MANGALORE, MANIPAL, FEB 10
A virtual meet on ‘Promoting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Coastal Karnataka’ will be held on Friday from 10 am to 12:30 pm through the Webex platform and is open to all, says a release.
This meet is jointly organised by Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Mangalore University, NITK Surathkal, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Yenepoya University, Srinivas University, CII Mangalore Chapter, and IKP.
According to the organizers, the Coastal Karnataka region is known for education, a strong cultural environment, and also several industries, namely cashew, fisheries, hotel, banking, manufacturing, Information Technology, etc., emerged from the region. The region has several STEP/Incubators supported by several Dept of Central & State Governments. Considering the several initiatives by Govt of India — Atmanirbhar Bharat, NEP (New Education Policy), STIP (Science, Technology & Innovation Policy), NISP (National Innovation and Startup Policy), it has been planned to have a virtual meet of relevant stakeholders on “Promoting Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Coastal Karnataka”.
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M D Venkatesh, MAHE Vice-Chancellor mentioned the necessity to develop the region as an emerging hub for Innovation & Entrepreneurship on the global map. The broad objectives of the virtual meet are strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the regional, Industry-Institute Interaction/Networking at the regional level, organising Annual Entrepreneurship/Tech Summits, communication between stakeholders, and to the Society about Innovation & Entrepreneurship developments.
Vice-Chancellors of the regional Universities, Director-NITK, Chairman-CII Mangalore Chapter, representatives from various depts. of Central & State Governments, President-ISBA, Co-founders of leading companies of the region, and CEOs of Incubators of the region will be the panelists. Dr. T V Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services Pvt. Ltd. will deliver the keynote address.
The programme is supported by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Biotechnology Industry Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Ayog of Govt. of India, and Dept of IT, BT and S&T, Govt of Karnataka and Indian STEP & Business Incubator Association (ISBA).
The meet is open to the students, faculty, entrepreneurs, industry professionals all those who are associated with developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region.
The Webex link to join the meet is http://tinyurl.com/2767nq2p
