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| Former President APJ Abdul Kalam |
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam addressed students at the 'Entrepreneurship Summit-2012' launched by the Indian Institute of Management (IIML) Lucknow. Through his experiences, Kalam talked about how entrepreneurship plays an important role in nation building. He also inspired students to be leaders and to help in development of the nation by creating opportunities.
Annual entrepreneurship summit at IIM is scheduled from November 23 to 25. The theme of summit 2012 is 'India: Business and Beyond' with special emphasis on indigenous entrepreneurship. The summit will throw light on how start ups in India are growing at a fast pace and will talk about global nature of entrepreneurial pursuits. The summit will witness events such as 'Samriddhi', the general business plan contest; 'Srijan', the technology business plan contest and Margdarshan, an interaction of students with entrepreneurs.
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| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) |
India MSME Conclave, an initiative taken by the Entrepreneurship Cell of IIML in collaboration with Indian Industries Association (IIA) is to focus on issues faced by MSMEs. Unique to IIML, the conclave caters to people from SME segment, founders, CEOs and MDs. The theme of SME Conclave this year is 'Running Family Businesses and Scaling Them Up'.
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| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow |
IIML's E-Summit is organised to facilitate interaction between successful alumni entrepreneurs and students. Margdarshan, as the name suggests, is a platform to allow students to gain insights from IIML alumni about their successful entrepreneurial stories. This year, Margdarshan is featuring Kashyap Dalal, co-founder of inkfruit.com; Hemen Ruparel, CEO of Samex Agency; Manav Kamboj, Founder of LestGoMo and Gaurav Ahuja, Founder, Red Ginger Hospitality India Ltd.
E-Summit 2012 will also see events like model parliament, MobiApp innovation, 'bizness', 'next big industry' and 'quizzard' to give students hands-on experience of an entrepreneurial environment.
TOI