Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IMI-K CIE)

• Event : Guest Lecture
• Theme: Entrepreneurship, Invention & Innovation: An Overview
• Date: May 11, 2023
• Lecture Delivered by: Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee
• Participants: 20 students and a few faculty members from Sri Sri Academy School
• Organized by: Sri Sri Academy

The Atal Tinkering Lab of Sri Sri Academy School celebrated Atal Community Day 2023 through a tinkering workshop on 11th May, 2023 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee was invited as the Guest of Honour for the event to mentor the young minds.

• Event : Session on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Overview
• Date :- July 22, 2022.
• Session taken by: :- Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee
• Participants: 60 students from Sri Sri Academy School
• Organized by: Faculty members of Sri Sri Academy

• Workshop Title: Role of Teachers in Fostering Entrepreneurial Skills in Students for New India
• Date :- April 26, 2022.
• Session on :- Entrepreneurship Teaching Models
• Name of the Speaker/Resource Person: Dr. Sachin Modgil, Assistant Professor (Operations & Supply Chain), IMI Kolkata
• Organized by: Academic Staff College, Amity University, Gurugram

• Workshop Title:Innovation and Creativity in Real Life Problem Solving
• Date :- January 27, 2022.
• Participants :- Students from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
• Name of the Speaker/Resource Person: Dr.Rituparna Basu, Associate Professor (Marketing), IMI Kolkata
• Organized by: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy

• Workshop Title:Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development
• Date :- January 19, 2022.
• Name of the Speaker/Resource Person: Dr. Gobindo Roy, Assistant Professor (Marketing), IMI Kolkata
• Organized by: Institution’s Innovation Council of OP Jindal University, Punjipathra, Raigarh

Event: “Session on business value proposition fit.”
Theme of the Event: Achieving Business Value Proposition Fit
Date: August 9, 2023
Time: 5 PM – 6 PM
No of students participated: 170
No of Faculty involved: 4

Details: The Institutions Innovation Council (IIC) of IMI Kolkata offered its young brains the opportunity to grasp the essence of business values on August 9th, 2023, at the session ” Achieving Business Value Proposition Fit ” delivered by notable guest Mr. Jaydip Mukherjee, Co-Founder & COO, Snap-E cabs, Co-Founder & COO, EDP Software Ltd. The speaker animatedly explained important measures while sharing his experience in a lively exchange that uplifted the mood of the audience.
The adoption of digitalization in technology was one of the primary themes that was talked about. While analysing the obstacles in it, the entrepreneurial attitude and its defining characteristics were also discussed. Moreover, Mr. Mukherjee talked about how to overcome them with the right passion and commitment.
The conversation evolved into an interesting Q&A session where the participants’ queries were addressed.
We extend our sincere gratitude to Mr. Jaydip Mukherjee for the exclusive experience he shared with us and the participants for their enthusiasm.

Event: “Running A Successful Lean Business: Mentor Talk”
Theme of the Event: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Learning from Failures, Embracing Success, and Innovating for Tomorrow
Date: July 26, 2023
Time: 5 PM – 6 PM
No of students participated: 189
No of Faculty involved: 3

Details: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Learning from Failures, Embracing Success, and Innovating for Tomorrow”
On July 26, 2023, IMI Kolkata had the privilege of hosting an awe-inspiring event featuring the distinguished guest, Ms. Rachna Jaiswal, Founder & CEO Pipabox; Director & CEO, AKJ Industries Pvt. Ltd. With a captivated audience of budding business enthusiasts and seasoned professionals, Ms. Jaiswal delved deep into the realm of entrepreneurship, lean business, sharing invaluable insights from her own journey.
Ms. Jaiswal explored the significance of embracing both failures and successes as invaluable stepping stones to growth. Drawing from her personal experiences, she highlighted how taking calculated risks can be the catalyst for transformative change and progress.
Central to her discourse was the importance of creating value within an organization. Ms. Jaiswal emphasized that identifying real-world problems to solve is the cornerstone of building a successful venture. From ideation to execution, she encouraged the pursuit of innovative ideas and the art of thinking outside the box to run a successful Lean Business.
Overall, IMI Kolkata’s event with Ms. Rachna Jaiswal left a lasting impact, inspiring the student to embrace their entrepreneurial spirit fearlessly and embark on their own ventures with determination and innovation. The knowledge shared by this visionary entrepreneur will undoubtedly shape the future of many aspiring business leaders, making the world of entrepreneurship an ever-brighter landscape of possibilities.”

Event: “Entrepreneurship Summit 2023”
Theme of the Event: Driving Economic Growth through Entrepreneurship: Discourse
Date: July 07, 2023
Time: 2 PM – 5 PM
No of students participated: 210
No of Faculty involved: 6

Details: IIC-IMI-K in collaboration with the E-cell IMI-K organized an Entrepreneurship summit on July 7, 2023 at the RPSG Auditorium (IMI-K). The purpose of the event was to examine how innovation affects global growth and how it responds to disruption. Eminent speakers gracing the event included Mr. Ankit Chaparia (Founder, Coftea), Mr. Rahul Basak (Founder, Philoyes), Mr. Ritobroto Mukherjee (Founder, Emsurg) and Ms. Vinita Saraf (Founder, Ek Tara).

Professor Mohua Banerjee, Director of IMI Kolkata, delivered the welcome address. Dr. Rahul Kapoor (Adjunct Professor, Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship) and Dr. Sachin Modgil (Associate Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management) subsequently talked about the New Venture Development and Local Business Accelerator courses offered at IMI-K.

As the main session commenced, the audience embarked on a fascinating tour of the experiences of these esteemed entrepreneurs. The audience was riveted, beaming with inspiration and gasping in wonder at the challenges these entrepreneurs had to overcome. An interactive session also allowed the audience to interact with the speakers to gain further insights.

Event: Lecture on “Converting Innovation into a Startup”
Speaker: Mr. Rahul Basak – Serial Entrepreneur; Amar Canvas – Co-Founder & CEO; Public Speaker (TEDx, Josh Talk, IITs, NIT, and 100+ Organisations), International Podcast Host
Date: April 29, 2023
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
No of Participants: 80

Mr. Rahul Basak enthusiastically addressed the student fraternity on numerous topics covering his experiences, hardships and learnings focusing on his start-up. He explained to the students about the importance of having an innovative mind-set while addressing real life business problems while also discussing numerous aspects of innovation.

Event: PRARAMBH 5.0

• • • Organized by: The Entrepreneurship Club, IMI Kolkata.
    • Judge:
      • Mr. Sabyasachi Ghosh, Consultant – Marketing, Media & Digital solutions & Co founder @ happycations.com, an online travel start up
    • No. of  Students Involved 77
    • Date: February 19, 2023 ( 10AM – 3PM)
    • Event Details: The B-Plan Challenge during the annual management fest of IMI Kolkata. The competition required participating teams to submit, evaluate and present their business plans. The event saw participation of students from institutes across India.
    • Winner – Team VacSaver (KJEI Trinity College of Engineering and Research), Pune
    • 1st Runner up – Team We-Moove (K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering), Mumbai
    • 2nd Runner up – Team The One (National Institute of Engineering), Mysuru, Karnataka

Name of the event: How to plan for a Start-up: Legal & Ethical Steps
Name of the Speakers: Ms. Sayani Roy Chowdhury, Advocate, Calcutta High Court
Date of the event: January 30, 2023
Time of the Event: 5:00 – 6:00 pm
No of Participants: 125 students and few faculty members from IMI Kolkata

Ma’am discussed the following points in-depth during the lecture.

• Ethics and Law
• Various forms of startups
• Need for more awareness of managers on the legalities surrounding a business
• Clarification of wrong opinions and biases through research before decision making
• Record keeping
• Filing requirements
• 3Ps of Startups

Several questions were asked by the participants during the session which clarified their doubts on different aspects pertaining to the theme of the event.

Name of the event: Workshop on Development of Entrepreneurial skill, Attitude and Behaviour
Name of the Speakers: Mr. Sunil Bandari, Executive Director, RPSG Group; Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Founder-Turnip Innovations & Assistant Professor – Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IMI Kolkata; Professor Mohua Banerjee, Director, IMI Kolkata
Date of the event: December 20, 2022
Time of the Event: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
No of Participants: 210 students and few faculty members from IMI Kolkata

This workshop was held to enlighten students of IMI Kolkata about the two new courses, Local Business Accelerator and New Venture Development. These courses are aimed at the holistic development of all students to give first-hand industry experience under the mentorship of the distinguished faculty of IMI Kolkata. It was concluded with a discourse with industry and faculty mentors for the LBA/NVD courses.

Event:

NAVOTHAAN 4.0 – The event consisted of teams (2 to 3 members). It consists of two rounds – 1st one was a quiz to test their knowledge about start-up culture in India and for the 2nd round, an industry was provided to each team to build a case within 30 mins which should include a problem statement and a solution. The teams needed to present their findings and suggestions in the form of PPT/VIDEOS/SKIT or any other means.

Date: October 18, 2022
No of students involved : 30
of faculty members involved: 1 (Dr Rajashri Chatterjee)

Event:

Expert Talk: Entrepreneurship on the theme “The Dos and Don’ts of Running Your Venture”

Speaker: Mr. Kalisankar Adhikari, Managing Director, Synergy Industrial Services

Date: September 26, 2022
Participants/Audience: 1st year students and faculty members of IMI Kolkata

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Name of the event: Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design
Name of the Speakers: Mr. Sumangal Pugalia, Founder- Pacific Designs
Date of the event: September 10, 2022
Time of the Event: (5:30 – 6:30) pm
No of Participants: 130

The session was held to enlighten students of IMI Kolkata about the concepts of design thinking, critical thinking and innovation design and to guide them on applying the same in the real world. Mr. Pugalia talked about how design thinking has come up as one of the biggest tools in today’s business world for most of the organisations, both budding and established. He also shared his experience in his organisation with the students. He gave tips on how to set up an innovative business from the scratch. He also talked about the challenges he faced in his entrepreneurial journey and the ways to overcome those. It was truly an enriching session to learn more about the practical aspects. It was concluded with a Q&A session with the students and a vote of thanks.

Topic: “Running a Venture in Sustainable Manner”
Speaker: Ms. Rachna Jaiswal
Date: September 10, 2022
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm
No of Participants: 170 Approx.

Ms. Jaiswal shared her various experiences throughout her journey, the challenges she faced, the importance of empathy when leading a team and being an entrepreneur, essence of starting small and still learning, and suggested everyone to be their own biggest cheerleaders. The lecture ended with a Q&A session with the students and a heartfelt vote of thanks.

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KAAR-O-BAR 3.0 – The Entrepreneurship Club of IMI Kolkata hosted Kaar-O-Bar 3.0, comprising 3 stages, TRADE, CREATE and SELL. The aim of the event was to bring budding entrepreneurs into the spotlight and enhance their pitching skills in front of the buyers. The judges were the buyers of the products provided by the participants.

FIRST ROUND- IDEATE – The teams/participants have to come up with unique product/service ideas.

SECOND ROUND –CREATE – Each team/participant would have to prepare an elaborative presentation about their product/service.

THIRD ROUND –SELL – Each team/participant will now sell their product/service in front of the judges and convince them to buy it. Team with the bestselling strategy was announced as the winner.

Date: August 16, 2022
No of participants: 35
No. of faculty members involved: Judges: Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee, Asst. Professor (Finance) & Dr. Anees Ahmad, Asst. Professor (Marketing)

Event:

Expert Talk: “SUCCESSFUL START-UP FOUNDERS – MY STORY”

Speaker: Ms. Nuthan Manohar, Founder, Me Met Me; Adjunct Faculty, IIM Kozhikode

Date: August 13, 2022
Participants/Audience: 1st year students and faculty members of IMI Kolkata

Video link – Nuthan Manohar 13th Aug 2022
Report – Session on “SUCCESSFUL START-UP FOUNDERS”-MY STORY

Event:

Entrepreneurship Summit: “Turning an idea to Business”

Panelists:

• Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Co-founder, Velocity 1
• Ms. Ekta Jaju, Founder & CEO, ONganic Foods Pvt Ltd
• Mr. Sayan Chakraborty, CEO, WTF-Where’s The Food
• Mr. Anish Agarwal, CEO, Tablt Pharmacy
• Mr. Rishav Sadhu, Co-founder and CTO, Webingo

Moderator: Dr. Roma Puri, Associate Professor (Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources), IMI Kolkata

Date: August 6, 2022
Participants/Audience: Students and Faculty members of IMI Kolkata

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Event: CXO Symposium 5.0.: Panel Discussion on ‘CXO’s Role in Innovation, Creation and Integration: What’s Next?’

Panelists :

• • • Mr. Rajiv Mondal, CEO, Arogyam Medisoft Solution Pvt. Ltd
    • Mr. Amol Maheshwari, Chief Distribution Officer, EarlySalary
    • Mr. Nishant Singhal, Director & COO, Healthians
    • Mr. Vishal Dave, Founder & Business Head, Revolucion
    • Mr. Ashwini Saxena, Chief Executive Officer, JSW Foundation
    • Mr. Dhaval Jariwala, Director – Advisory, PWC India
    • Moderator: Dr. Rohit Singh, Associate Professor (Operations Management); Chairperson, Placement & Corporate Relations, FPM Committee; Member, Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), IMI Kolkata
  • Date: July 30, 2022
  • Participants: Students & Faculty members of IMI Kolkata

Event: Entrepreneurship Summit: Panel Discussion on “Entrepreneurship in Digital Landscape: Risks and Opportunities”

Panelists :

• • • • Mr. Rahul Basak, Co-Founder and CEO, Amar Canvas
      • Mr. Aarsh Srivastava, Co-Founder & COO, Gravitas AI
      • Mr. Shamik Guha, Co-Founder, Altor; Mr. Arijit Hajra, CEO, Think Again Lab
      • Mr. Satadru Chowdhury, Managing Director, Vaanahaa Education and Innovation Labs
      • Mr. Amit Das, Founder and CEO, Electronic One
      • Moderator: Dr. Sachin Modgil, Assistant Professor (Operations Management), IMI Kolkata; Chairperson – Alumni Relations
    • Date: June 25, 2022
    • Participants: Students & Faculty members of IMI Kolkata

Event: Session on “Drafting a Successful Business Plan”

• Session taken by: Professor Tirthankar Nag
• Date: May 29, 2022
• No. of students attended: 34

Event :Expert Talks on Innovation & Entrepreneurship .

• • • Speaker(s) :
      • Mr. Surbhit Lihala, Vice President IT, Digital & International Business, Keventer Agro Ltd
      • Mr. Vishal Sudan, Assistant Director (Indian Patent Attorney), Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd.
    • Date :- February 12, 2022 .
    • No. of Participants :- 141
    • Event Details: Click here for Event details

Event: PRARAMBH 4.0

• • • Organized by: The Entrepreneurship Club, IMI Kolkata.
    • Judges:
      • Dr. Siddhartha SenGupta , Advisor to the CTO, TCS and Adjunct Professor, IIT Bombay
      • Mr. Anish Agarwal, Co-founder and CEO, TABLT Pharmacy
    • No. of  Students Involved  – 65
    • Date: February 4, 2022 ( 10AM – 3PM)
    • Event Details: The B-Plan Challenge during the annual management fest of IMI Kolkata. The competition required participating teams to submit, evaluate and present their Business plans. The event saw participation of students from institutes across India.
    • Winner – G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering
    • 1st Runner up – Goa Institute of Management, Goa
    • 2nd Runner up – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

• • • Event :Business Clinic for Students.
    • Date :- January 25, 2022.
    • Participants :- PGDM Students, Batch 2021-23
    • Event Details: The event aimed at instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in students as well as fostering a vibrant business ecosystem within the Institute and familiarizing them with the entrepreneurial clinics and infrastructure at the Institute. Professor Rachana Chattopadhyay, Dean (Academics),
      and Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee, Chairperson, National Innovation & Startup Policy Committee at IMI-K conducted the session. Based on the discussions, Professor Chattopadhyay will be conducting a survey/activity to identify the level of entrepreneurial flair in each student participant to take up future activities/initiatives focused on this domain.
      

• • • • Workshop on Entrepreneurship Development
      • Theme: Entrepreneurship Skill, Attitude and Behaviour Development
      • Date :- January 19, 2022
      • Participants: Students & Faculty Members arranged by OP Jindal University, Punjipathra, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
      • Name of the Speaker/Resource Person: Dr. Gobinda Roy, Assistant Professor (Marketing), IMI Kolkata
        Organized by: OP Jindal University, Punjipathra, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

• • • Event :Promoting Entrepreneurial Mindset in Students
    • Date :- 31 -Aug-2021
    • Participants :- PGDM Students
    • Lectures/Talks delivered by IMI Kolkata faculty members .
    • On August 31, 2021 the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and the Entrepreneurship Club (E-Cell) at IMI Kolkata jointly organized an event titled Promoting Entrepreneurial Mindset in Students. The event took place on the virtual platform and focused on developing an entrepreneurial outlook among students and creating a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem at the Institute. The speakers included Professor Rachana Chattopadhyay, Dean (Academics), IMI-K, Professor Tirthankar Nag, Dean (Research & International Relations), IMI-K, Dr. Rohit Singh, Chairperson – FPM & Chairperson – Placement and Corporate Relations, IMI-K & Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee, Chairperson, National Innovation & Startup Policy Formulation & Implementation at IMI-K. The talks focused on inculcating and promoting entrepreneurial mindset and attitudes among the students with a vision of developing a strong entrepreneurial agenda at the Institute.
      

Event: We Fail to Notice
Name of the Speaker: Mr. Kaushik Datta from Mercedes-Benz USA, IT
Organized by: Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) at IMI-K

Date: 19th August 2021
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm

No of Participants: 225 (Students & Faculty members of IMI Kolkata)

Mr Datta started the session with relevant questions like “What we fail to notice? Is it very easy to build new things? We are what we repeatedly do” How many repetitive things you do?”. He put forth the notion that: We have to start noticing things where there is a gap. We typically remember data with an association. He put forth certain crucial points/concepts:

• Never think that a problem is unsolvable.
• Cognitive bias – We value loss more than gain.
• Dilution effect – Pay attention to the finer details. Certain information can dilute your observations.
• Fogg Behaviour Model

The Speaker further talked about how to deal with different situations and think about innovative solutions to redundant problems by highlighting on the statement, “Situations are real, our ideas may not be”. He also highlighted about optimization problems and cognitive bias, by showing some real-life examples for Selective Attention Test.

During the later phase of the session, the Speaker talked about The Hook’s Model: to describe how users interact with products and moves through four stages: trigger, action, reward and investment. After this, he concluded with the Fogg Behaviour Model having three elements for a behaviour to occur: Motivation, Ability, and a Prompt.

The session was very interactive and had lessons beyond classroom teachings, Mr Datta also told his personal feats at his company and how to endorse problem solving in the best available manner.

Event:Navothaan 3.0
Name of the Speaker: Ms. Monali Basu (a Human Resource professional )
Organized by: Entrepreneurship Club at IMI-K

Date: 17th September 2021
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm

No of Participants: 63 participants for the event divided into nine teams

The event was organized by the Entrepreneurship Club of IMI-Kolkata on September 17, 2021. Problem statements pertaining to various industrial sectors were presented to the participants who were asked to brainstorm as budding entrepreneurs and work together in teams to provide an elaborative solution to the respective problem presented to them. They came up with discussing various offerings, competitive analysis, value proposition & social impact of industrial issues.
The event was graced by Ms. Monali Basu (a Human Resource professional with a 17 years of work experience in the corporate world) who acted as the judge for the event. The participants had to go through a vigorous Q&A round to justify their way of approach.
There were 63 participants for the event divided into nine teams. The event was a big success and the response from the participants were also exhilarating.

National Innovation and Start-up Policy (NISP) 2020-22 

Policy for Reference

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Action Plan for the Future

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IMI Kolkata is committed to fostering a dynamic and forward-thinking environment for learners and participants. As part of its mission to cultivate innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, the CIE regularly organizes a series of workshops focused on emerging skills in the fields of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. These workshops are designed to equip participants with cutting-edge knowledge and practical tools, enabling them to navigate and excel in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. 

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Entrepreneurship Summit

IMI Kolkata’s Entrepreneurship Summit is organised annually along with student orientation to sensitize the incoming batch of MBA students towards entrepreneurship as a career.

This year, 2023, we hosted a panel discussion on academic entrepreneurship and hosting 4 eminent personalities:

The panelists gave their advice to young scholars and held an extended Q&A session to answer several questions on entrepreneurship and career.

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Guest Lecture on Startup Motivational Story – Mr. Kunal Mukherjee

Mr. Kunal Mukherjee is a veteran entrepreneur from Kolkata. He is the CEO and Founder of Emsurg India Healthcare Private Limited. He shared is over 30 years’ entrepreneurship experience to inspire students of the incoming MBA batch of IMI Kolkata.

Students had several questions to ask him during the talk. The talk was attended by over 200 participants.

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Guest Lecture on Validating Startup Ideas – Ms. Rachna Jaiswal

IMI Kolkata is proud to host Ms. Rachna Jaiswal, one of the most well-known entrepreneurs in Kolkata. She is the Director of AKJ Industries. She conducted an interactive lecture on entrepreneurship and shared her personal journey. She gave several important pieces of advice to women entrepreneurs.

Her motivational talk helped students gain practical insights on early stage entrepreneurship, skills and mindset needed to succeed. We thank Ms. Rachna Jaiswal to give us her valuable time.

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Guest Lecture on Achieving Product Market Fit – Mr. Jaydip Mukherjee

IMI Kolkata had the honour to host Mr. Jaydip Mukherjee, Co-Founder and COO of SnapE Cabs, one of the most ambitious EV cab startup in Kolkata.

Mr. Mukherjee shared his journey and the problems being solved by his startup. He gave some amazing statistics about the cab hailing industry and the change possible with EV cars.

He gave inspiring and motivational advice to students to be brave and to pursue their dreams. It was a true honour to host Mr. Jaydip Mukherjee.

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Guest Lecture on Startup Ideation – Mr. Shamik Guha

On 4th October 2023, IMI Kolkata had the honour to host Mr. Shamik Guha, an entrepreneur funded by Shark Tank India.

Mr. Shamik shared his journey of building smart helmets and offered key insights into his experiences with Indian consumers and his journey at Shark Tank India. The audience was enthralled by his journey and had several questions to ask about Mr. Shamik’s experiences.

Mr. Guha shared how early stage entrepreneurs should consider startup ideation. His tips and tricks helped the students to apply in their own entrepreneurship projects.

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Guest Lecture on Sustainability Businesses – Ms. Pallavi Luharaka

IMI Kolkata had the honour to host Ms. Pallavi Luharaka, one of the most successful startup entrepreneur from Kolkata. She has represented India’s sustainable businesses in various global forums and won several entrepreneurship awards.

The event was held on September 20, 2023. Ms. Pallavi had an interactive session with the audience who were highly inspired by her journey and the scope of sustainable businesses.

Select students from IMI Kolkata attended the seminar titled Illumine at the Vigyan Chetana Bhavan on January 15, 2023.

The insightful seminar was organized by IIM Calcutta in collaboration with the West Bengal Government (supported by Adamas University). The speakers for the event were: Dr. Mahuya Hom Choudhury (Scientist, Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnology (DSTBT), Government of West Bengal; Prof. Siddhartha Das (MD STEP, IIT Kharagpur);) Dr. Subhranshu Sanyal (CEO, IIMC Innovation Park); Shri Sudipto Porel, Joint Secretary, DSTBT. Budding successful
entrepreneurs too shared their experiences and journey to encourage all to come up with entrepreneurial or innovative ventures.

Date of the Event: January 15, 2023
Time: 11 AM to 1 PM
Attendees: Dr Arghya Ray & Dr. Rajashri Chatterjee (Assistant Professors, IMI Kolkata) and …… IMI Kolkata students

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Local Business Accelerator

About the Program

This program on local business accelerator focuses on offering a real-time exposure to PGDM students, where they can consult and help local businesses to improve their bottom line preferably through low cost solutions and implement them. The participants are mapped to different local businesses according to their present skills. Often these are small to medium sized-business, social enterprises or voluntary sector organisation – an organisation that may not have the funds or managerial resources to address its most significant challenges. This will be a win-win situation both for small and micro scale businesses as well as IMI-K students. This helps IMI-K to develop integrated thinking and problem solving skills among students while developing and implementing unique solutions at local businesses. This way we contribute to the development of society and economy as well.Read more.

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