S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Roorkee will turn centre of attraction in January next year when it will organise E-Summit.
The event is an initiative of Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Roorkee and will take place from 6 to 10 January next year.
The five day entrepreneurial fest of IIT Roorkee is centred around the theme ‘Embracing Evolution and will see a participation of more than 25 speakers.
Among those would address the gathering at entrepreneurial fest of IIT Roorkee is Kunal Bahl, co founder and CEO of Snapdeal.
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Aloke Bajpai, Co-Founder and CEO of iXIGO, Pankaj Chaddah, Co-Founder of Zomato and Mindhouse, Ankit Nagori, Co-Founder of Cure.fit are among the eminent personalities who would address the gathering at the E-Summit of IIT Roorkee.
Foreign speakers like sales guru Peter Kazanjy and popular designer Pablo Stanley will be sharing their insights too at the entrepreneurial fest by IIT Roorkee.
Host of competitions will be organised during the fest with a motive to enhance problem-solving skills, case-building skills, technical skills and innovation abilities of students from colleges across India.
Among the contests to be held are Ideastorm – the B-Plan competition, Productathon- a software hackathon, Sale-Able- a sales competition.
Speaking about the summit, IIT Roorkee director Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi said E-Summit provides a platform for students across India to showcase their entrepreneurial skills.
It is also an excellent opportunity for them to hear and also interact with corporate leaders, he said.
The E-Summit will be held virtually this time keeping in mind the present COVID-19 situation. The event by Entrepreneurship Cell will witness the presence of eminent personalities from the industrial, corporate and entrepreneurial sectors.
It also engages more than 10,000 students, more than 100 startups and more than 20 venture capitalists from across regions in Asia.
The registrations are currently on and those willing to participate can register at ‘https://rzp.io/l/student-pass’ if they are students by paying Rs 199.
Professionals willing to take part in the fest can register at ‘https://rzp.io/l/esummit’ by paying Rs 499.
More information is available at ‘ https://esummit.in/’
Candidates who are interested in registering for the event of IIT Roorkee must visit the official website at ‘https://esummit.in/’
Post the download of the webpage, candidates can see
the buttons for registration at two places, while one is in the centre of the page right below the banner.
The second button is located on the right side top corner. Those willing to take part in the event by IIT Roorkee can click any of the two buttons to commence registration.
People willing to take part in the event of IIT Roorkee must enter their full name, email id and password while registration.
Participants can click ‘Pay Now’ button to make payment for the registration fee. Post clicking the button, the participants have to make a choice.
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Students can choose ‘College Student’ prosessionals can choose ‘A professional’ and startup expo participant can choose ‘Startup Expo Participant’ options and then move towards paying the fee.
Students can enter their name, email, phone number, college name and mention the amount and pay the amount.
Students willing to take part in the E-Summit of Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Roorkee have to pay Rs 199 per participant.
Professionals have to enter their email, whatsapp number and then pay the amount of Rs 499 per participant.
Startup participants have to enter their name, the name of their startup, email, phone number and then pay the amount of Rs 1,999.
Students will get access to the event hosting platform two days before the programme commences.
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The professionals participating in the e-summit of IIT Roorkee will get access a day or two before the summit starts.
Participants for the event by IIT Roorkee can contact on mobile at 9027231151 and email at ‘esummit@iitr.ac.in’
IIT Roorkee is an institute of national importance imparting higher education in engineering, sciences, management, architecture and planning, and humanities and social sciences.
Since its establishment in 1847, the Institute has played a vital role in providing technical human resources and know-how to the country.
About E-Cell, IIT Roorkee
Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Roorkee is a student driven group to promote the culture of entrepreneurship among of students of the Institute.
E-Cell pilots the budding entrepreneurs towards their goals through all the necessary resources like mentoring, consultancy and networking with Alumni, Entrepreneurs, Investors.