Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit to be held on Jan 9
Officials said on Monday that a startup summit will be held in Ahmedabad as part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022, with the goal of bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists on one platform.Officials said the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit’ will bring together nascent and rising companies, unicorns, financing agencies, incubators, industry leaders, and MSMEs on January 9 next year at the iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) campus in Ahmedabad district.
According to Anju Sharma, senior secretary of the state’s Labour and Employment Department, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been invited as the major guest.Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw, both Union ministers, will speak at various sessions.”The objective of the event is to encourage stakeholders in the startup ecosystem to have dialogues about job and value creation.” “Nearly 1,500 entrepreneurs from Gujarat and other regions of the country will participate, as well as 75 to 100 finance agencies,” Sharma told reporters.
She noted that the headline event will include a unicorn conclave with approximately a dozen founders of successful firms from throughout the country.Manoj Kohli of SoftBank, Shashvat Nakrani of BharatPe, Ritesh Agarwal of OYO Rooms, Kunal Shah of CRED, Sanjay Mehta of 100X VC, and Nivruti Rai of Intel India, among others, will talk at the event.She said that Startup India, DPIIT, ASSOCHAM, GCCI, CII, and TiE Ahmedabad will participate as international partners for the event, which will be jointly organised by iCreate, iHub, and GUSEC — three of the state’s institutions for startups and innovations — with support from Startup India, DPIIT, ASSOCHAM, GCCI, CII, and TiE Ahmedabad.
The day-long summit will feature various activities and seminars on the role of entrepreneurs in next-generation technological solutions, fueling growth and wealth generation, and electric vehicles after the opening session, which will be attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel with Shah as the chief guest.
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