Entrepreneurship Development Workshop 2017 Presidency University, Kolkata 9th & 10th March

PROGRAMME

9 March 2017
9.30-10.30	Registration
10.30-10.40	Introduction : Vice Chancellor, Presidency University.
10.40-11.30	Inaugural Address : Krishna Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, IT and
	Electronics Dept., Govt. of West Bengal
	*Session Chair* : Pulak Ghosh, Infosys Foundation Chair Professor in
	Economics, Presidency University
11.30-12.15	Keynote Address : Vipul Parekh, Founder, Big Basket
	*Session Chair:* Pulak Ghosh, Infosys Foundation Chair Professor in
	Economics, Presidency University
12.15-12.30	Break
12.30 – 2.00	Academia-Entrepreneurship Interface
	Sougata Ray, Professor, Strategic Management, Indian Institute of Management
	Calcutta
	Abhirup Chakrabarti, Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Strategy, Queen’s
	University, Canada
	*Session Chair:* Mousumi Dutta, Professor and Head, Economics
	Department, Presidency University
2.00-2.30	Break
2.30-3.00	Sustaining Business over Generations
	Subhashis Dutt, Director, Mahendra Dutt and Sons
	*Session Chair:* Gagari Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor, Economics
	Department, Presidency University
3.00 – 5.30	Business Plan Presentation
	*Jury Members:* Sumon Mukhopadhyay, Director & Vice President, Finance
	& Strategy, Banglanatak.com
	C. D. Mitra, CEO, PipalMajik & Anvetion Consulting & Advisor, Centre
	for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, IIM Calcutta
	Shubhranshu Sanyal, CEO, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Incubation Centre Abhirup Chakrabarti, Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Strategy, Queen’s University, Canada

10 March 2017

9.30-10.00	Registration
10.00-11.30	Meet the Entrepreneurs: Part I
	Anirban Saha, Founder, Kolkata Bloggers
	Arjun Majumder, Founder, Aloha Holidays
	Soumendra Bhattacharya, Founder, MAD About Drama
	*Session Chair:* Himabanta Bandyopadhyay, Professor, Bengali Department,
	Presidency University
11.30-11.40	Break
11.40-1.10	Meet the Entrepreneurs: Part II
	Sagar Daryani, Co-founder, Wow! Momo
	Abhirup Banerjee, Co- founder, GRIP Consulting, Sweet Handi
	Sandeep Gajakas, Founder, The Shoe Laundry
	*Session Chair:* Joydip Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Geology Department,
	Presidency University
1.10-2.01	Break
2.00 – 2.45	Organizational Challenges
	Poonam Bir Kasturi, Founder, Daily Dump
	*Session Chair:* Suhrita Saha, Professor and Head, Sociology Department,
	Presidency University
2.45 – 4.30	Valedictory Session :
2.45 – 3.30	*Valedictory Address:* Anjan Chatterjee, Founder, Speciality Restaurants
	Limited
	*Session Chair:* Swapan Chakravorty, Distinguished Professor in the
3.30 – 4.30	Humanities (Literary and Cultural Studies)
3.30 – 4.30	*Special Comments & Prize distribution*
	Ashok Banerjee, Professor, Finance and Control, Indian Institute of
	Management Calcutta & Jury Members *Coordinator:* Prithviraj Guha, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Presidency University

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