- 15 woman entrepreneurs from LAJA- a women’s forum also participated in the meet and signed an MoU to promote women entrepreneurship
- To strengthen industry-academia collaboration for mutual benefits, CIVF offers its lab services to industries
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
CHANGA, APR 23
Aiming to become a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting new-age entrepreneurs, CHARUSAT Innovative Ventures Foundation (CIVF), a constituent of CHARUSAT University-Changa, has successfully organised its first-ever ‘CIVF SARATHI MEET-2023’ on Tuesday, April 19, says a Foundation release.
“We are thrilled to announce that CIVF has successfully organized ‘CIVF SARATHI MEET-2023’ on Tuesday wherein 41 Industrial Mentors, Advisors, and Investors with a capacity of Rs 1.25 crore/Start-up have on-boarded the CIVF. Among them were Managing Directors, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs of well-established firms in Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, B2B, B2C, D2C, HealthTech, EdTech, SaaS, Nutraceuticals, E-commerce, food tech, FMCG, Cosmetics and several other sectors. On the same day, they all signed the Policy handbook and Non-disclosure agreement and were given Letter of Recognition,” said Dr Swati Joshi, Senior Executive Officer, CIVF.
CIVF Directors Madhuben Patel, Girish Patel, Dr Atul Patel also were present on the occasion while Charusat Governing Body member Hemal Patel was the Guest of Honor who felicitated the Mentors/Advisors/Investors. Industrial Mentorship and Funding are two main ways to accelerate start-ups, thus CIVF is striving hard to create the ecosystem, added Dr Joshi.
According to Dr Joshi, it was a national-level event, which saw the participation of the industrial mentors from Pune, Mumbai, Udaipur, Ahmedabad and several other cities. 15 woman entrepreneurs from LAJA- a women’s forum also participated in the meet and signed an MoU to promote women entrepreneurship. The Industrial Mentors came from varied sectors hence their diverse backgrounds brought a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. They were committed to sharing their knowledge and providing guidance to CIVF start-ups, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their goals.
“We are confident that our industrial mentors will play a vital role in our start-ups’ success and will also help build a strong and thriving start-up ecosystem. We look forward to working closely with them and continuing to support the growth and development of our start-ups. CIVF is also striving to bridge the gap between industry and academia,” Guest of Honour Hemal Patel said.
To strengthen industry-academia collaboration for mutual benefits, CIVF has also been pitching its service portfolio like Environment engineering laboratory services, Micro-biological testing laboratory services, Analube laboratory services etc.
