Conference Agenda

11:30 - 12:00	Networking Tea/Coffee
DAY 1 - MAY 18, 2012
10:00 - 11:30	Welcome Address by Ritu Marya, Editor-in-Chief, Franchise India Media. Session 1: Inaugural Session & Lighting of the Lamp CATALYSING ENTREPRENEURSHIP Session Highlights Incubating Entrepreneurship Are Present policies encouraging or discouraging entrepreneurs? The state -business relation: Current Regulatory Regimes Funding SME’s to next level of growth Re-engineering the future: Why professionally qualified should think entrepreneurship? Mr. H. P. Kumar, Chief Managing Director, NSIC Mr. Harish Bahl, Founder & Chairman, Smile Group Dr. Mukesh Batra, Founder, Dr Batra's Homoeopathy Mr. N. K. Maini, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI
12:00 - 12:30	Session 2: THINK BEYOND, LOOK BEYOND AND MOVE BEYOND Session Highlights Forecasting Creating new opportunities Inspire your entrepreneurial spirit with new inspiration Look beyond the current and visualise the future Inspire the next The Forecasting Period & Forecasting Revenue Growth Cross-Pollinate for Ideas Mr. Bikky Khosla, CEO, tradeindia.com.
12:30 - 13:00	Session 3: Take Charge : Building an Entrepreneur Mindset Session Highlights 10 Entrepreneur Mindset Strategies Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick! Let’s Walk Before We Run When We Stumble... Let’s Learn The Business Can Look After Itself – Let’s Build the Brand To Sell We Need to “Connect” and “Re-connect” A Team to Build the Fantasy With Ultimately it is “Us Only”, Let’s Build Personal Capacity Share the Reward, Own the Risk On the job 24/7, Let's Find the Time If We Aren’t Having Fun – Let’s Change the Game Mr. Sachin Marya, CEO, Franchise India Mr. Joseph Mathai, Vice President, Entrepreneur India
13:00 - 14:00	Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:30	Session 4: ACCELERATE YOUR SUCCESS Session Highlights How to utilise your best assets as an entrepreneur Are you a serial entrepreneur? Do operations excite you? Are you an idea man? Are you a growth-oriented person? How much risk you can tolerate? Mr. Ankur Bhatia – Executive Director, The Bird Group
14:30 - 15:00	Session 5: BUILD A START-UP CONGLOMERATE, INCUBATE IDEAS Session Highlights Screen opportunities: Differentiating between Start-up idea vs. Corporate idea What it takes to incubate small companies internally Role as an Evangelizer Exit options How it differs from being an Angel Finding strategic partner for incubatee companies Incubator business and accelerator business Incubation model to help intrapreneurs turn entrepreneurs Mr. K. Pandia Rajan, Founder & Managing Director Ma Foi Strategic Consultants Pvt. Ltd.
15:00 - 15:30	Networking Tea/Coffee
15:30 - 16:30	Session 6: ENTREPRENEURS & EVERYDAY INNOVATION Session Highlights Where should medium entrepreneurs bet big into changing pace of innovation? When innovation yields efficiency Everyday Innovation challenge: the innovation that happens on the back of innovation The Creativity Payback - Measuring the change through innovation dividend reaped –The Real worth! How innovation factors into entrepreneur's everyday plans Mr. David Wittenberg, Chief Executive Officer, The Innovation Workgroup Mr. Rajiv Kr Vij, Managing Director & CEO, Carzonrent India Pvt.Ltd. Mr. Gajendra Nagpal, Founder & CEO, Unicon Financial Intermediaries Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Vikaas Gutgutia, Founder & Managing Director, Ferns N Petals
16:30 - 17:00	Session 7: Marketing –Small Business, New ways Localize. Socialize. Mobilize Marketing : How to Get It, How to Capitalize On It Mr. Srinivasan K A, Co-Founder, Amagi
Day 2 - MAY 19, 2012
10:00 - 11:00	Session 1: THE NEW RULES OF CAPITAL RAISING Keynote : Mr. Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm & Seedfund Session Highlights How investor networks operate and how they put deals together Traditional Finance & Cooperative finance (Business Angel Investors), venture capital, and business support networks. — A View from Both Sides Winning Strategies from Prominent Private Equity Investors on Capital flows What approach of scaling up do PE firms seek in an entrepreneurial venture What PE company brings to the table as an investor When and How would PE company wants to take an exit Session Chair : Mr. Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Seedfund & Pinstorm Mr. Hemendra Mathur, Managing Director, SEAF India Investment Advisors
11:00 - 11:15	Networking Tea/Coffee
11:15 - 12:15	Session 2: WOMEN & ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN MODERN WORLD Keynote : Ms. Rajita Chaudhuri, Dean, Center for Enterprise Management, Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), New Delhi Session Highlights Making way for both "craftsmen" and "opportunistic" women entrepreneurs Vision, Leadership & Entrepreneurship – The Women way How can women lead the next decade in entrepreneurship? Are investors excited about women-led ventures? Mrs. Kuku S Kumar, VP, FIWE (Federation of Women Entrepreneurs) Ms. Sairee Chahal, Co-founder, Fleximoms
12:15 - 13:15	Session 3: BEYOND THE GARAGE: GENERATING IDEAS THAT WORK Session Highlights What is the Return on idea from Individual perspective? Where to look for the next big idea? The myth of the Golden Idea : Audacious optimism vs. Conservative reality Avoiding the situation of "perfection paralysis" in Idea execution From ideas to IPOs Even the best ideas can fail. "Bouncing Back." Session Chair: Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, Vice Chairman & MD, Bajaj Capital Mr. O.P. Manchanda, CEO, Dr. Lal Path labs Mr. Pradeep Hirani, Chairman & Managing Director, Kimaya Fashions Pvt. Ltd.
13:15 - 14:15	Networking Lunch
14:15 - 15:15	Session 4: DEVELOP PEOPLE, PROCESSES AND PARTNERSHIPS Keynote : Mr. Vineet Sharma, Managing Director , Parragon Publishing India Pvt. Ltd Session Highlights Putting together an optimum team -Readying people by blending their skills for problem solving rather than trouble shooting Marrying people with processes led systems Progress with people, processes and partnerships Basis of Integration -identification of synergies Encouraging cross-fertilization between business units, while preventing cross-contamination Optimising people and processes to form partnerships Session Chair: Mr. Jeyadev Parthasarathy, mentor to entrepreneurs Mr. Rammohan Sundaram, Founder, CEO & Managing Director, Network Play
15:15 - 16:00	Session 5: TRADING PLACES Session Highlights How to penetrate markets Considering the right country Operating successful international ventures Boosting trade relationship Building global competitiveness How to compete on a global stage New Socio-Economic Framework and Role of Entrepreneurs Shri Vibhav Kant Upadhyay, Chairman, India Centre Foundation
16:00 - 16:30	Tea & Wrap up

Testimonials

"I am very happy to see this conclave Entrepreneur India. This gives a very good opportunity for the younger generation to be a part of entrepreneurship. This is very much needed by the current generation because India has a large wealth of under the ground products like mining and other things. Holding this kind of conferences for India, which will not only help bring entrepreneurs for the domestic market but will at the same time help international markets. This will grow India’s revenue, India’s image and India’s business worldwide."

Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network.

"Showing the face of individual in the mirror."
Syed Sayeed Ahemad- SLNVS Agencies

"It was to the subject matter, all topics are effectively covered as this has been a neglected area by most entrepreneurs."
Manish Pande- President, SB B Infrabuild Pvt Ltd/ SRAM Shakti Foundation

"An interactive session that kept all interested and attentive and had good learning points as well."
Shalika Bhalla, Senior Associate, Obhan & Associates

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Sooraj Rajendran,Business Analyst, James Blake Internet Services

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Adisht Bindle, Director-Avis Hometex

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