XLRI Jamshedpur conclave ‘Ingenium’ celebrates spirit of entrepreneurship

Jamshedpur, March 8: B-school XLRI ExPGDM organised a virtual conclave ‘Ingenium – The Start-Up Conclave to give a platform to showcase the journey of the start-ups. In its second year the central theme of the conclave was ‘Xlerating Start-Ups to Unicorn’.

The conclave started with an inaugural address by dean of academics professor A.K.Pani, XLRI Jamshedpur emphasizing on the need of the start-up  and elaborating on the entrepreneurship program in XLRI. It was followed by the chief guest address by Madnesh Kumar Mishra, former joint secretary at ministry of finance and ministry of culture on Start-ups, its role for Indian economic growth and future road map. He talks about how start-ups are boosting the economics and need of youths to have an entrepreneurial mind set.

The second speaker of the conclave was Ankit Aggarwal, founder & CEO, Dare2Compete and talked about How to be a Successful Entrepreneur, the pillars of entrepreneurship.  It was then followed by a keynote address by  Srihari Sikhakollu, CEO, eRemit Singapore on Transforming Remittances- Remit Singapore Way with Commercial and Social Impact at Heart.

The first half of the session came to an end with a Panel Discussion on Navigating the Challenges of an Emerging Ecosystem by  Sandro Stephen, Vice President, Indian Angel Network,  Rahul Singh, Program Manager VC Partnerships, Microsoft for Startups,  Smita P Mishra, Founder, Fandoro Technologies,  Aastha Grover, Head Start up India Hub, Invest India moderated by Prof. Rahul Kumar Shukla, Assistant Professor, XLRI Jamshedpur. The discussion talked about many topics like VC funding, hurdles faced by entrepreneurship.

The second half of the session started with a keynote address by  Harnoor Kaur, Co-Founder, Evage Ventures. She talked about the future of EV in India and discussed different hydrogen fuels as alternatives of petrol and diesel. It was followed by a Keynote Address by  Maheshwer Peri, Founder & CEO, Careers360 on Topic: Ethics is No Longer an Option emphasising on the need of ethics as the building block of start-ups and repercussions of it when there is a lack of it. It’s impact on the long term journey of the startup.

Later, the session was followed by another keynote address  Kush Mehra, CBO, PineLabs on Topic: The Revolution called Fintech and how this sunshine sector can boost your career. He talked about his failures before becoming a success.

The next session was a fireside chat moderated by Rajeev Roy, Professor of Entrepreneurship, CEO XCEED, XLRI with  Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Naukri.com on the topic: Importance of Consumer Insights in Building Businesses. They discussed how consumer behaviour has changed in the current scenario leading to new start-ups. Importance of understanding the consumer behaviour and its impact.