Udupi, Apr 6: The Manipal Academy of Higher Education recently concluded the Manipal Entrepreneurship Summit 2022 with a panel discussion on the topic "Essentials of Entrepreneurship.”
The finale held on April 1 and 2 also featured narration of stories by entrepreneurs, pitch by students & startups and “Innovation Mela.” More than 60 innovators/startups participated in the “Innovation Mela.”
MES is an annual flagship event of MAHE jointly organized by MIT, Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of MIT, Manipal Incubators, Alumni Relations, Innovation Center and Corporate Relations of MAHE. Before the finale the summit featured online programs like webinar on Metaverse, case study analysis of startups/companies, debate on various topics related to economics, interactive sessions with entrepreneurs and workshop on entrepreneurs, between 17th to 30th March, 2022.
Seven alumni entrepreneurs from various institutes of MAHE participated in the finale panel discussion and deliberated on Govt support to startups & incubators, importance of innovation & entrepreneurship in Higher Education Institutions and the need to jump into entrepreneurial journey in view of matured Indian ecosystem.
The entrepreneurs were from pharmaceutical, hospitality, agritech industries, consulting & investment firms and social enterprise. They participated as resource persons in the 2-day finale of MES.
The panel included Pramod Dsouza- Co-founder of Eagle10 Ventures, Abhay Nandan- a Jagriti Yatra organizer who runs a school in underdeveloped parts of Bihar. Garima Vishal - founder of the Dejawoo School of Innovation, Utkarsh Sinha- Director of Engineering and Management at Bucolic Kailash Agritech and FMCG Pvt Ltd, Rohit Hangal-Co-founder & Sphere Travelmedia & Exhibitions, Dr Vidya Priya Rao-the Founder of Innovatus Marketers Touchpoint and Mr. Ashok Chandak- Promoter and Chairman – Chandak Laboratories (P) Ltd.
Dr Narasimha Bhat, CEO & founder, Manipal Dot Net, Manipal delivered the key-note address. He stressed on the importance of belief in oneself and always working with good intent for achieving success. He encouraged the students to unleash innate talent and enjoy entrepreneurial journey through relishing, rejoicing and regaining.
In his inaugural address MAHE’s Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M D Venkatesh said “Entrepreneurship has always been encouraged at MAHE. Our students can see the example of our very own founder T. M. A Pai to understand the power of entrepreneurial capability. Human development around our campuses at Manipal, Sikkim and Jaipur shows the Manipal model of entrepreneurship. I urge our alumni and future entrepreneurs to come forward and make the best use of MAHE ecosystem towards their entrepreneurial journey”
Cdr (Dr) Anil Rana, Director, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal said “We are extremely glad that MES 2022 received such enthusiastic participation from entrepreneurs and startups alike. We hope to continue building the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst our students and faculty with future editions of the summit”
In his closing remarks, Dr M. Vijaya Kini, Convener MES 2022 mentioned that the highlight of this two-week event was footfall of almost 2000 and active participation by the E-Cell of MIT and that going forward, this summit will be creating greater societal impact.