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EDII Commemorates National Startup Day

National Startup Day on 16th January 2025 underpins the significance of entrepreneurship,
innovations and startups in economic and social growth. EDII also celebrated the day with
great enthusiasm. This event also served as a curtain raiser to the annual EDII
entrepreneurship festival - the Empresario. This year the theme of Empresario is
‘Technology Commercialization and Industry Connect’.

The startup day celebration, on campus, featured a series of activities designed to inspire
and guide startups and budding entrepreneurs. These included speaker sessions,
competitions such as Pitch Deck, Demo Day, and other activates like Stress Interviews, Ad-
Mad Show, TreasureHunt, followed by a Musical Evening.

Distinguished Guests at inauguration of the National Start up Day (3rd from R) Shri R.D. Barhat, Joint
Commissioner of Industries, Govt. of Gujarat; (3rd from L) Dr. Arvind Ranade, Director, National Innovation
Foundation (NIF) India; (2nd from R) Dr. Suresh Kumar Mojjada, Chief Technical Officer, Mariculture, ICAR-
CMFRI, Govt. of India; (2nd from L) Dr. Nirav Jamnapara, Head - Projects & Technology Transfer Section,
Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) & Director, Atal Incubation Centre, IPR; (1st from R) Dr. Sunil Shukla,
Director General, EDII and (1st from L) Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya, Director, Department of Education, EDII.

“Without timely adoption and commercialization of technologies, we
tend to shorten the already short life span of products. It is important for
entrepreneurs to be quick to adopt new technologies and ensure their
spread across products and geographies for optimal gains. Gujarat has
an inherent entrepreneurial strength. The State has been proactively
promoting start-ups and handholding innovations under the aegis of
the proactive start up policies and schemes.”
- Shri R.D. Barhat
Joint Commissioner of Industries, Govt. of Gujarat

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