It is said, “The actual learning starts after your education and college days are over.”  To set a milestone beyond your education zone, IIT Mumbai has come up with a strong catalyst event for students, non-students, professionals, and start- ups:  The Entrepreneurship Summit 2014. The Event will be held at IIT Mumbai, Powai on 1st February and 2nd February.

The Entrepreneurship Summit is primarily designed for those resolute chasers and go-getters, who have a burning desire to learn, dream, and have capability as well as audacity to start within a new era to shatter the status quo in their journey to successful entrepreneurship. This unique opportunity will not only facilitate communication among students, industry experts, entrepreneurs, and business leaders but also guide the aspirants through challenging global and local trends. It not only will allow students to have one-on-one interaction with industry leaders for personal learning and self-growth but help them develop new skills, or enhance current ones considerably.

The event will comprise of lectures by industry experts, panel discussions, networking workshops, and competitions. There will be workshops for lean methodology, gamification, idea generation, HR for Start-ups, social media marketing, etc. to name a few.  Adding to the zest of the event, there are various themes for competitions like National BizQuiz, crowd pitch, twitter trends, customer validation, freshbiz, ad challenges, idea blaze, and many more. The real take-away sessions will be the lectures/speeches delivered by industry experts. Some of the renowned and noteworthy speakers on the roster are:

•Bharat Desai, Chairman and Co-founder, Syntel

• Sachin Bansal, Founder and CEO, Flipkart

• Avani Davda, CEO, Tata Startbucks Ltd

• Alok Kejriwal, CEO and Co-founder, Games2win

•Rohit Bansal, Co-Founder and COO, Snapdeal

•Mukesh Bansal, CEO and Co-founder, Myntra.com

•Suneet Kumar Maheshwari, MD and CEO, L&T Infrastructure Finance Co Ltd.

•Harish Iyer, Creative Director, Madison Outdoor Media Solutions

•Manish Malik, Assistant Vice President, Hungama.com

As a part of motivational factor, there will be prizes worth almost Rs. 6.5 lakhs to be won via competitions.  And for entertainment, performances by Coshish Group on 1st Feb and Lagori Group on 2nd Feb. will highlight the event.  For additional details, visit the website: http://ecell.in/esummit/

The return on investment can be beyond one’s imagination for the registration fee as low and reasonable as Rs. 300 per person.  Hence, one can only visualise that some of you have pulled up your socks and are marching on your way to glory.