To be held from 21-23 Dec, the summit will be the biggest congregation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in South Asia providing three days of inspiration, opportunity, learning& connectivity.
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Mumbai will host the TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2009, India’s largest summit for entrepreneurs, at Mumbai from Dec 21-23, 2009. Conceived by TiE Mumbai, and supported by various TiE chapters across India , ‘Enterprising India’ is a continuation of TiE’s efforts to create and propel a nation-wide movement to foster entrepreneurship spanning all socio-economic strata in the country. To be held at a specially created super dome structure measuring 60,000 sq. ft. at the MMRDA Grounds, Bandra-Kurla Complex, the :placeSummit will help entrepreneurs get a fresh perspective towards their business through the experience, guidance and inspiration shared during the three days. The TiE Summit is being co-hosted by 6 iconic enterprising Indians, Harsh Mariwala, K. V. Kamath, Kishore Biyani, Malvinder Singh, Narayana Murthy and R Gopalakrishnan.
In true TiE Spirit of fostering entrepreneurship through education, mentoring and networking, it will offer delegates an opportunity to ‘Get Inspired’ through Made In India sessions wherein co-hosts will introduce 18-20 unique, inspiring enterprising Indians identified through a nationwide search across six segments: ‘Innovate or Die’, ‘Inclusive Finance’, ‘Serving the Indian Consumer’, ‘Health is Wealth’, ‘Education the Great Leveler’ and ‘Make things better, Make better things.’ It will also offer the entrepreneurial gathering an opportunity to ‘Get Insights’ through Power talks from business leaders including Ratan Tata, Shashi Ruia, Nandan Nilekani, Jaiprakash Gaur, Sonjoy Chatterjee, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Geet Sethi, Leander Paes, Informal, interactive Gurukul sessions with respected business leaders including Chanda Kochhar, Kanwal Rekhi, Jerry Rao, Nishith Desai and Rohini Nilekani will allow delegates an opportunity to ‘Get Mentored’. Exciting panel debates on challenges and opportunities in emerging growth sectors such as Finance, Telecom, Retail, Social, Security and Greentech are aimed at helping delegates ‘Get Informed’. Over 1000+ facilitated networking opportunities with investors, banks and potential partners, will also offer delegates a chance to ‘Get Connected’. Finally, the Summit will also feature an exciting and philosophical discussion on the “Difficulty of being Good” featuring Gurcharan Das, Rama Bijapurkar, Vinita Bali, Capt. Gopinath, Kiran Bedi, Malvinder Singh, with a few other leaders in a fresh town hall format.
With a 20,000 sq. ft simulated Indian marketplace that will showcase the most interesting, diverse examples of enterprising India and a special Enterprising India Anthem composed by Pradeep Udhas and sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Jaspinder Narula will definitely make it an event to remember.
Says Manak Singh, Executive Director, TiE Mumbai, “The entrepreneurial movement in India requires an elevation of mindset for the entrepreneurs and the business ecosystem. We at TiE believe in our vision of a brave new and inclusive ‘Enterprising India’ and this can only be achieved through a nation-wide movement, which elicits active involvement of various type and size of stakeholders. Our Charter Members, partners and co-hosts for TES 2009 share our vision and enthusiasm and together we look forward to taking this “Enterprising India” movement across India to encourage many more Indians to go the entrepreneurial way, with the aspiration and conviction to Change the Nation and Lead the World.
About TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) in its 17 years of existence, has today emerged as the world’s largest non-profit global network of Entrepreneurs and professionals, dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. With 53 chapters (15 in India ) across 13 countries and 15,000+ members worldwide, TiE offers a rich resource pool to an entrepreneur.
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TiE’s mission is to foster conscious entrepreneurship globally by:
- Educating - Inspire and educate budding entrepreneurs
- Mentoring - Provide role models and one-on-one mentorship through experienced entrepreneurs and support system like VCs, service
- Networking - Hold regular conferences, workshops, and networking meetings providing a platform to forge relationships. e.g. 15 TiE chapters in India collectively roll-out 300+ programs for entrepreneurs every year
About TiE Mumbai
TiE Mumbai is among the most vibrant and fastest growing entrepreneurial eco-systems in the Global TiE Network with a fast expanding and diverse member base of 150+ Charter Members and 700+ members. TiE Mumbai achieves its mandate of fostering entrepreneurship through its commitment to:
- Purpose above activity to constantly challenge status quo and build innovative, sustainable platforms/programs to foster entrepreneurship through…advocacy, awareness and assistance.
- Conducting 50+ programs annually through voluntary collaboration and participation from a vibrant and inclusive membership
- Maintaining active partnerships with organisations with a shared focus on the SME segment e.g. ICICI Bank, SIDBI, KPMG, CII, FICCI, Academia (IIT, Welingkar, SP Jain and many others), and various other private and Public sector agencies / bodies
- Conducting mentoring programs such as a robust and focused program called Entrepreneur Nurturing Program (ENP) with a dedicated and active voluntary base of Mentors guiding a growing base of Mentees (Entrepreneurs)
- Special Interest groups such as Women Entrepreneurship, Cleantech, Social Enterprise, Tech & Media, Human Capital.