Innovation Mission Punjab (IMPunjab), a uniqueprivate-public partnership that aims to build, empower and act as a catalystfor local startup communities in Punjab, held a Startup Day in Jalandhar todayat Ramada Encore. The event was a part of the Mission's plan to conduct eightstartup day events during the current calendar year. This initiative aimed toyield a platform for the new entrepreneurs and startups based in Punjab tomeet, communicate with community members & stakeholders, and createopportunities for their startups to grow further.
This was the third edition of the Startup Day seriesafter the success of the first and second ones held in Chandigarh and Ludhiana,which created a regional access point for entrepreneurs to aid them with anaction plan and provide access to the startup community and other support.
Key takeaways for the participants were:
● Assistanceand suggestions for improvement
● Theopportunity to connect and build networks with various stakeholders from theregion
● Becominga part of the community to participate in multiple initiatives at IMPunjabactively
● Entrepreneurinteraction with Industry leaders from the region
The meet enabled the startups to get funding support,mentoring support, incubation/acceleration support, and piloting opportunitiesduring their startup journey. The panel consisting of Mr. Sahib Dhiman (Dhiman Industries), Mr.Sahiel Sood (AHS Invest), Mr.Shibanadan Dash (NIT - Jalandhar), Mr.Kanwar Singh (Vellom), Mr. AmanMittal (Lovely), Dr. Sorabh Lakhanpal (LPU), Dr. Kanishka Jha (LPU) & Mr.Dhaval Kaku (IMPunjab) had engaging conversations with a few startups namely Roomsvital, Stylus, Urban Sabzi, McGills Engineering solutions, AgvisiTechnologies, Truescoop among many others.
Talking about the Event, Somveer Anand, CEO & Mission Director, IMPunjab, said,"Through this Event, IMPunjab wanted to offer a platform where buddingstartups and entrepreneurs can meet people from the startup community. Engagewith stakeholders like incubators, accelerators, industrialists, founders, andenablers that will help them create a network, upscale and improve thefunctioning of their business. With such initiatives, we aim to propel Punjabamongst the top three innovation ecosystems in the country."
The event began around 1:00 PM, with startupregistrations followed by a session on the essential things an entrepreneurshould consider while discussing their ideas. The buddingentrepreneurs/early-stage startups then presented their ideas, followed by anopen feedback session.
Prominent industrialists & Entrepreneurs from thecity, Rajesh Kharbanda from Nivia Sports(Chairman - CII Jalandhar), Varun Singla from Bhola Shola, Aman Mittal fromLovely Professional University respectively also conducted sessions onentrepreneurship and industry and shared their experiences to encourage the youngpreneurs. Thenetworking session concluded with team-building exercises and fun activities toengage the community.
AboutIMPunjab:
IMPunjab is backed by some of the marquee names in theprivate sector and strong support from the Punjab Government. The Mission ischaired by Pramod Bhasin, Founder, Genpact, Clix Capital, and Asha Impact.
The Board of Directors includes eminent leaders such asSaurabh Srivastava, widely acknowledged as an architect of the Indian ITIndustry, noted economist & author Ajay Shah, D.S. Brar, Promoter-Chairman,GVK Bio, and award-winning film producer Bobby Bedi. The Mission also has NainaLal Kidwai, Manoj Kohli, Rajan Anandan, Ido Arahoni, architect of Brand Israel,and other business leaders on its Advisory Board.
For more information, log on to www.impunjab.org or call:+91-9953650311