8th International Entrepreneurship Conference Held at Great Lakes

February 12, 2016 | Posted by Great Lakes << back to blog

The 8^th edition of the International Entrepreneurship Conference, which is organized annually by the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) was held on Thursday, 11^th February 2016. This year, the conference was based on the theme – “Data Driven Insights, Disruptive Innovation & Entrepreneurship – Convergence”. Dr. Arati Deo, Senior Manager of Machine Learning at Amazon was present to grace the occasion as Chief Guest. The discussion panel, which was chaired by Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju, Vice-Chairman & CEO of Great Lakes included the following senior executives:

Dilip Thosar, Senior General Manager,TaxiForSure
Naunidh S. Chadha, Product Technology Manager, Google
Mukund Venkatesh, Vice President, Global Analytics India Operations
Sangh Gautam, Chief Technology Officer, HT Media

The day began with Prof Bala V Balachandran delivering the inaugural address in a jam packed hall of the honorable Chief Guest, discussion panelists, faculty members and students. His address was followed by Dr. Raj Sethuraman, Marilyn and Leo Corrigan Professor and Chair of Marketing, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University addressing the students through a video call from where he is based in the USA.

The panel discussion focused on new age entrepreneurship in the context of a data driven age, where the Internet of Things have completely changed the playing field.

The event also included a prize distribution ceremony for winners of the three competitions Paisa Vasool, Oyster and Hyperion which are conducted every year by the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Committee (CIECOM). The winners of Hyperion were given Narasinga Rao Memorial Award comprisingone lakh rupees. Every year, this award is presented in memory of Mr. DV Narasinga Rao (PGPM 2005). The prize money is supported by Narasinga Rao’s family, his batch mates and Dr. Bala V Balachandran.

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