Saturday 28 March 2015

The Entrepreneurship Summit'15- A Milestone achieved

SUIT UP!

March 4, 2015 turned out to be a legendary day, not only for the members of Vyapaar, but also for a lot of other people. Vyapaar, the Entrepreneurship Cell of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce held its annual fest, The Entrepreneurship Summit'15. Vyapaar managed to pull off a total of 52 collaborations along with being the host of the very first Internship Fair in the South Campus of Delhi University with 28 companies coming under one roof. Also, they organised 'A Pitch For Incubation' with the Gurgaon Entrepreneurship School as the Incubators for the first time in Delhi University.

The Summit commenced with an exhilarating Speaker Session with a bunch of enthusiastic Speakers. Mr. Ahmed Naqvi, the co-founder of Gozoop, Mr. Siddharth Pandey, co-founder of Leh Leh sports and Mr. Vikas Kapoor, the Vice President of Delhivery gave some inspiring sessions sharing their work culture and various tips for the budding entrepreneurs leaving many students mesmerised. This was chiefly followed by an interactive panel discussion on various noteworthy topics related to Start-ups, Entrepreneurship and Investment Options. Zealous response was witnessed among the candidates, numerous questions were directed towards the Entrepreneurs but they tackled them persistently.
 
Our speakers enjoying a candid session
The Internship Fair that had a turn up of 500 students and hosted companies like Vodafone, Airtel, Indiabulls, and Social cops among others. Placements and internships were offered to a whole number of students. A lot of happy faces there!
Simultaneously, Aditya Birla Group conducted a 'Pre-Internship Talk' with the students. The establishment handed down important pointers regarding Work Culture, Internships and Entrepreneurships.

The Incubation Event served as a Start-up Launchpad for teams with breathtaking ideas. Teams could pitch their ideas and receive finance upto Rs.10 lakhs for their set-up. In collaboration with The Entrepreneurship School, Gurgaon, teams from Jamshedpur, NSIT, IIT Bombay and DTU made entries.


A hard-working team, a steadfast leader, reliable ethics and an efficient management is what took Vyapaar to host such an extravagant event. 
We will be back soon.

~stay tuned for another exciting year
Vyapaar :)