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PG AWARDS & Of Techies & Technology…

The Centre for Advancing
Corner RECOGNITIONS... & Launching Enterprises

Ini ated in 2016, the Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises (CrAdLE) is a technology
State-level Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Hackathon 2022 was organized by Educa on business incubator hosted by EDII, Ahmedabad. CrAdLE extends technical exper se, advice on
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Department (Higher & Technical), Government of Gujarat. Mr. Atharva Pa l, PGDM-IEV 110 intellectual property, mentoring and assistance in business plan, networking, sources of financing
(2022-24) student was awarded for his idea on "Reduc on in Cost of Construc on For The Startups and working space to innova ve business ideas.
Houses / Projects Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)". He received Rs. 50,000 as incubated
award money. by CrAdLE Some of the key ac vi es over the last three months include:
Digital Innovation Alliance, a G20 India Initiative
The event aimed at showcasing innova ve solu ons and crea ng an alliance
of innova on ecosystem players for the be erment of economies.
Ms. Shru Mehata, PGDM-E (2021-23) student bagged 2nd posi on in Ahmedabad
Ideathon 2022 by VentureStudio and received Rs. 25,000 as award money.
Dr. Neha Sharma, CEO,
C rAd L E , s h a rin g h er
t h o u g ht s o n h ow to
develop efficient, scalable,
and long-las ng digital
solu ons for improvement
Mr. Rahul Vats, PGDM-E (2021-23) student bagged 3rd posi on in Ahmedabad of economies and the
Ideathon 2022 by VentureStudio and received Rs. 15,000 as award money. advancement of socie es
at the Panel Discussion on
'Digital Innova on For One
India'. The Panel Discussion
was a part of Digital
Innova on Alliance, a G20 India ini a ve, organised by Dholakia Ventures in associa on with
the Ministry of Electronics and Informa on Technology (MeitY). Other panellists included:
Mr. H. K. Mi al, Senior Adviser, EDII; Mr. M. S. Rao, CEO, T-HUB; Mr. Jeet Vijay, CEO, MeitY
Startup Hub (MSH); Ms. Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network, Mr. Kamal Bansal,
Managing Director, GVFL Ltd.; Mr. Dhruv Nath, Director, Lead Angels Network and Dr. U.T. Rao,
Associate Professor, MICA. More than 100 startups, over 1000 poten al entrepreneurs and
professionals, and 50 plus venture capitalists a ended the event at Surat.

Practice Pitching Session for the Big Pitch Empresario 2023
Ms. Ruchika Khetarpal, FPM Mr. Ronik Patel, PG Alumnus (2017-19) featured in
scholar (2021-25) secured Gold Shark Tank Season 2, to pitch for his startup 'Makino'. The annual flagship event EMPRESARIO of EDII was organised on the 16th & 17th of January 2023.
Medal in M.B.A. (2021) from Makino, founded in 2018, makes healthy snacks, EMPRESARIO is an exclusive pla orm for the startup ecosystem stakeholders including
including Nachos, Corn chips, and Corn Twists, using entrepreneurs, investors, government officials, industry leaders, and investors to come together
Gurukula Space Kangri (Deemed to
non-GMO based ingredients, and are free of MSG, and deliberate on the ways and means of strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem in India.
be University).
Transfat, and Cholesterol. Chief Guest, Shri Harsh Sanghvi, Hon'ble Minister of State for Home, Industries, Transport, Youth,

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