E-Summit 2017 organized by E-Cell of IIT Bhubaneswar

E-Summit 2017 is a three day event organized by E-Cell of IIT Bhubaneswar with a moto to provide platform for the upcoming young engineers and entrepreneurs to share their views. Prof. Damodar Acharya, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur and Chairman Advisor Board, SOA University attended the evening as a Chief Guest for the inaugural function on 27th January 2017. He has highlighted the benefits of entrepreneurship and shared his views on development of ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs. Shri Gokul Chandra Pati, IAS, former Chief Secretary of the Government of Odisha attended as a Guest of honor in the august presence of Prof. R.V. Raja Kumar, Hon’ble Director of IIT Bhubaneswar. The Director of the Institute emphasized on the importance of inculcating the culture of entrepreneurship in the minds of young engineers and initiatives taken by IIT Bhubaneswar in line with the building suitable environment for startups and entrepreneurs. He also called upon the young graduates/entrepreneurs to contribute in the Govt. of India drive “Startup India Standup India”. The experts from various industries will be visiting the event next two days 28th and 29th of January 2017 as resource persons for the panel discussions related to Digital marketing, Tech. innovation, mineral and metallurgical based industries. This E-summit’17 also includes a gamut of activities, like IPL auction, Product design, stock wars B-plan and Biz Quiz. The E-summit’17 will also be witnessed by mega events like startup expo and investors drive. Prof. V.R. Pedireddi, Dean, Students affairs, Dr. V. Pandu Ranga, Chairman, E-Summit’17, Dr. Ankur Gupta, Vice chairman, E-Summit’17, Dr. Akhilesh Barve, Professor In-charge, E-Cell, Mr. Amit Meena, Vice-president, Student Gymkhana, Mr. C. Likith Kumar, Chief Coordinator, E-Summit’17, faculty members and students of IIT Bhubaneswar were present in the occasion.