22/09/2026
An engaging a 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 on the Topic “𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦” was organized under the 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 (𝐈𝐈𝐂) at 𝐈.𝐓.𝐒, 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝, in parallel with 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 on Saturday, 19th September 2026 at the Institute.
The 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 - 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐚, Entrepreneur 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐫. 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 (𝐌𝐂𝐀 – 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑) and 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐡 (𝐌𝐁𝐀 – 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕), along with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐯 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐁𝐀. The 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 by 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐢, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐫 – 𝐈𝐈𝐂.
𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐥 𝐊𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐲, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐈.𝐓.𝐒, 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫, 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝, welcomed and felicitated the guests with saplings and mementoes. In his address, he highlighted the importance of an 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐕𝐏, 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, supported by real-life examples.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 spoke about the importance of ecosystem support, mentorship, innovation and disciplined ex*****on. 𝐌𝐫. 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 shared practical insights from his entrepreneurial journey, focusing on customer understanding, team building and resilience. 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐡 highlighted market validation, financial discipline and calculated risk-taking, while 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐯 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 emphasized business-model viability, market feasibility and strategic planning.
The discussion became highly interactive as students raised 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐕𝐏 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐬. 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. The panellists addressed these queries with practical examples and experience-based insights.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐥, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐲, members of the organizing team, were also present and joined in welcoming the guests.
It was a truly enlightening and participative session, encouraging students to look at entrepreneurship not merely as an idea, but as a structured journey from
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 → 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚 → 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 → 𝐌𝐕𝐏 → 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 → 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞.