TiE Global Summit: 5-Member delegation represents Chitkara at mega networking event
Chitkara University and its Centre for Entrepreneurship – CEED was a proud partner at the TiE Global Summit III – Entrepreneurship: Driving Employment, Driving Growth, which was held at Taj Palace, New Delhi, on November 29-30, 2018. The signature event, organised by TiE Delhi NCR Chapter is lead by Ms. Geetika Dayal. With over 2000 guests and delegates, the event witnessed the participation of Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Investors and Global Guests. The young team of Chitkara University’s E-CELL led the Summit as the key exhibitor at the TGS 2018. Chitkara University showcased its entrepreneurship initiatives and spoke about its journey as North India’s leading Business and Tech Incubator.
A five-member delegation from Chitkara University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Education & Development participated and representing the University in the two-day event. Mr Sumeer Walia, Director CEED, was one of the Key Speaker at the panel discussion on “Being an Investor”.
TiE Global Summit is the largest Global Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit across the globe and brings together the TiE community from across the world to create an unparalleled global platform for entrepreneurs. TiE assists thousands of startups, entrepreneurs and professionals through the year and the summit is the culmination of TiE’s yearlong endeavours. Key panellists at the event were Kishore Biyani, Founder Future Group; Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm; Raghav Verma, Co-Founder Chaayos; Aasha Jadeja Motwani, Motwani Foundation.
As an opportunity to learn from Industry leaders, TiE Global Summit showcases success stories and business strategies for emerging businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs. In addition, myriad networking & Investment opportunities created at our events make them a choice event for ideators, potential leaders, leading investors and influencers. This year, TiE Global Summit III focused on “Entrepreneurship as the engine of job creation”. During the Summit, Rishad Premji from WIPRO, said, “There is the wave of energy from the youth of today, and there are tremendous opportunities that have come up in the past few years. Time is now for building your startups.” Geetika Dayal, ED TIE DELHI-NCR, added, “This Summit has been on a true Global Mission for creating opportunities for Young Entrepreneurs.”
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit agenda was packed with groundbreaking presentations from across industries and businesses, new startups & ventures, award ceremonies, panel discussions and TiEConic Pitches. A big focus was laid on ‘Entrepreneurship’ to make sure that ideators, potential leaders and influencers are able to push forward the spirit of entrepreneurship and with it drive employment and growth across the globe. Talking about the huge scope of growth in India, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder Paytm, exclaimed, “It’s easy to raise 1 Billion USD$ in India today than in the USA!”
