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recovering and currently involved in the process of rebuilding their damaged/lost assets. GoK has already launched a massive initiative to mobilize resources to rebuild the damaged/washed out infrastructure like building Roads, Communication Systems, etc. TiE Kerala 2018 A Preview th TiEcon Kerala 2018 is the 7 edition of Kerala's largest Entrepreneurs' Convention with a global perspective. The event generally focuses on young & emerging entrepreneurs and the opportunities and challenges faced by them. TiEcon Kerala 2018 will feature business leaders across India and abroad. After devastating floods in Kerala, people including large number of businessmen and entrepreneurs are slowly had joined Government of Kerala (Department of Industries) in the Rescue & Relief Operations during the floods and continue to contribute towards the rehabilitation of the victims. We propose to continue our association with GoK and various other NGOs involved in Rebuilding Kerala. As a first step, we have chosen the theme of TiEcon 2018 - as Rebuild Kerala Leveraging Entrepreneurship and Emerging Technologies. The two-day conference will see about 100 speakers, over 40 concurrent sessions in 5
parallel tracks with the participation of over 1000 delegates. The event will cover various aspects of Rebuilding, Technology and Entrepreneurship through series of Entrepreneurship Seminars, Panel discussions, Key notes etc with the participation of Technocrats, Bureaucrats and Successful entrepreneurs connected with Technology. The following subjects will be covered in detail:- Cognitive Computing & Artificial Intelligence Big Data & IOT Block Chain & FinTech Cyber Security Electric vehicles & Future Mobility Space Technology Future Medicine Digital Disruption Apart from the above segments, the Emerging Technologies will focus on Agri Tech & Water. Special Focus Areas:- Technology Expo Mentoring Classroom Sessions on :- How to write a Business Plan? How to valuate a Company? How to choose a Partner/Co-founder? How to identify investor/investee How to do Pricing of Products and Services? PitchFest (for 20 teams from Kerala to be selected through Regional Pitch Fests) Idea Exchange Live Demo of Ease of Doing Business Initiative of Government of Kerala Project K-SWIFT
Some of the Eminent Speakers of TiEcon 2018 Kris Gopalakrishnan Chairman- Axilor Ventures SD Shibulal Ex CEO & MD - Infosys Shradha Sharma Founder, CEO & Chief Editor - YourStory Dr. Debashis Chatterjee Director - IIM-Kozhikode
TiEcon Kerala 2017 - A Milestone Event The 5th edition of TiECon Kerala 2016, conducted on 18th & 19th November at Le Meridien Resort & Convention Centre, Cochin, was a roaring success with 40 plus sessions in 5 Parallel Tracks addressed by over 70 distinguished Speakers and attended by over 900+ Participants. In addition, the Pitch Festival and Mentoring Clinic were attended by large number of Startup entrepreneurs on both days. Mr. Paul Antony, Additional Chief Secretary Industries & Power Department, Government of Kerala, inaugurated the conference. Prominent speakers from India and abroad who addressed the two day conference include Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan - Vice Chairman & Ex-CEO, Cognizant, Mr. Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO of BYJU's Learning App, Dr. A Velumani - Promoter, Chairman, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Thyrocare Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mr. Musthafa P C CEO of id Fresh Food (India) Pvt. Ltd, Dr. K K Narayanan - Plant Molecular Biologist; Ex Managing Director, Metahelix Life Sciences, Dr. C N Ramchand - President & CEO, Saksin Lifesciences Pvt Ltd, etc amongst others. Startup Pavilion: One of the highlights of the event was the Startup Pavilion where we provided a work station each to Startups to display their products & services and over 50 entrepreneurs setup their stalls. The delegates, speakers and senior entrepreneurs from TiE visited the stalls and interacted with the participants of the Startup Pavilion. These visitors also included angel investors, venture capitalists and private equity investors besides renowned mentors. The participants were allowed to pitch at the Pitch Fest and the top 3 were awarded cash prizes. TiE Kerala Awards: The following TiE Kerala Awards prestigious Entrepreneurial Awards were presented at TiECon. Entrepreneur of the year award Emerging Entrepreneur of the year award Woman entrepreneur of the year award Startup entrepreneur of the year award KAN (Kerala Angel Network): The most exciting & spectacular event was when we launched Kerala Angel Network (KAN) at the TiECon with the participation of over 30 Charter Members adding colour and festivities. KAN, first of its kind in Kerala, will function as a standalone entity at an Arms Length from TiE Kerala. Overall, TiECon Kerala 2016, the largest gathering of Entrepreneurs' in Kerala gave a major thrust to creating a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kerala and took a step closer to our goal An Entrepreneur in Every Home.
Eminent Speakers Dr. Shashi Tharoor Member of Parliament Lok Sabha Dr. Azad Moopan Chairman & Managing Director Aster DM Healthcare R. Natarajan COO & CFO, RNT Capital Advisers LLP Thomas John Managing Director, Agappe Diagnostics Ambareesh Murty Founder & CEO Pepperfry.com Ajayya Kumar Chief Financial Officer EMIRCOM Abu Dhabi Jayant Paleti Co Founder - Darwinbox John Kuriakose Managing Director, Dentcare Dental Lab Pvt. Ltd Subroto Bagchi Co-founder, Mindtree Business Author Dr. Shabeer Nellikode Managing Director Specialist Neurology Universal Hospital
A message from the President It is that time of the year, we gather to discuss and deliberate on entrepreneurship under the umbrella of TiEcon. The attempt each year has been to focus on showcasing marquee entrepreneurs, provide a platform for the start-ups who are finding their feet and to felicitate the power and promise of Entrepreneurship. From the basic themes of encouraging and celebrating entrepreneurship, we moved to Kerala the Entrepreneurial Destination as the theme of TiEcon 2017. Unfortunately we were hit badly by devastating floods which has taken several hundred human lives and caused unprecedented destruction to our infrastructure including the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Kerala. People including large number of businessmen and entrepreneurs are slowly recovering and currently involved in the process of rebuilding their damaged/lost assets. GoK has already launched a massive initiative to mobilize resources to rebuild the damaged/washed out infrastructure like building Roads, Communication Systems, etc. TiE Kerala had joined hands with Government of Kerala (Department of Industries) in the Rescue & Relief Operations during the floods and continue to contribute towards the rehabilitation of the victims. We propose to continue our association with GoK and various other NGOs involved in Rebuilding Kerala. As a first step, we have chosen the theme of TiEcon 2018 - as Rebuild Kerala Leveraging Entrepreneurship and Emerging Technologies.We are keen to hear various perspectives, at the conference, on what the state should focus on the inputs from world-class speakers from not just India but across the globe. We also want to see and explore these ideas through the lens of few unique features of Kerala. We intend to focus not only on the Entrepreneurs & Technocrats but also the Policy Makers and some of the Key players in the State bureaucracy. We hope that we can create a wide panorama of information, experience sharing and bring together people from different walks of entrepreneurship and public life who can contribute to the challenging task of Rebuilding a new Kerala. We hope to see you at Hotel Le Meridien, in Kochi on the 16th and 17th of November Warm Regards, MSA Kumar President - TiE Kerala
About TiE and TiE Kerala The Largest Not for Profit organisation in the world, Fostering Entrepreneurship. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is the largest not-for-profit global organization, based in Silicon Valley, focused on fostering entrepreneurship and nurturing entrepreneurs through five core activities classified as Mentoring, Networking, Education, Incubating and Funding called Five Pillars of TiE. TiE helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance through successful and experienced professionals and entrepreneurs from different industries. TiE's greatest strength is its network of 61 chapters across 18 countries that consist of many participants in the global ecosystem Successful & Experienced as well as Budding Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital Firms, Angel Investors, Service Providers, etc. TiE makes continuous efforts to interconnect this network in a way that allows us to deliver real value to all our constituents. TiE Kerala, a chapter of TiE was registered in March 12, 2003 with ten Charter Members. Within a span of 15 years, the chapter grew to its present strength of 60+ Charter members and 700+ Members who are CEOs of SMEs/Professionals representing industries like IT, Hospitality/Tourism, Food, Agriculture, Financial Services, Pharma, Education, Consultancy, Automobile, Manufacturing, etc. TiE Kerala was rated as one of the Top 10 Chapters of TiE Global and were selected for the TiE Global Award for Best Leadership Transition and TiE Global Chairman's Award for the Best Chapter in 2013.
Charter Members MSA Kumar, President, TiE Kerala, CATALYST 360 Rajesh Nair, Immediate Past Pesident- TiE Kerala, Associate Partner-Markets, Ernst & Young LLP Ajit Moopan, Senior Vice President - TiE Kerala, Chairman, MN Holdings Hari Krishnan Nair, Vice President TiE Kerala, President, Western India Cashew Co. Pvt. Ltd. C. Balagopal, Founder President, TiE Kerala & Angel Investor, Mentor & Author S R Nair, Founder, Mentor Guru Jose Dominic, Managing Director, CGH Earth Shivdas B Menon, Managing Director, Sterling Group of Companies Murali Gopalan, Charter Member, TiE Kerala John K Paul, Managing Director, Popular Vehicles & Services Ltd A. V. George, Chairman, AVG Group of Companies KA Joseph, Charter Member, TiE Kerala Navas M Meeran, Chairman, Eastern Group George C J, Managing Director, Geojit Financial Services Ltd Damodar Avanoor, Deputy CEO, Lohashilpi Trade Ventures George P Varghese, Managing Director, FCI OEN Connectors Kurian Abraham. Editor & Managing Director, Dhanam Publications Pvt Ltd Ravi D C, Managing Director, D C Books Ltd Raghulal T R, Managing Director, Elite Foods Pvt. Ltd NandaKumar.K, President & CEO, Suntec Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd G. Vijayaraghavan, Director, VMA Consultants Pvt Ltd N R Panicker, Chairman, Accel Group of Companies John Chacko Neroth, Managing Director, N.C. John & Sons Ltd V. K. Mathews, Founder & Executive Chairman, IBS Group George Alexander Muthoot, Managing Director, The Muthoot Group George Paul, Managing Director, Synthite Industries Ltd Roy I Varghese, Senior Partner, Roy Varghese & Associates Matthew Andrews, Managing Director, Integral Cybertek (India) Pvt. Ltd Umang Patodia, Managing Director, Patspin India Ltd. C. P. Mammen, Managing Director, CCS Technologies (P) Ltd. Ajay George Varghese, Managing Director, Bipha Drug Laboratories Pvt Ltd Aju Jacob, Managing Director, Synthite Industries Ltd Sanjaya J Mariwala, Managing Director, Kancor Ingredients Limited Sam Santhosh, CEO, SciGenom Labs Pvt. Ltd Dr. Najeeb Zackeria, Managing Director, Abad Builders Private Limited S. Gopakumar, President, Kumar Group Total Designers Deepak Aswani, Managing Director, The Raymond Shop Tony Joseph, Principal Architect, Stapati Architects Zulfiquar Marikar, Managing Director, Marikar Motors Ltd Roshan Kynadi, Managing Director, Kainadi Plantations Parveen Hafeez, Managing Director, Sunrise Hospital T S Anantharaman, Vice Chairman, Leo Group Veluthedath Noushad, Managing Director, VKC Group Sreenath Vishnu, Executive Director, Brahmins Foods India Pvt Ltd Jojo George Pottamkulam, Managing Director, KCPMC Ltd (Agri Business) Krishnan G Nair, Proprietor, Krishna Food Processors Jacob Matthew, Managing Director & Co-founder, MAPE Advisory Group Sajiv Menon, Managing Director, Nitta Gelatin India Limited Mukund Krishna, Managing Director & CEO, Suyati Technologies George M Thomas, Chairman, Asian School of Business Anisha Cherian, Managing Director, Chemmannur Academy & Systems Dr. M. I. Sahadulla, Chairman & Managing Director, KIMS Sheela Kochouseph, Managing Director, V-Star Creations Pvt Ltd Pradeep Palazhi, Founder, Value Add Solutions Vivek Venugopal, Managing Director, William Goodacre & Sons India Pvt Ltd Jospaul Mathew, Managing Director, Palm Fibre (India) Pvt Ltd K Paul Thomas, Founder & Chairman, ESAF Group of Social Enterprises. Punnoose George, Executive Chairman, Saintgits College Of Engg, Kottayam Dr. S Sajikumar, Managing Director, Dhathri Ayurveda Pvt Ltd. Alexander Varghese, Chief administrative Officer, UST Global International Pvt Ltd Arun Kumar, Chairman & CEO, KPMG Dr. Joseph George, Medical Director, Poyanil Hospital Sandith Thandasherry, CEO, NavAlt Solar & Electro Boats Pvt Ltd Vivek Krishna Govind, Partner, Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants R. Balachandran, Chairman Emeritus, Buimerc Core Investments Pvt Ltd Afsal Musaliar. J., Managing Director, Supreme Group Raghu Jairam, Partner, Chakiat Agencies WgCdr K.Chandrasekhar, Executive Director, TiE Kerala Nirmal Panicker, Director, TiE Kerala
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