#1 Entrepreneurship Event in North India

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION

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TiECON

CHANDIGARH 2018

5 +

Speakers

620

Attendees

360

Companies

80%

Top Management

Countries

Event Schedule

day 1 - March 8
day 2 - March 9

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Godrej Hall	Jal Tarang	Nalanda	Somapura
08:00 - 09:30 Registrations and Networking
09:30 - 10:00 Opening Plenary: Welcome & Context Setting I S Paul, Chair TiECON Chandigarh 2018
10:00 - 10:30 Conference Keynote: Entrepreneurship in the Age of Disruption Rajendra Srivastava, Dean and Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, Indian School of Business
10:30 - 11:00 Keynote: Leading & Managing in the Age of Disruption Sudhanshu Vats,Group CEO - Viacom18 Media Private Limited
11:00 - 11:30 Keynote: Lessons from the Past Disruptions Hitesh Oberoi, CoPromoter MD and CEO- Naukri	11:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Content, Conversations and Connections (Genesis Burston-Marsteller) Atul Sharma, Chief Operating Officer ,Genesis BursonMarsteller	11:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Fine-Tune Your Startup Pitch Erik Azulay,Director- Nexus Innovation Hub

12:15 - 13:00 Grand Keynote: Entrepreneurship - the DNA of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister- Government of Punjab Rajendra Srivastava, Dean and Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, Indian School of Business I.S. Paul, Chair TiECON Chandigarh 2018		12:00 - 13:00 Masterclass: Art & Science of Storytelling Deeptha Vivekanand, Founder- Ever After
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote: UK & India - Partners in Innovation Sir Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner- Republic of India	14:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Digital Marketing for Customer Aquisition (Digital Vidya) Pradeep Chopra, CEO- Digital Vidya	14:00 - 17:00 Workshop: Innovation, Disruption and Design Thinking (PwC) Murali Talasila, & Innovation Leader- PwC India Vamshi Guntha, Associate Director, PwC Digital Services Abhijit Bharat Kumar, Manager/ Principal Consultant, PwC Digital Services
14:30 - 15:00 Key Panel: Government & Startups - Unleashing Entrepreneurship and Innovation Vivek Atray, Former IAS Officer Sh. R. K. Verma,IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce Dr. Shamika Ravi, PM's Economic Advisory Council Sudhanshu Vats ,Group CEO - Viacom18 Media Private Limited
15:00 - 15:45 Panel: Succesful Scaling in India and Beyond Dhimant Parekh, Founder & CEO- TheBetterIndia Harvinder Mavi, CEO & Founder, SouvNear, Inc Rakesh Bhatia, Founder Beyond Strategy			15:00 - 15:45 Panel: Beyond Venture Financing(1) Narinder Jassal, Principal, ISTC
15:45 - 16:00 Tea
16:00 - 16:30 Keynote: Why Startups Fail Srikanth Sundararajan, Partner- Ventureast	16:00 - 17:00 TiE Talks: The T-Hub Story Srinivas Kollipara, Chief Operating Officer- T-Hub
16:30 - 17:15 Panel: From Eyeballs to Footfalls - Marketing in Today's Age Mohit Hira, Former Country Head, IBT Media Will Paterson, Founder & CEO, Ed Place Deepak Goel, Founder & CEO Karma Circles
17:15 - 18:00 Panel: She Means Business Priyanka Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO - Wishberry Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University, Punjab Tanya Goyal, Executive Director, Mogae Consultants Neetu Prabhakar, Mrs. India International 2017
18:00 - 19:00 STPI Awards Manpreet Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, Indian School of Business Dr. Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI Sh. R. K. Verma,IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce Alok Ramsisaria, President, TiE MC: Ajay Srivastava, Director, STPI Mohali
19:00 onwards Cocktails and Networking

March 9th
Godrej Hall	Jal Tarang	Nalanda	Somapura
08:30 - 09:30 Roundtable with Investors (Punjab Government Exclusive)
		09:30 - 11:30 Workshop: Leveraging Big Data to Gain a Competitive Advantage (ISB) Prof. Vishnuprasad Nagadevara, Former Professor and Dean, IIM Bangalore, Adjunct Faculty at various IIMs, Visiting Faculty at ISB.
10:00 - 10:30 Keynote: 10 Lessons for Leaders in Turbulent Times Nandu Nandkishore, Former Board Member, Nestle S.A; Executive Fellow, London Business School
10:30 - 11:15 Panel: Differentiating with Design Soaib Grewal, Venture Partner at TLabs / Times Internet Viraj Kalyani, Founder and Chairman, Kalyani Studio Ankur Warikoo,Co-founder & CEO, Nearbuy	10:30 - 11:15 Panel: Cultivating Your Greatest Asset - Your Customer Base Priyanka Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO- Wishberry Rahul Narvekar, Founder, The India Network, ex CEO Indian Roots Pradeep Chopra, CEO- Digital Vidya		10:30 - 11:00 Discussion: Beyond Venture Financing (2) Dr. Pralay Dey, Chief General Manager (IT- Head Office New Delhi) National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.
11:15 - 11:30 Tea
11:30 - 12:00 Keynotes: Building a Startup Nation Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India	11:30 - 12:15 Panel: Digitisation in Manufacturing Viraj Kalyani, Founder and Chairman, Kalyani Studio Rama Shankar Pandey, Managing Director- Hella India Lighting Ltd. Mr. Sanjiv Singh Sethi, Managing Director, Gilard Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Gaurav Sarup,Managing Director- Marshall Machines Pvt. Ltd.
12:00 - 13:00 Panel: Building Ecosystems - Lessons from Hyderabad to Austin Srinivas Kollipara, Chief Operating Officer- T-Hub Rahul Narvekar,Founder- The India Network Priyanka Ahuja, Director Communications and Operations- Startup Tunnel Erik Azulay,Director- Nexus Innovation Hub Hekani Jakhalu,Lawyer & Social entrepreneur- Youthnet	12:15 - 13:00 Panel: Bootstrapped: Why You Shouldn't Raise Money Dhimant Parekh, Founder & CEO- TheBetterIndia Daniel Wolfe, Co-Founder- Soaq Deepak Goel, Founder- Karma Circles	12:00 - 13:00 Masterclass: What it takes to be an Angel investor Padmaja Ruparel, Co- Founder IAN & Founding Partner at IAN Fund
13:00 - 13:15 First Person RJ Meenakshi, India's Top Radio RJ
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote: Lessons from my Entrepreneurial Journey Ashish Gupta, Founder - Benori Ventures		14:00 - 15:00 Fireside Chat with Vanessa (Abhishek) Agrawal Vanessa (Abhishek) Agrawal, Advocate,Suvan Law
14:30 - 15:00 Keynote: The Magic of Failure Ankur Warikoo, Co-Founder & CEO- NearBuy	14:30 - 15:30 Panel: Innovation to commercialisation by CEED, Chitkara University Arijit Bhattacharya, Founder & CEO- Virtual Infocom Nitin Gupta, Founder- Sickle Innovations Ankit Bhateja, Founder- Xovian Technologies Dr. Anil Wali, MD, Foundation of Innovation IIT Delhi Vishal Kumar, Director Cyber Education & Services, Quick Heal Technologies Sumeer Walia, Director & Mentor, CEED - Chitkara University
15:00 - 16:00 Panel: The Future of Startup Financing Srikanth Sundrarajan, Partner- Ventureast Padmaja Ruparel,Co Founder & Founding Partner IAN Fund Srikrishna Ramamoorthy,Co-Founder and Partner - Unitus Seed Fund Viiveck Verma,Coach, Mentor, Investor & Philanthropist- IIIT Seed Fund Anusha Nagarajan, Angel Investor & Sr. Security Architect, Box Inc,	16:00 - 17:00 Panel: Technology - The Future of Agriculture Ajay Vir Jakhar, Vice Chairman, Punjab State Farmers Commission Abhilaksh Likhi, PS (Agriculture), Government of Haryana Sukhbir Dhaliwal, Farm2Energy	15:00 - 16:00 Masterclass: How to Pitch to Investors (Amazon) Digbijoy Joseph Shukla,Head of Startup Ecosystem, India- Amazon
16:00 - 18:00 Chandigarh Pitch Night -
18:00 - 18:15 Closing Ceremony

ABOUT TiECON

CHANDIGARH 2018

TiECON Chandigarh 2018 strives to create an energizing entrepreneurial environment for startup founders to get inspired & take off. It shall bring together diverse, innovative & dynamic ventures to showcase an expert ecosystem & ignite entrepreneurial minds. The event shall have participation of top notch entrepreneurs, mentors, innovators, investors, startups, educationists, journalists, policy makers & more. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, TiECON Chandigarh's prime focus is to nurture future leaders and entrepreneurs. Over 800 participants are expected to attend this two day summit.

SPEAKERS

Speakers | TiECON

Captain Amarinder Singh

Chief Minister - Government of Punjab

Manpreet Singh Badal

Finance Minister - Government of Punjab

Sudhir Rajpal

Principal Secretary - Govt of Haryana Industries and Commerce Department

Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG

British High Commissioner - to India

Andrew Ayre

Head of British Deputy High Commission - Chandigarh, India

Daniel Carmon

Israel’s Ambassador - to India

Sh. R. K. Verma

IAS, Principal Secretary - Industries & Commerce

Anirudh Tewari

Principal Secretary Finance, Planning and New & Renewable Energy - Government of Punjab

Professor Rajendra Srivastava

Dean and Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation - Indian School of Business

Dr. Shamika Ravi

PM's Economic Advisory Council - Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Dr. Rajneesh Agrawal

Director - Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Dr Omkar Rai

Director General - Software Technology Parks of India- STPI

Ajay Vir Jakhar

Chairman,Punjab State Farmer Commission - Punjab State Farmer Commission

Ajay P. Shrivastava

Additional Director & Center Head - Software Technology Park of India (STPI)- Mohali

Sudhanshu Vats

Group CEO - Viacom18 Media Private Limited

Abhijit Bharatkumar

Manager | Principal Consultant – PwC Digital Services - PwC Digital Services

Ajay Tewari

CEO - smartData Enterprises

Amulya Shukla

Founder - Sambhav Consultants

Dr.Anil Wali

Managing Director at FITT - IIT DELHI

Ankit Bhateja

Founder - XOVIAN Technologies

Ankur Warikoo

Co-Founder & CEO - nearbuy

Anusha Nagarajan

Sr. Security Engineer at Box Inc. - San Francisco

Alok Ramsisaria

President, CEO - TiE Chandigarh, Grazitti Interactive

Arijit Bhattacharyya

Founder & CEO - Virtualinfocom

Ashish Gupta

Founder and CEO - Benori Ventures

Ashwini Chhatre

Editor in Chief at World Development Perspectives - Senior Research Fellow and visiting Professor, ISB Hyderabad

Atul Sharma

Chief Operating Officer - Genesis Burson-Marsteller

Bhavmit Chandoak

CEO AND MD - Tiger Wealth Management

Daniel Wolfe

Co-Founder at Soaq. Serial Innovator. - Soaq

Deepak Goel

Founder, Startup Advisor, Inventor, TEDx speaker - KarmaCircles

Deeptha Vivekanand

Founder, Professional Storyteller - Ever After

Dhimant Parekh

Founder & CEO - TheBetterIndia.com

Digbijoy Shukla

Head of Startup Ecosystem, India - Amazon Internet Services

Erik Azulay

Director - Nexus Innovation Hub and Incubator

Gaurav Sarup

Managing Director - Marshall Machines Pvt. Ltd.

Gurmeet Singh Chawla

Managing Director - Master Portfolio Services Ltd.

Harshvir Singh

Managing Director - Drish Infotech Limited

Harvinder Mavi

Founder - SouvNear.com

Hirdesh Madan

Director - Bulls Eye

Hekani Jakhalu

Lawyer & Social entrepreneur - Youthnet

Hitesh Oberoi

CoPromoter MD and CEO - Info Edge India Ltd (Naukri, 99acres, shiksha, jeevansathi)

I S Paul

Chair - TiECON Chandigarh 2018

J B Singh

Immediate Past President - TiE Chandigarh

Jitin Talwar

Attorney, Patent Agent, Founder, Entrepreneur, Inventor - XLPAT - TT CONSULTANTS

Jyoti Kamal

Senior Editor - TV 18 Broadcast

Kumara Guru D N V

Director - External Relations and Marketing Communications - Indian School of Business

Karan Checker

Director - SNA Power

Dr. Madhu Chitkara

Vice Chancellor - Chitkara University, Punjab

Manish Trehan

Chief Executive Officer - PTU Nalanda School of TQM & Entrepreneurship

RJ MEENAKSHI DAWER BHOJWANI

RADIO JOCKEY CUM PRODUCER - 94.3 MY FM

Mohit Hira

Strategy Consultant, Entrepreneur - INSEAD (SG)

Murali Talasila

Partner & Innovation Leader - PwC India

Nandu (Doreswamy) Nandkishore

Former Board Member and Executive Fellow, London Business School - Nestle S.A

Narinder Singh Jassal

Principal - Indo-Swiss Training Centre (ISTC)

Neetu Prabhakar

Mrs India - International 2017

Nitin Gupta

Founder - Sickle Innovations

Padmaja Ruparel

Co Founder IAN & Founding Partner IAN Fund - Indian Angel Network

Pradeep Chopra

CEO - Digital Vidya

Priyanka Agarwal

Co-Founder & CEO - Whishberry

Priyanka Ahuja

Director Acceleration - Startup Tunnel

Pratham Mittal

CoFounder - Outgrow & VenturePact

Dr. Pralay Dey,

Chief General Manager (IT- Head Office New Delhi) - National Small Industries Corporation Ltd.

Puneet Vatsayan

Managing Director - PKV Advisors

Rahul Narvekar

Founder - The India Network

Rakesh Bhatia

Entrepreneur, Growth Enabler, Coach - Beyond Strategy

Rama Shankar Pandey

Managing Director - Hella India Lighting Ltd.

Richa Bajpai

Founder & Co-CEO - Goodera, Forbes 30 under 30

Sanjiv Singh

Managing Director - Gilard Electronics Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. Siddharth Shekhar Singh

Associate Professor of Marketing - Indian School of Business

Srikanth Sundararajan

Partner - Ventureast

Srikrishna Ramamoorthy

Co-Founder and Partner - Unitus Seed Fund India

Srinivas Kollipara

Chief Operating Officer - T-Hub

Soaib Grewal

Venture Partner - TLabs / Times Internet

Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal

Founder - Farm2energy

Sumeer Walia

Director & Mentor - Chitkara University Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development-CEED

Sunali Aggarwal

CEO - Beon Systems

Tanya Goyal

Owner - Mogae Digital Private Limited

Vamshi Guntha

Associate Director - PwC Digital Services

Ms. VANEESA AGRAWAL

Advocate - Suvan law

Viiveck Verma

Value Enabler (Coach, Mentor, Investor and Social Empowerer) - IIIT Seed Fund

Viren Popli

Chief Operating Officer - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Swaraj Division)

Viraj Kalyani

Executive Director - Kalyani Studio

Vishal Kumar

?Director - Cyber Education & Services - Quick Heal Technologies Limited

Prof. Vishnuprasad Nagadevara

Dean Emeritus, Former Professor and Dean IIM Bangalore - WOXSEN School of Business

Vivek Atray

Key Note Motivational Speaker, Independent Advisor, Writer, Author, Visiting Professor - Formerly of the IAS

Will Paterson

Founder & CEO, Ed Place - Ed Place

EXHIBITION

The exclusive exposition at TiECON Chandigarh 2018 will provide an ideal platform for early stage to later stage companies to showcase your products & services to the attendees. It would also serve an excellent networking opportunity to meet the industry experts, peers, leaders & decision makers to make meaningful connections, partnerships, build your brand and expand your target market.

EXHIBIT @ TiECON

Sponsors & Partners

Co- Host
Platinum Sponsor

Partner Country

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Funding Partners
Online Media Sponsor
Legal Partner
Radio Partner

Outreach Partners

Supported By

ANNUAL SPONSORS

EXHIBITORS @ TiECON CHANDIGARH 2018

REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FEE
Registration Type	Fee	Registration Details
Charter Members	Complimentary	INCLUSIONS: - Conference & Exhibition Pass - Delegate Kit - Networking Lunch on 8th & 9th March 2018 - Networking Cocktails & Dinner on 8th March 2018
TIE Member	₹1499
TiE Member Spouse	₹1499
Combo(TiE Chandigarh Membership + TiECON Chandigarh Registration)	₹10000
Non – Members	₹1999	INCLUSIONS: Conference & Exhibition Pass Delegate Kit Networking Lunch on 8th & 9th March 2018 EXCLUSION: Networking Cocktails & Dinner on 8th March 2018
Full Time Student	₹499

Registration Closed

MS HARPREET MINHAS

Executive Director- TiE Chandigarh

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TiECON

CHANDIGARH 2018

Event Schedule

Registrations and Networking

Opening Plenary: Welcome & Context Setting

Conference Keynote: Entrepreneurship in the Age of Disruption

Keynote: Leading & Managing in the Age of Disruption

Keynote: Lessons from the Past Disruptions

Workshop: Content, Conversations and Connections (Genesis Burston-Marsteller)

Workshop: Fine-Tune Your Startup Pitch

Grand Keynote: Entrepreneurship - the DNA of Punjab

Masterclass: Art & Science of Storytelling

Lunch

Keynote: UK & India - Partners in Innovation

Workshop: Digital Marketing for Customer Aquisition (Digital Vidya)

Workshop: Innovation, Disruption and Design Thinking (PwC)

Key Panel: Government & Startups - Unleashing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Panel: Succesful Scaling in India and Beyond

Panel: Beyond Venture Financing(1)

Tea

Keynote: Why Startups Fail

TiE Talks: The T-Hub Story

Panel: From Eyeballs to Footfalls - Marketing in Today's Age

Panel: She Means Business

STPI Awards

Cocktails and Networking

Roundtable with Investors (Punjab Government Exclusive)

Workshop: Leveraging Big Data to Gain a Competitive Advantage (ISB)

Keynote: 10 Lessons for Leaders in Turbulent Times

Panel: Differentiating with Design

Panel: Cultivating Your Greatest Asset - Your Customer Base

Discussion: Beyond Venture Financing (2)

Tea

Keynotes: Building a Startup Nation

Panel: Digitisation in Manufacturing

Panel: Building Ecosystems - Lessons from Hyderabad to Austin

Panel: Bootstrapped: Why You Shouldn't Raise Money

Masterclass: What it takes to be an Angel investor

First Person

Lunch

Keynote: Lessons from my Entrepreneurial Journey

Fireside Chat with Vanessa (Abhishek) Agrawal

Keynote: The Magic of Failure

Panel: Innovation to commercialisation by CEED, Chitkara University

Panel: The Future of Startup Financing

Panel: Technology - The Future of Agriculture

Masterclass: How to Pitch to Investors (Amazon)

Chandigarh Pitch Night

Closing Ceremony

ABOUT TiECON

CHANDIGARH 2018

SPEAKERS

Speakers | TiECON

Captain Amarinder Singh

Chief Minister - Government of Punjab

Manpreet Singh Badal

Finance Minister - Government of Punjab

Sudhir Rajpal

Principal Secretary - Govt of Haryana Industries and Commerce Department

Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG

British High Commissioner - to India

Andrew Ayre

Head of British Deputy High Commission - Chandigarh, India

Daniel Carmon

Israel’s Ambassador - to India

Sh. R. K. Verma

IAS, Principal Secretary - Industries & Commerce

Anirudh Tewari

Principal Secretary Finance, Planning and New & Renewable Energy - Government of Punjab

Professor Rajendra Srivastava

Dean and Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation - Indian School of Business

Dr. Shamika Ravi

PM's Economic Advisory Council - Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Dr. Rajneesh Agrawal

Director - Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Dr Omkar Rai

Director General - Software Technology Parks of India- STPI

Ajay Vir Jakhar

Chairman,Punjab State Farmer Commission - Punjab State Farmer Commission

Ajay P. Shrivastava