energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services into integrated solutions for Homes, Buildings, Data Centers, Infrastructure and Industries.

We are committed to unleash the infinite possibilities of an open, global, innovative community that is passionate about our Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

Showcasing Early-Stage Biz in India, Virtual Investor Pitch Day Completes Season 7

Virtual Investor Pitch Day, a unique digital platform to identify and showcase early stage businesses of India has succesfully completed season 7. This initiative aimed to institutionalize a model for harnessing the creativity and technical expertise of businesses for direct benefit of our nation. Virtual Investor Pitch Day Season 7 participant were businesses from Edtech, Fintech, Healthtech, Ecommerce, Agrotech, Food, Service, AI, Ecommerce, Electrical, Consumer Durable, Banking / NBFC industry. Selection of participation was based on open invitations through various platforms. Participants were shortlisted after various rounds of selections from technical, financial, investment and strategic evaluations. Maximum participant of Virtual Investor Pitch Day were with business between 5 – 10 years. Participants were quick and prompt to share their pitch within 5 minutes of allocated duration. In allocated time limit participant majorly explained their business through industry scope, market size, team skills, finances gap, business strength.

This session successfully developed ecosystem of facilitators, Venture Capitalist, Global Business Leaders, Government Agencies and beneficiaries. List of shortlisted participants will be released by June 10 2020. Short listed participants will avail business acceleration fund, venture fund, angel investment or seed capital, mentorship from global business leaders, Business relations opportunity with Asia, Africa, UK, Europe, USA, program guidance and enrollment process on various initiatives offered by Central/State Government of india. Global Innovation Fund an exclusive fund of Group Inventivepreneur will award innovative businesses with investment support. Under vision 2025 we are expecting to handhold 2500 businesses. Global Innovation Fund will invest 500Mn under this initiative in variety of industries.

Jury members for Virtual Investor Pitch Day Season 7 were Dr Ritika Yadav, Chairperson – Inventivepreneur Foundation, Dr Anurag Batra, Chairman – Business world, Nilaya Verma, Founder – Primus Venture, Ramesh Dharmaji, Ex-SIDBI, Abhishek Gupta, Chairman – Clean India Venture, Anil Joshi, Partner – Unicorn India Venture, Sanjeev Dev Malik, CMD & Editor in Chief - Asian News Channel.

We are pleased to announce digital launch of 30 minute episode on Session 7 on youtube by June 15, 2020. This 30 minutes show coverage will be a reference for new generation entrepreneurs and free learning on skillful ways to present business among investors. We are expecting 3 Mn viewers for the show.

One participant out of all will be awarded with opportunity to participate in international business exchange programs to be organise at UAE in November 2020 (dates may change only due to covid19)

We wish you to publish this initiative, this monthly initiative is a unique kind of platform to engage businesses from all parts of country. Also looking at the current pandemic Covid19, it gives channelization of Business energy among the early age businesses. During Social Isolation this is the best solution to organize such Virtual events, which promotes the flow of economy. With your publication thousands of businesses can avail benefit.

Data Science Congress 2020 Virtual Featuring World Leaders on June 6, 7

Aegis School of Data Science is organizing the 3rd edition of Data Science Congress (DSC) which will be a virtual event on 6 and 7 June 2020. The event is supported by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) as chamber partner along with mUni Campus as powered partner and also DSC supports Safe n Happy Periods which is creating awareness on shamefree and painfree menstruation time.

Data science Congress virtual on 6th and 7th June



DSC 2020 is a confluence of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Cognitive, and Cyber Security. Data Science Congress was initiated in 2017 with a vision of bringing India at the center stage of the world forum for AI, Data Science, Cyber Security research, education, and skill development as India is having the largest pool of talents exposed to math and coding skills which are essential for these exponential technologies.

In DSC 2020, the world authorities, leading researchers, AI experts, Data Scientists will be speaking and over 10,000 educators, engineers, CXOs, CTO, CEOs, students are likely to join the event.

Hon'ble Minister Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India will be inaugurating the event.

The speakers and contributors enlightening the topics are the crme de la crme of the data industry:

• Prof. Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)


• Dr. Vint Cerf, Father of Internet


• Dr Juergen Schmidhuber, Father of Modern Artificial Intelligence


• Justice BN Srikrishna, Chief Architect of Indias 1st data protection bill


• Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer (CTO) - Microsoft India


• Rama Akkiraju, Master Inventor and IBM Fellow


• Dr. Dina Zielinski will showcase how we can store digital data in DNA


• Mathangi Sri, Data Science Leader; Top 10 Data Scientists in India; 20 Patents

For more speakers list, please visit www.datasciencecongress.com.

Hon'ble Minister Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India said, "New technologies like AI, Robotics, Machine Learning, and Data Analytics have tremendous potential waiting to be tapped. These could be the key components towards building economy that brings quantum jump. These are the building blocks of Atmanirbhar Bharat."

Dr. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Dean, Aegis School of Data Science said, "Considering the current unprecedented situation around the world, Data Science Congress this year will be a virtual event and so the pivot was to get the best of the content. With the current assembly of speakers which are prime, pre-eminent and celebrated in their respective spheres, we are confident that this virtual event will be a treat to all the data admirers. Come join us on 6th and 7th June 2020."

Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE commented, "Data is the new oil in new digital economy. Hence people who know data science and data analytics will provide solutions to future challenges, be it pandemic, banking, insurance, education, agriculture or healthcare".

"We initiated Data Science Congress with a vision of making India as a world leader in research, education, and skill development in the fields of AI, Data Science, Analytics, IoT, and Cyber Security. India can lead as we are having the largest pool of talent with maths and coding skills which are essential for these exponential technologies," commented Mr. Bhupesh Daheria, Founder of Data Science Congress; Founder Director of mUni Campus.

"COVID-19 and the lock down has fast tracked the use and development on new uses cases for data analytics across industry and society. While the data science market will continue to grow in India, there will also be an emergence of industry/society -specific analytics use cases, and a need of skilled professionals in terms of technology, it's application and policy. FICCI will be delighted to engage with all stakeholders to establish India as a global hub of data science and analytics," said Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI.

Aegis School of Data Science

Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication was founded in the year 2002 with support from BhartiAirtel to develop cross functional technology leaders. In 2015, Aegis and IBM collaborated to launch, India's first Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Data Science, Business Analytics and Big Data and later in 2017 PGP in Cyber Security. These programs are jointly certified and delivered by Aegis School of Business in association with IBM. IBM has set up high-end Business Analytics and Cloud Computing Lab at Campus. Also, Aegis and NVIDIA partnered for Deep Learning and applied AI courses. Aegis is the no. 1 School of Data Science and among the top 5 in Business Analytics. Aegis takes up various industry projects, research and consulting assignments in the field of data science under its initiative 'Data Science Delivered' and 'Data Science for social good', and helping organizations for devolving skills on data science, ML, DL, Big Data, Analytics etc.

For further information, please visit: www.aegis.edu.in.

About mUni Campus

mUni Campus provides a cloud-based end to end robust digital infrastructure for improving learning outcomes, improving efficiency, and effectiveness of the entire education system. mUni Campus system works well for brick mortar classroom-based environment and online world. It offers various solutions under one platform which eliminates the problem of dealing with several vendors and their silo systems. It has virtual class for delivering live video lectures integrated with Learning Management System (LMS) for course creation, content dissemination, and knowledge management; Academic admin; online examination system; admission suite; and online job placement all in one cloud platform.

For more information please visit www.muniversity.mobi/ds/mUniIgnite.html.

About FICCI

Established in 1927, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with Indias struggle for independence, its industrialization, and its emergence as one of the most rapidly growing global economies. A non-government, not-for-profit organisation, FICCI is the voice of Indias business and industry. From influencing policy to encouraging debate, engaging with policymakers and civil society, FICCI articulates the views and concerns of industry. It serves its members from the Indian private and public corporate sectors and multinational companies, drawing its strength from diverse regional chambers of commerce and industry across states, reaching out to over 2,50,000 companies. FICCI provides a platform for networking and consensus building within and across sectors and is the first port of call for Indian industry, policymakers and the international business community.

Startup Réseau launches India’s 1st Virtual Thought Leadership Summit Showcasing AI

India's 1st Artificial Intelligence Global Leadership Representing 5 Countries

The Mumbai AI Summit 2020 awaits an explosion of ideas as changemakers gather to script Artificial Intelligence's future growth story

At a time when India is witnessing a mighty surge in Artificial Intelligence Innovation, Startup Réseau announces the launch of India’s 1st Virtual Thought Leadership Summit Showcasing AI – ‘The Mumbai AI Summit 2020'. (TMAIS)

The Mumbai AI Summit is a “LIVE” virtual summit being held on 24th and 30th April 2020, focusing on the future of AI within India and beyond its borders. It is a technology summit highlighting the use-cases leveraging AI to drive change for consumers, enterprise and government stakeholders of the ecosystem.

The virtual summit will also see 10 product showcases from Founders who are disrupting their industry with AI-centric applications.

A key segment of the summit is the release of the ‘India AI Landscape Report’ that features India’s Top-100 AI Startups plotted on the EDGE Framework designed by Startup Réseau.

The TMAIS LIVE Virtual Summit is expecting a total of 1,000+ attendees from 100+ companies, with over 50 speakers, across 23 sessions and 15-hours of “LIVE” content from policymakers, founders, industry leaders, investors and international delegates representing 5 countries from Canada, USA, Denmark, UK, and South Asia.

Artificial Intelligence is projected to add $15.7 Trillion to the Global GDP and increase it by 14% in 2030. From the Indian context, AI has the ability to add US$957 billion, or 15 percent to India's current GDP value by 2035; and to create 40,000 jobs in the short run and 200,000 in the long run. Since January 2019, AI startups in India have attracted close to $900 Mn in venture funding.

Sweta Tiwari, Co-Founder & COO, Startup Réseau says, “At the virtual summit, you will hear from industry leaders, founders and technology evangelists coming together to share some of the best practices, and also tell us what’s next in India’s AI growth story. The current pandemic has brought about several changes that will define our tomorrow, and AI has an important role to play in shaping the future of economies and achieving Vision 2030 goals laid down by the UN."

The Mumbai AI Summit is going to have some top-notch speakers from India and the international circuit - including experts such as Dr. Hugh Hind (from the founding team at BlackBerry), Mads Rydahl (former Head of Product Design at SIRI, acquired by Apple Inc.), Dr. Daya Sindhu (Founder & CEO, Itihaasa Research), Dr.P.Anandan (CEO, Wadhwani AI) and several more acclaimed industry leaders and technology experts.

Jagruti Bista, Project Lead - The Mumbai AI Summit says, “What began as an AI research report, has now taken the shape of a full-fledged online summit. AI is here to disrupt the way we think and act. The EDGE Framework classifies AI on the basis of market size and industry adoption. We have further categorized these startups on the basis of industry, core technology being used and business function where they are applied. It gives a more holistic view of the AI startups ecosystem in India."

For more information on the event, look us up on www.themumbaisummit.com

About Startup Réseau

Startup Réseau is the entrepreneurial venture of professionals from the startup ecosystem, who have earlier successfully built India's top meta-accelerator. The founding team boasts of rich and diverse experience, and a global network of startup ecosystem enablers, founders, investors, corporates, universities , and governments. Built on the founding pillar of #StartupsFirst, "Startup Réseau" is a network of Startups, Enterprises, Capital, Markets, and Services – bringing in a structured interface for enabling unique linkages.

Connected Vehicle 2020 to Be Held in Bengaluru

• Three-day event will witness the participation of more than 60 speakers & 80


• Industry stalwarts will share their experiences and thoughts on unfolding business opportunities

Telematics Wire is organising the fifth edition of the biggest Connected Vehicle show on 3rd, 4th & 5th March 2020, at Radisson Blu. The international conference and exhibition will have participation of more than 1200 registered delegates, 80 exhibitors, and 60 speakers. Vehicle displays and the exhibition will be open to visitors. There will be 10 sessions discussing the pressing issues and the future of the automotive industry, i.e., connected, autonomous, smart, shared & electric mobility.

India is a fast-emerging market for connected vehicle business along with vehicle telematics which is developing quite promisingly in the country. Telematics-enabled mobility is the key to the implementation of Intelligent Transportation System, which is expected to drive the future of connected transportation. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has taken laudable initiatives regarding road safety to reduce road accidents.

Government policies encouraging and mandating the provision of a certified vehicle location tracking device and one or more emergency buttons in public transport vehicles is likely to enhance safety and security. As the ministry is also planning to make ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) a mandatory feature in the upcoming vehicles by early 2022, the time has come for the industry to step up and support the government to incorporate these technologies in the ITS infrastructure.

“Over the next few years, we will see many applications and services based on ‘Connected Vehicle'. Also, the automotive & transportation industry will see huge investment in cyber security, blockchain, data analytics and AI/ML. All this call for continued deliberations amongst the subject matter experts and interest groups on Connected Vehicle platform,” said Maneesh Prasad, CEO, Telematics Wire.

His Excellency, Brendan Ward, the Ambassador of Ireland to India said, “The technology sector in Ireland is leading the mobility revolution, be it disruptive technologies, hardware and/or data services that support autonomous, connected, electric and shared technologies. Through our participation in the CV2020 conference, we aim to reach out to the Auto industry to showcase the Irish technology ecosystem and share all the latest developments in the sector, while welcoming Indian companies to visit Ireland to witness the ecosystem themselves.”

Topics such as Intelligent Connectivity, ADAS Adoption & Exploring Vehicle Autonomy, Simulation & Testing, Emerging Technologies like AI, ML, Blockchain, Speech & Voice Recognition, Intelligent Cloud & Data Management, M2M & IoT Solutions in Smart City Mobility, Connected Vehicle Cyber Security and Automotive Telematics are just a few among many of the hot topics that will give the audience an insight into the future of vehicles. Utmost care has been taken in choosing the topics that are relevant to the present times and will help in coming out with the solutions to make the future more connected and sustainable.

“With an aim to create a highly interactive, knowledge-sharing and networking platform for the connected and autonomous vehicle ecosystem, Connected Vehicle 2020 will drive new business opportunities and foster innovation,” further added by Maneesh Prasad.

Industry experts from Maruti Suzuki, Daimler, Groupe PSA, Tata Motors, Ford Motor Company, Mahindra Electric, Volvo Group, Škoda Auto Volkswagen India, Piaggio Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz, VE Commercial Vehicles, TVS Motor Company, Hero MotoCorp, Mahindra and Mahindra, Renault-Nissan, Eicher Motors, Hyundai, and Royal Enfield, among others are some of the leading automobile manufacturers participating in the three-day conference and exhibition.

Thomas Fricke, Managing Director, Daimler Buses India said, “As a global market leader, Daimler Buses drives innovative solutions for its customers. India provides a perfect framework for connected mobility solutions. Thus, here in India, we have now with BS VI, the chance to bring an intelligent Passenger-Transport-Ecosystem to the customers, which enables Fleet Operators and Customers to ride with our Buses unconditionally. Our BusConnect app for passengers enables them to live track their bus and get alerts as it reaches their boarding location. Our BusConnect portal helps fleet owners to manage their fleet more efficiently and reap better profits. We are happy to have the chance to explain this cutting-edge technology at Connected Vehicle 2020.”

“I would like to thank Telematics Wire for organizing ‘Connected Vehicle 2020' which brings the connected vehicles industry closer to the stakeholders and gives an opportunity to showcase the emerging technologies in the connected vehicle space. At Piaggio, we believe in providing path-breaking solutions in the last mile transportation segment with best in class technology offerings to our customers. Taking forward the same philosophy, we have recently launched Ape' Electrik brand, under which, we are developing both Swappable & Fixed Battery technology solutions to serve the varied needs of the customer,” said Diego Graffi, MD & CEO, Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd.

Connected Vehicle 2020 has already confirmed the attendance of sponsors such as SecureThings, MSC Software Corporation (Part of Hexagon), Elektrobit, Tata Communications, Aptiv, Wind River, MathWorks, Western Digital, Intel, Zilogic Systems, IDA Ireland, SBD Automotive, ESCRYPT, Infineon Technologies, Escort Monitoring Systems, LitePoint, Umlaut, Continental, Trak N Tell and Omnicomm. In order to bring together all the major stakeholders, domain experts, thought leaders, government officials, and industry professionals, Connected Vehicle 2020 has opened registration for Visitors. Those interested automotive enthusiasts can visit the conference website at www.CV2020.in and register online to book their seats.

Registrations Open for India Fund Fest - Largest Single Day Startup Funding Event

India Fund Fest is back after the resounding success of the first three editions in 2017 (SAIACS, Bangalore), 2018 (SAIACS, Bangalore) & 2019 (Ritz Carlton, Bangalore) to give budding entrepreneurs an opportunity to get on to a path of accelerated funding. This year it will be held on 7th February 2020 at the Chitkara University, Chandigarh. It is the first time it is shifting out of Bengaluru and is being hosted at Chitkara University with the active support of the Chandigarh Angels Network. The event is being organized by Natio Cultus Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad. Registrations open from 20th December for the 2020 edition.

This is a business funding program that has become hugely popular because of its distraction free format, as there is no carnival like atmosphere, no speeches of sponsors, no panel discussions, no stalls to sell products and services and no crowds of unrelated people and needless networking – only entrepreneurs and the matched investors. In the previous three editions of the event, entrepreneurs from across India and 47 other countries registered and participated.

This year, 25 entrepreneurs will be selected through a rigorous filtering process out of 14,000 applications expected. The selection of these startups will be made by an eminent jury and through a proprietary ‘Investor Readiness Report’ process, ensuring the companies are thoroughly vetted. The entrepreneurs will be from a wide range of industries. These finalists will be pitching in front of 12 Master Investors to get deals needed to take their businesses to the next level.

The event will be recorded to be telecast as a web TV series on the India Fund Fest YouTube channel.

Nalin Singh, Founder of Natio Cultus Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., author of the best seller and national honour winning book “Get Funded Now” will be the Deal Master for India Fund Fest 2020. He will be interacting with the founders of selected companies to coach them about their pitch and funding strategy from a week in advance.

Other than the 12 Master Investors, there will be an audience of 150+ invited investors and business experts from Indonesia, Singapore, USA and other countries, attending this prestigious event at Chitkara University, Chandigarh. Incubators and accelerators from India will also be a part to witness the live pitching session.

Natio Cultus is a global strategy consulting company. We counsel our clients on their key strategic issues, leveraging our deep industry expertise and using analytical rigor to help them make informed decisions more quickly and solve their toughest and most critical business problems. We cut through the standard layers of Corporate speak to align you and your organization for optimum focus towards your clients & markets.

Started by industry veterans with more than twenty-five years’ experience each, in some of the top global corporates; we are committed to aligning vision of the company to its strategic objectives. Regardless of whether you are a start-up looking for a distilled strategy or a mid-size company looking at international markets or a large company looking for complete organizational transformation or an executive looking for career advice or a business leader looking for strategic guidance; we are your partners every step of the way. We don’t just advise but implement & deliver!!

~ Newsvoir

2nd Edition of Startup Summit Gurgaon - 2019 by The Hustler Team Organised Successfully

The hustle to grow with the spirit of entrepreneurship the Hustler Team curated by Amit Vikram Tripathi, Akash Kumar, Gautam Mishra provided an unbiased platform for the growth oriented entrepreneurs and startups with their 2nd edition of “Startup Summit Gurgaon 2019” the Star of the summit Manu Rikhey - Partner Growx Ventures and Special Guest and Coaching Icon Saurabh Kauhsik - India’s Premier Business Coach and Founder Peopleist have shared the concept of Angle round of investors and the outlook Vs Venture Capitalist round of investment and outlook.

To empower the entrepreneurial mindset and startup support special delegation of ICICI bank shared their vision and exciting schemes to harness the opportunity in the banking sector and policies further to uplift the startup ecosystem.

Saurabh Jain Vice President Paytm, shared the story of Paytm and motivated attendees by telling them the importance of 3 P’s of business.

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The most esteemed entrepreneurs like Deepanshu Manchanda founder Zappfresh, Atul Rai Co-Founder & CEO Staqu Technologies, Saurabh Dayal Co Founder, ClearDekho.com

Tanvi Kandpal Co-Founder & CBO, Finoledge and Session Chaired by Saurabh Kaushik Founder, Peopleist India shared their views on Opportunity Mining - Zero to One. Each one shared their journey from Zero to One  learning, opportunities and challenges while starting up their business.

Ashi Singhal shared the linkedin success secret and advanced linkedin tools and technologies to support the enterprises, sales and marketing post with the tecnologiest like Mohit Malik CTO, Chaayos, Col. Inderjeet Singh Ex Director CISO, Indian Army, Vikram Shah CTO, Internshala shared their vision on innovation and disruption the actual need of today’s startup. The panel addresses various concepts of technopreneurship and how leverage can take the startup to the Next Level.

The most awaited Massive Business Growth Session with India’s Premier Business Coach Saurabh Kauhsik added cherry on the cake and bind the audience with his advanced coaching tools and techniques. The session was NLP fused with business success mantra the basic concept of sales, revenue and growth.

In order to acknowledge the role of ecosystem in startup prominent personalities like Nemesisa Ujjain Project Director, Hunch Ventures & Investment Pvt Ltd, Abhishek Dubey Founder, Muskaan Dreams, Amit Singal CEO, Startup Buddy, Rajiv Bathla COO, TheCircle, Himanshu Gupta CEO & Co-founder, Lawyered, Tanya Kathpal Founder, Eat My News shared their views on future and opportunities in startup ecosystem 2020. The discussion shared the upcoming boost in the startup ecosystem and expected growth of startups by 15% in comparison of 2019. It is the best time for startups to grow since government and non government bodies are now supporting entrepreneurship full fledgedly.

The hustler team once again proved themselves by creating such an awesome gathering of 200 startups on Saturday at the Circle - Coworking Space Huda City Center with the support of key sponsor ICICI Bank. The Hustler Team is all set to organise new theme for the Investors Meet and Ecosystem Players to harness the entrepreneurial wave and support the startups to get the Next Level.

Demystifying AI and RPA Technologies for the Indian BFSI & NBFC Sectors

The BFSI sector seems to be raring to go on the AI and automation front, harnessing the maximum advantage of market opportunities. Indian banks such as State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda are already betting big on AI. Speaking of the Indian NBFC sector that has been facing a rough stretch due to the recent liquidity crises, India’s shadow banks are seeing a sign of silver lining by revamping their lending processes through state-of-the-art technologies such as AI, Analytics, ML and Automation. Everything from algorithms for alternate credit scores, fraud detection and customer on-boarding, the tech driven NBFC industry has the potential for huge business growth in India. However, being the IT capital of South Asia and a leader in producing IT infrastructure and manpower, where does India stand as a potential contender in the race for AI and RPA leadership among top countries like South Korea, the United States, Germany, Singapore and Japan?

“We are headed into the post-digital era which is creating a whole new market entirely. It has become imperative to keep pace with emerging technologies like AI and RPA that are changing the face of modern businesses. AI-powered applications will help create value by augmenting business processes, especially in the banking sector where customer-centricity is central”, said Sunit Vakharia, CIO of Bank of Baroda Financial Services Limited, who will be sharing more of his views at the upcoming World AI Show (BFSI & NBFC), taking place on 20 September 2019 at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai. The show, organized by international business events and consulting firm Trescon, will facilitate a platform to connect leading experts, technology providers and integrators from the AI space to demonstrate real-world industry use cases, discussions on intelligent automation and adoption challenges of AI & RPA for enterprises and its impact on the BFSI Sector.

Speakers for World AI Show will include, Sonny George, Chief General Manager of State Bank of India; Vivek Zakarde, Head - Analytics, BI & DWH for Reliance General Insurance Company Limited; Sunit Vakharia, CIO of Bank of Baroda Financial Services Limited; Kersi Tavadia, CIO of Bombay Stock Exchange; Rajendranath Mughalraj, Vice President – Information Technology for Bharti AXA General Insurance and Nitin Bhandari, Head - Digital Business, APAC, Western Union, among other top speakers.

When asked about the upcoming event, CEO and Founder of Trescon, Mohammed Saleem said, “The Indian digital ecosystem is budding and companies are venturing into disruptive technologies. The mainstream adoption of AI, ML and RPA across businesses will create a massive economic impact for India in the coming years. World AI Show was curated to spread awareness of more potential real-world use cases of AI for Indian industries by top solution providers and AI experts.”

The event will also honour the top 50 representatives from the BFSI sector & top 50 representatives from the NBFC sector for their contribution within the Indian financial realm.

For more information about the show, visit https://bfsi-india.worldaishow.com.

Conference Partners of World AI Show (BFSI & NBFC) include: Platinum Partner, Kanerika Software; Gold Partners, Boston Limited, Kryon and Spirent Communications; Silver Partner, ManageEngine; Badge Partner, QualityKiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; Premier Bronze Partner, ADVANCE.AI; Bronze Partner, Team Computers Pvt. Ltd; Exhibitors, Finesse Global, NeoSOFT Technologies, Parablu, Inc., Divami Design Labs, Data Semantics and Acxiom Technologies.

The 1st State-edition of India Infrastructure Summit kicks off in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The state edition of the India Infrastructure Summit (IIS) was recently inaugurated in Bhopal. The event was held at Courtyard by Marriot on 21^st June 2019. The theme of the event was Executable Intelligence, which stands for all the ideations that can be executed keeping the framework of our country’s multi-diversity culture and population in mind. The event was inaugurated by Shri Jaiwardhan Singh, H'ble Minister.

The state edition of India Infrastructure Summit at Bhopal was attended by members from the academia and government apart from other stakeholders, all of whom put forth their views on various topics. In the inaugural address, Shri Jaiwardhan Singh, H'ble Minister spoke about how the India Infrastructure Summit, State Edition  is a landmark event for the infrastructure and development sectors and that the inputs shared are of immense value.

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Speaking at the event, MrRajaneesh Dasgupta, Director General, Association of Infrastructure Industry (India), said, “Madhya Pradeshis at the cusp of stupendous progress, and this cannot be complete without the development of infrastructure. However, development is also dependent on new and sustainable ideas and innovations, which can only happen when experts and stakeholders from the field of infrastructure brainstorm together. The summit is an effort to provide them this platform and encourage idea sharing and execution.”

The first session focused on the real estate scenario in India and its implications on the state of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. Sessions two and three gave perspectives on how to create livable cities in the state and development of better infrastructure. The other subsequent sessions were focused towards everything from public and surface transport to the concept of smart cities. The speakers gave some very interesting insights on these issues.

Speakers `also spoke about building a community system where issues such as mobility,housing, employment opportunities, education and wellness are designed in an integrated manner, to the contentment of every individual. They discussed how this can be enabled if there is a planned shift in the concept of co-existing. An interesting conversation on Smart Cities was organized towards the end of the event.

The event deliberated on how the government and ministries can work closely with communities in incentivizing the usage of a product or service and provide added benefits to encourage this move. India’s infrastructure is set to take a quantum leap and it needs about 1.5 trillion over the next 10 years to bridge the infrastructure gap. The event was thus an attempt to mobilize the community in this direction. Going forward, AII(India) aims to introduce more relevant themes in conjunction with the changing themes and landscape.

India Inches Closer To Biggest Blockchain Conference ‘The India Dapp Fest 2019’

In the midst of regulatory ambiguity, India’s biggest blockchain community ‘Blockchained India’ is organizing the five days blockchain conference, dubbed as ‘The India Dapp Fest 2019’ during June 2019.

The India Dapp Fest 2019 is believed to be Asia’s largest blockchain event, held in Tech capital of India, Bangalore on 11-15th June 2019. At its core, IDF is a mega-conference which debuts the success of blockchain road shows of Blockchained India, hosted across 4 metro cities of India in the month of March, which was later extended to 3 more cities in the month of April. These cities are Delhi (on March 2), Mumbai (on March 9), Hyderabad (on March 16), and Bangalore (On March 30) along with Kolkata (on April 6), Ahmadabad (on April 13) and Goa (on April 19).

“The intentions with this roadshow are pure. We want to help the good folks hustling day and night from the crypto space.” states Akshay Aggarwal, Co-founder of Blockchained India

Blockchained India with road show summits gathered the views of 1000+ blockchain professionals from each city on the matter of India and blockchain-friendly regulations. At the venue of India Dapp Fest, Blockchained India team will showcase brilliant Decentralized applications (Dapp) and blockchain based platforms.

It features three days for hackathon and workshop and a focussed blockchain conference for the folks seriously working in this space in the last two days.

• Date – June 11-15, 2019




• Location - The LaLiT Ashok Bangalore




• Hackathon & Workshops – June 11- 13




• Blockchain conference – June 14 – 15




• More Information - https://www.indiadappfest.com/

The bash of five days conference has already become the hot topic which derives the interest of leading blockchain based companies, a host of investors, emerging blockchain oriented startups, brilliant blockchain developers and famous media houses.

India Dapp Fest is a potential platform with proud list of successful entrepreneurs, founders, VCs, top executives of few of the biggest firms as speakers at IDF blockchain conference. Few such names are IBM, Mahindra Group, Accenture, PWC, ConsenSys, r3 Corda, Tezos and more.

The event certainly marks for an incredible awareness of blockchain and crypto industry with the presence of 750+ developers, 50+ Dapps, 100+ Investors, 100+Enterprises, 40+ Prominent Speakers, 20+ Media Houses and 1200+ Delegates.

Join the moment in bringing blockchain to the bigger picture by reserving your spot - https://www.townscript.com/e/india-dapp-fest-324421%20%20

Have a query.? Contact at – hello@indiadappfest.com

India gearing up for Mass Adoption of Curated Digital Strategies with Big CIO Show leading the way

Big CIO Show is back in its Eighth Edition and explores latest technological Innovations to transform enterprises, both regional and international. Labelled as India’s most elite CIO gathering by many, the show hosts a plethora of Industry experts with immense business acumen which include the likes of Ashutosh Mishra, Rajat Nigam, Dr. Lopa Mudra Basu, Dr. Avadhut Parab, Prasanna Lohaar, Pooran Jaiswal, Sanjay Mahajan, Ravinder Pal Singh, Vipin Gupta, Puneet Bhasin, Arindam Singha Roy and Dr Parithosh Basu; just to list a select a few.

Digital Transformation led by future technology such as Cloud, Internet of Things (IoTs), Cybersecurity, Customer Experience (CX) and Hyper-Converged-Infrastructure (HCI) are replacing conventional systems. With enterprises gearing up to incorporate the latest technological innovations of 2019 to spearhead their company’s growth, the need for industry tested solutions are more now than they were before.

Big CIO Show showcases the latest technological innovations and gathers some of the most accomplished CIOs from across India. The show will take place on the 24th of May 2019 at The Leela Mumbai and aims to lead enterprise adoption of curated strategies across all industrial sectors. This ‘invite-only’ initiative hosts thought leaders, industry experts, CIOs for global and regional enterprises and cutting-edge technology all under one roof.

When asked about this upcoming event, CIO of Satin Creditcare Network Ltd – Sanjay Mahajan said, “As India continues to leapfrog into the digital revolution and brace the dream of digital India that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has for the nation, it is also time to take into cognizance the threats that are surrounding us. One of the major challenges that India is currently facing are related to data security and addressing the privacy issues.”
The event format incudes technical presentations, panel discussions, keynotes, lightning talks and the Big CIO Awards where the top 50 leaders and top 50 innovators of 2019 are honoured for their efforts and contribution to the technological eco-space. This summit is being organized by international business events and consulting firm Trescon.

Organizer of Big CIO Show and CEO of Trescon, Mohammed Saleem has mentioned in an interview that, “Our journey has taken us across the globe and from our experience we have noticed that India is not too far behind in adopting technological innovations especially in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. It is our generation that lays the foundation for the next and we must ensure that we pave the way through strategic actions made in favor of IT Infrastructure in India."

#BigCIOShow is officially being partnered by:

Redington/ IBM; Zendesk; SAP Concur; Darktrace; Manager Engine; EDB Postgres; Team Computers; Media Agility; and RAC IT solutions – RAC Infra rental.

Exhibitors: Finesse; Kanerika; NeoSOFT Technologies; and XcelHost.

Media Partners: Enterpreneur; YourStory; The Free Press Journal; Dalal Street Investment Journal; SiliconIndia; Indianweb2; and CXOVoice.com.

About Trescon:
Trescon is a global business events and consulting firm that specializes in producing highly focused B2B events that connect businesses with opportunities through conferences, expos, investor connect and consulting services. For more information visit: www.tresconglobal.com

Build Your Business in Just 54 Hours. GetMentored, GetFunded

RevStart, promoted by Ishan Singh and a leading co-working and incubation centre based out of Noida will be organizing Techstars Start-up Weekend Noida - a 54 hours Start-up weekend, from March 8 to 10, where participants will learn from mentors how to take an idea to a business and get funded.

TechStars Start-up Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can validate their start-up ideas and learn to turn them into a real business. On an average, half of Start-up Weekend’s attendees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds. It’s a great opportunity for those looking for co-founders or to work in a start-up. At Revstart’s event, mentors have been curated to include subject matter experts, recently funded founders and experienced investors.

Happening on 8 – 10th March’19, the event kicks off at 5 pm on Friday with a Keynote by Mr. Sanjiv Bikchandani, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in India founder of Info Edge (the first Dot Com IPO) sharing his journey as an entrepreneur and a successful investor. This will be followed by open mic pitches, where attendees get one minute to introduce themselves, pitch their idea and name their ask. On Saturday teams will start working with mentors on their business plan, validating their ideas, practicing Lean Start-up Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday there will be a Pitch Clinic to prepare for the final presentations. Participants will present the plan to marquee judges like Mr. Girish Shivani-Yournest, Ms. Padmaja Ruparel-IAN and Mr. Shailesh Vikram-Massive Fund, receiving valuable feedback, potential funding which can also include access to RevStart’s Incubation Programme.

Ishan Singh- Founder, Revstart Incubation Center says “I have been a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem since 1998, built and exited from businesses in India and the US. Techstars have given us a globally recognised format to organize Start-up weekend Noida and I am grateful to my friends from the ecosystem like Mr. Ashish Kashyap- Ex-GoIbibo, Mr. Abhinav Mathur- Founder, Million Sparks Foundation, Ajay Rajgarhia- APM Fininvest, Anisha Singh- MyDala, Deep Bajaj- PeeBuddy / Sirona, Digvijay Singh- IAN, Pankaj Agrawal- Ex-CIO, CISO, Rahul Agarwala- Knimbus, Rahul Singh- The Beer Café,

Rohit Pateria- Placio, Rohan Mahajan- LawRato, Sanjiv Bajaj- Bajaj Capital, Saurabh Arora- University Living, Siddharth Vij- ShoeKonnect, Shikha Mehra- Mainchain, Vikas Kuthiala- Parriez, Vivek Agarwal-  CEO, Liqvid and Yogesh Bansal- Angel Investor, who are participating in this event as mentors. Thank you for the support form partners like Indian Angel Network, Miraaya Ventures, MyHQ, Startup Delhi and TiE New Delhi.

About  Techstars
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies. Techstars operates three divisions: Techstars Start-up Programs, Techstars. Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,400 companies with a market cap of $15.9 Billion.

About RevStart
RevStart, Co-work. Incubate. Accelerate, is an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs, Start-ups and small business by quality services like co-working, incubation and acceleration. It is a brand founded & promoted by Mr. Ishan Singh, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor. In his personal capacity, through our investment arm, Re Capital.

Facebook to Host 1st India Startup Day in Delhi on October 9

Facebook on Wednesday said it will host its first-ever India Startup Day in New Delhi on October 9 in a bid to recognize the country’s thriving start-up ecosystem.

At the event, Facebook will celebrate Indian stories of founders and leaders applying technology to solve current and future societal problems.

Fcebook will also recognize outstanding startup stories with the India Startup Day Awards. For more details on India Startup Day, and to register your interest for the awards, please log-on to https://fbindiastartupday.splashthat.com/. Registration for India Startup Day Awards ends on September 28th.



Catch us live here on the Facebook India page on October 9, 2018 for India Startup Day!

The event will also see key business, policy leaders, and aspiring start-ups discuss opportunities and challenges of the new generation of entrepreneurs, the social media giant said in a statement.

“As the third largest start-up destination globally and with one of the fastest-growing base of developers in the world, India is on a journey to usher in rapid advances in technology and economic growth,” said Facebook.

Facebook is already working with the start-up ecosystem in the country.

According to Facebook, India Startup Day is its way of reaffirming the company's commitment to help enable the developer and start-up community through its tech programs and to support entrepreneurs who are building the future. At the event, Facebook will be celebrating stories of entrepreneurs applying technology to solve current and future societal challenges, and talking to leaders to learn more about the challenges this new generation of entrepreneurs face.

iSpirt launched 'BootUpINDIA', to recognise bootstrapped entrepreneurs & startups

This Independence Day finally gave something to Entrepreneurs to cheer about. BootUpIndia was launched on 15^th August 2014 on the eve of India’s 68^th Independence Day. It is an initiative by iSPIRT which is looking out to help bootstrapped entrepreneurs and startups.

iSPIRT strongly believes that company building can take place both through Venture Funding and Bootstrapping. Though, in India the scene is a little different. The Venture Funding path is being overplayed by the incubators and media and due to this bootstrapped companies end up bearing the repercussions, but not anymore, because BootUpINDIA is here to redress this bias.

Now and then, it has been repeatedly proved that even Bootstrapped companies can also turn into successful companies. Some of the companies which have been able to turn it around are HappyFox, FusionCharts, Cosmic Circuits, Kayako, RateGain and BrowerStack. In fact, bootstrapped companies can also transform into Billion dollar companies, for example Zoho.

Venture Funding provides a startup with media validation which most of the times transforms into customer traction.  A good VC also ends up getting access and mentoring to expert entrepreneurs in the portfolio of the VC.  BootUpIndia is here to provide almost the same benefits to some selected bootstrapped companies. Their goal is to help these companies scale their game and become more successful.

The companies are selected through an awards process and the companies who make the cut are then provided with media coverage through Customer Impact stories, group mentoring from expert entrepreneurs and access to certified performance warrants for deeper customer relations, among other things.

BootUpIndia has a strong belief that their package can have a dramatic impact on the enterprise value of the selected bootstrapped companies, which in turn would help the software product industry to grow faster even with a limited availability of early stage capital.

The applications for the BootUpINDIA award are open till 15^th September 2014 and the Award Day is scheduled to be held on 2^nd October 2014. The BootUpINDIA awardees will get five things-Industry validations, structured group mentoring, media visibility, certified performance warrants and a lot of perks.  The perks would include a privileged access to all other iSPIRT programs. In addition to that, the awardees will get access to co-working spaces and discounts from partners including Zoho CRM, Amazon Web Services and FreshDesk.