The entrepreneurship cell at IIT Kharagpur has organised the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016, partnered by The Telegraph, to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship and start-ups among students. Metro provides a lowdown on the ninth edition of the conclave

When: January 8 to 10.

Time: 6pm to 9.30pm on January 8, 10am to 8.30pm on January 9 and 10am to 6pm on January 10.

Where: IIT Kharagpur. Empresario, the Global Business Competition, will be held at Nasscom Warehouse in Salt Lake on January 9.

Participants: Apart from students of IIT Kharagpur, students from institutions across the country have registered. Around 3,000 students are likely to attend it.

Key events: Workshops on currency and commodity markets, and accelerating growth of start-ups with cloud computing; sessions on Definitive Guide to Growth Hacking by NASSCOM; and Biz Quiz.

Main attraction: Finals of Empresario. It will take place on January 9, from 10.30am, at Nasscom Warehouse in Salt Lake. Venture capitalists and investors engaged by the entrepreneurship cell have shortlisted finalists based on the business models submitted between September and December 15. The finalists will pitch in with their business models in front of the judges.

Key speakers: Asha Saxena from Columbia University, Shailendra Vyakarmanam from Cornfield University and Sashi Reddy from Wharton School. The trio will speak on “Is Silicon Valley the Right Model for Indian Start-ups”, through Skype in the CET studio 1 at the CIC lab of the IIT from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on January 9.

source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph, Calcutta,India / Front Page> Calcutta> Story / January 08th, 2015