It is important that aspiring student innovators and techpreneurs get a chance to interact with seasoned professionals before they can develop their innovative ideas and pitch for funding. In order to do so, the DST funded Chitkara University NewGen IEDC and Technology Enabling Centre has launched a Talk Series titled Innovative Ideas to Successful Products. The first talk under this Talk Series was held on July 18 at Chitkara University, and it was delivered by Mr. Aniket Bharadwaj – CEO, Seacup Visionaries Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Aniket, who is running a successful venture of developing state-of-the-art electric bikes for riding and cargo use, shared his journey from ideation to building a successful product with an audience comprised of over 82 students from the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) department of Chitkara University. He discussed the common pitfalls, challenges associated with building technology-oriented hardware products and how to evolve the products by understanding the limitations as well as the market needs. He further emphasized the importance of securing the seed funding for building the prototypes. His session was extremely well received by the students, who are keen to submit their innovative project ideas in NOVATE+ 2024 hackathon to secure seed funding for building their prototypes. Submissions to NOVATE+ 2024 are due by August 30.