D'apprendre
Empresario along with
Dare2compete.com brings to you
D'apprendre - Session, is a year
round activity which brings the best from the entrepreneurial
world.
D'apprendre
provides a unique platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their
proficiencies and skills; also it provides a discussion forum for the
audience to interact with the best in the industry. It provides an
opportunity to witness their performance and to learn from them. The
overall idea behind conducting
D’apprendre
is to build a scaffold where the young inquisitive brains interact with
some of the gems from entrepreneurial world. Each
D’apprendre
workshop is organized around a particular theme of entrepreneurship.
D’apprendre is a
French term which means “To Learn" & here is an
opportunity to learn from successful entrepreneurs. It is a platform
where Experts from industry express and share their views and actual
cases with students. Being a successful entrepreneur requires more than
skills, aptitude, attitude and persistence and passion.
For more information contact
Neha Kulkarni: +91 9820747639, Sankar T S: +91 9930238364
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UPCOMING Session
My Story Session
Date – 14th Oct, 2011
Venue – Auditorium, NITIE
Time – 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
PREVIOUS Session
D'apprendre - My Entrepreneurial Journey & Challenges Faced
Date – 3rd August, 2011
Venue – Auditorium, NITIE
Time – 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Speakers:
- Mr. Kunal Shah, Founder, Accelyst Solutions Pvt Ltd ( FreeCharge.in)
- Ms. Shilpi Kapoor, Founder, BarrierBreak Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Mr. Ankit Mathur, Co-Founder, Greenway Grameen Infra Pvt Ltd
OLD Sessions
"My Entrepreneurial Journey & Challenges Faced" on 23rd March, 2011
Speakers:
- Mr. Kailash Katkar, Founder & CEO, QuickHeal Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Mr. Mohit Dubey, Founder, CarWale.com
- Mr. Venkatesh Iyer, Founder, Goli VadaPav Pvt Ltd
" My Story Session " on 22th October, 2010
Speakers:
- Mr. Phanindra Sama, CEO, redBus.in
Phanindra Sama is Founder & CEO of redBus.in, India’s largest bus ticketing company founded in Aug. 2006. redBus today has operations across 15 states and offers services for 10,000+ routes and has built relationship with about 700+ bus operators.
redBus is amongst Forbes top 5 startups to watch in 2010. redBus is ranked no#1 – with a growth rate of 4823% between 2007-09 - amongst the fastest growing companies in India in a survey done by All World Network.Phani is ranked no# 3 amongst India’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs by Business World. He was awarded Star Entrepreneur of the year at 3i summit, Mumbai and BITSAA 30 under 30 award.
- Ms. Revathi Roy, Founder & Promoter, Forshe Cabs
Revathi Siddhartha Roy started her career by working in the Media for several years and then supported her husband in the family business of Printing. But her passion for driving has today transformed into the most unique business which was the starting of the first ever Ladies taxi Service. This has moved from passion to an institution and is well on the way to becoming a very large and meaningful platform for Womens Empowerment.
Just for starting this and pursuing the same, Revathi has been awarded the very presitigious BOMBAY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD 2007-2008 along with many such other accolades such as nomination for 2 consecutive years by Ernst & Young for Entrepreneur of the Year. She was also chosen as a participant in the VITAL VOICES SUMMIT held in New Delhi in September 2010 where she was selected to be a part of the Womens Empowerment Team for 3 countries namely, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Moderator:
- Mr. Manak Singh, Executive Director, TiE Mumbai
Speakers:
- Ms. Smriti Dalvi, MD & CEO, Florista India Pvt. Ltd.
Smriti is the Managing Director and CEO of Florista India Pvt. Ltd., that runs a chain of fresh flower retail stores, under the brand name - FLORISTA.
Florista today has presence in 4 cities and has plans for a national roll-out by December 2010.
Smriti, an electrical engineer by qualification, has spent over 14 years in the IT industry before starting out on her own.
She last worked for a German Software Company SOBIS (an IBM partner) as Joint. C.O.O., where her role was of Business Analysis and Development in European markets and overall operations of the company?s Mumbai division.
She was awarded the „Woman Entrepreneur of the year 2008? organized by Indian Merchant Chambers and Mariwala Foundation.
She also featured in the list of nominees for the TiE Stree Shakti awards for the Year 2009.
Smriti's family includes her husband Sameer who runs a successful Advertising agency and 2 children - 13 year old son Brij and 9 year old daughter Teesta.
- Mr. Amit Grover, Founder, Nurture Talent Academy
Amit Grover, Founder, is an individual with a passion for entrepreneurship. He is an IIT Delhi and IIM Indore graduate, and has previously worked with Infosys, Asian Paints and Onida. He is also a member of Mumbai Angels, a group of angel investors and has led over 20 early stage deals in last 3.5 years.
Nurture Talent Academy, India's 1st training institute for entrepreneurs, was started in January, 2010 to provide training, mentoring and support to budding entrepreneurs in the area of starting up like finance, marketing and business plan.
It has conducted 22 programs across 7 cities, attended by 300 entrepreneurs, with a satisfaction rate of > 90%. The vision is to nurture 1000 entrepreneurs in next 3-5 years, with a potential to generate 20000 jobs across the country.
- Mr. Vinod Kamath, Promoter, COINLAB
A B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT, Madras and a PGDM from IIM, Bangalore in Finance, he started his career as a vendor development executive in Hindustan Motors.
After a brief stint in Fenner India and Asian Paints, he was with Marico for 15 yrs where he even held roles as Chief Finance and Information Technology and Chief Supply Chain and Information Technology.
Then he moved on as an Executive director of Deccan Emerging Business Ventures, the holding company of ventures promoted by Capt. Gopinath.
With over 20 yrs of experience in multi functional areas like Supply Chain Modeling, Business Technology deployment and Project Management, he is currently the promoter of COINLAB – Collaborative Innovation Lab, "A venture focused on developing and deploying frameworks for collaborative innovations."
- Mr. Kashyap Dalal, Co-Founder & CEO, Inkfruit.com
Inkfruit, based out of Bombay, is an online community of designers where artists across the world can participate by uploading their creations. Through a voting process, the community collectively decides the most popular products and announces them for sale every week. The company sells its products internationally through its website and domestically through retail distribution.
Prior to co-founding Inkfruit with friend and IIT Batchmate, Navneet Rai, Kashyap was a Sales and Marketing Manager with Hindustan Unilever Limited.
Kashyap is a B.Tech - Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay (2002) and a PGDM (Finance/Marketing) from IIM Lucknow (2004).
"Start-up Challenges for a new Venture" on 24th March, 2010
Speakers:
1. Mr. P.V. Rao, Founder & Managing Partner, Value Multiplier Consultancy Services
2. Mr. Binny Bansal, Co-Founder & COO, Flipkart.com
"My Story Session" held on 23rd October, 2009
Speakers:
1. Ms. Veena Deepak, CEO, Vividha Home Fashions Pvt. Ltd.
2. Mr. Satyam Bansal, MD, Meteor Institute of Digital Design Studies
"My Entrepreneurial Journey & Challenges Faced" on 31st July, 2009
Speakers:
1. Mr. Shrirang Tambe, Director, Infogenia Analytics
2. Mr. Allwin Agnel, Founder & CEO, PaGaLGuY.com
3. Mr. N. H. Nemade, Managing Partner & Co-founder, Nikhil Comforts
"Funding & Marketing Challenges Faced by Entrepreneurs" on 25th July, 2008
Topics and Speakers
1. Is there an entrepreneur in you?
-By Mr. Ravindra K Tulsyan, Chairman & Chief Mentor, KnoWerX
Education (India) Pvt. Ltd.
2. Funding challenges faced by
Startups.
-By Mr. Anand Lunia, ED & CFO, Seed fund advisors Pvt. Ltd.
3. Sales & Marketing
challenges faced by startups.
-By Mr. Ashutosh Bijoor, Director, Reach 1 to1 technologies Pvt. Ltd.
"My Story Session" held on
12th October, 2007
"My Story Session" in 2007, saw Mr. Girish Kelkar,
Chairman and Co-Founder, Jopasana Software Services Ltd. and Mrs.
Bhairavi Jani, Director, SCA group of Companies, enthrall the audience
with their successful entrepreneurial stories and Mr. Manak Singh, Executive Director,
TiE Mumbai, the moderator for the evening made it more entertaining
with his witty questions.
“Branding Initiatives & Challenges for a New Venture" on 28th July, 2007
Topics and Speakers
1. Branding and Marketing strategies
for a startup
-By Mr. Jagdeep kapoor, Chairman & MD, Samsika Marketing
Consultants.
2. Is there a Funding Gap or a
Leadership Gap ailing the Startups in India.
-By Mr. Kiran Kulkarni, MD, Geodesic Information Systems
3. The Joys and Frustrations of First
Generation Entrepreneurs
-By Mr. Ram Ramdas, CEO & Co-Founder, Herald Logic
