E-Summit has successfully launched its 5^th edition- "E-summit'19", with the theme -'Fostering a Passel of  Innovators'  in the lush green campus of IIT Bhubaneswar on the evening of 18^th January. Prof. R. V. Raja Kumar, Director of IIT Bhubaneswar,  Shri P. K. Mohapatra  and Prof. Vinay K. Nangia  inaugurated the summit by lightening the lamp. In his address to the gathering, Prof. R. V. Raja Kumar called upon the young minds of the country to utilize the human capital to the fullest potential and thus realize  Prime Minister Shri Narendra  Modi's dream of 'Make in India'. Shri P. K. Mohapatra emphasized on the need to take up challenges and innovate in agriculture marketing field of rural India. Prof. Vinay  Kumar Nangia initiated his talk with fundamentals of entrepreneurship and shared inspiring and amusing anecdotes from his 30 years+ experience of mentoring startups. Dr. Ankur Gupta, Chairman E-Summit 2019 described about the entrepreneurial journey of  few bright students and motivated students with his words.  Dr. Srinivas Boppu, Vice-chairman of  E-Summit elaborated the plethora of events and competitions in the upcoming two days. Vote of thanks was delivered by E- Summit'19 Chief coordinator, Mr. V. V. Gopinadh. The inaugural evening ended with an expo  by the A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Ignite award winners. The inaugural session was successfully organized and was attended not only by IIT students but also selected participants from various states for final stage of entrepreneurial ideation exam.