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SUMMARY:Founders Talk - 10 | Wadhwani Foundation: Supporting 1000+ Entrepreneurs in India
DESCRIPTION:Founders Talk - 10 | Wadhwani Foundation: Supporting 1000+ Entrepreneurs in
  India Wednesday, 17th February, 2021 | 6:30 pm-7:30 pm IST \nAnkit Machhar
  | Head - Ecosystem Development, NEN India, SEA and Mena\n" Wadhwani Founda
 tion, a billion dollar foundation with a global impact, is creating a robus
 t entrepreneurial ecosystem at academic institutions/incubators across Indi
 a to support early stage founders and create high potential ventures. \n In
  this session, Ankit will share some student entrepreneur stories and vario
 us offerings that Wadhwani Foundation has for early stage ventures. "\n REG
 ISTER NOW (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3016119122054/WN_YHRLRU
 TCSQaSqc-gkzJvXg) Speaker ProfileAnkit heads the entrepreneurship ecosystem
  development vertical for NEN India, South-East Asia (Philippines & Ind
 onesia) and Mena (Egypt) regions at Wadhwani Foundation (a US based philant
 hropic organisation) and works closely with top Institutes/Universities, In
 cubators/Accelerators, Investors, Mentors, progressive Governments and Ecos
 ystem Stakeholders, across these geographies with an objective of creating 
 high value jobs, mainstreaming entrepreneurship education and creating larg
 e number of entrepreneurs. Ankit has over 10+ years of significant experien
 ce in creating & supporting technology entrepreneurship ecosystem, fost
 ering innovation & startup culture and its related activities, program 
 management, setting up incubation spaces & processes, supporting early 
 stage entrepreneurs with fund-raise and increasing revenues, and is current
 ly working very closely with 50+ startups at different stages as a mentor.\
 nAnkit is on-board with several organisations as Mentor/Advisor. He is a Me
 ntor at Startup India Hub and also a Mentor of Change at Atal Tinkering Lab
 . He is also on the Mentor Board of prominent Institutions/Incubators such 
 as CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad, AIC RNTU Bhopal, iB Hubs, MIT AoE Pune, IIC - PDPU G
 andhinagar and Swarnim Startup and Innovation University. In his previous r
 ole, Ankit worked as Manager – Ecosystem Development at iCreate (a Governme
 nt of Gujarat’s Technology Business Incubator) and was leading the strategi
 c alliances, partnerships, reach-out programs, scouting startups, branding 
 & promotion of iCreate. Ankit was part of Executive Committee at Vibran
 t Gujarat Startup & Technology Summit 2018 and 2019. He was also invite
 d by Government of Gujarat to be part of the Co-Design Team of an Action Se
 minar on ‘Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’, held during Vibrant G
 ujarat Global Investment Summit 2017. He was also the Executive Committee M
 ember of Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit 2016 and spearheaded national level
  Grand Challenge and conducted 25 roadshows in cities across India. Ankit i
 s a Gold Medalist in MBA (FB&E) from Nirma University (Ahmedabad) and h
 olds a BE in Electronics & Tele-Communication from Pune University.\n
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 undation: Supporting 1000+ Entrepreneurs in India</h4><p class="web-date" s
 tyle="margin: 20px 0px 20px 0px;"><span style="background: padding: 10px;">
 <strong><img style="float: left;" src="http://www.flame.edu.in/images/webin
 ars/founders-talk/date-time.jpg" /> Wednesday, 17th February, 2021 | 6:30 p
 m-7:30 pm IST </strong></span></p><p class="webinar-spek" style="color: #f7
 a703;"><strong><span class="webinar-spek" style="color: #f7a703;"><img styl
 e="float: left;" src="http://www.flame.edu.in/images/webinars/founders-talk
 /Speaker.jpg" />Ankit Machhar | Head - Ecosystem Development, NEN India, SE
 A and Mena</span></strong></p></div><div class="col-md-2"><img class="img-s
 peak" style="border: 0px solid #f7a703; border-radius: 25%;" src="images/fo
 unders-talk/Ankit-Machhar.jpg" /></div><div class="col-md-6"><div class="we
 b-desc" style="padding: 15px 0px 0px 0px;"><p>" Wadhwani Foundation, a bill
 ion dollar foundation with a global impact, is creating a robust entreprene
 urial ecosystem at academic institutions/incubators across India to support
  early stage founders and create high potential ventures. <br /> In this se
 ssion, Ankit will share some student entrepreneur stories and various offer
 ings that Wadhwani Foundation has for early stage ventures. "</p><a class="
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 10px 0;" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3016119122054/WN_YH
 RLRUTCSQaSqc-gkzJvXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> REGISTER N
 OW</a></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h4><strong
 > Speaker Profile</strong></h4><p>Ankit heads the entrepreneurship ecosyste
 m development vertical for NEN India, South-East Asia (Philippines &amp; In
 donesia) and Mena (Egypt) regions at Wadhwani Foundation (a US based philan
 thropic organisation) and works closely with top Institutes/Universities, I
 ncubators/Accelerators, Investors, Mentors, progressive Governments and Eco
 system Stakeholders, across these geographies with an objective of creating
  high value jobs, mainstreaming entrepreneurship education and creating lar
 ge number of entrepreneurs. Ankit has over 10+ years of significant experie
 nce in creating &amp; supporting technology entrepreneurship ecosystem, fos
 tering innovation &amp; startup culture and its related activities, program
  management, setting up incubation spaces &amp; processes, supporting early
  stage entrepreneurs with fund-raise and increasing revenues, and is curren
 tly working very closely with 50+ startups at different stages as a mentor.
 </p><p>Ankit is on-board with several organisations as Mentor/Advisor. He i
 s a Mentor at Startup India Hub and also a Mentor of Change at Atal Tinkeri
 ng Lab. He is also on the Mentor Board of prominent Institutions/Incubators
  such as CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad, AIC RNTU Bhopal, iB Hubs, MIT AoE Pune, IIC - 
 PDPU Gandhinagar and Swarnim Startup and Innovation University. In his prev
 ious role, Ankit worked as Manager – Ecosystem Development at iCreate (a Go
 vernment of Gujarat’s Technology Business Incubator) and was leading the st
 rategic alliances, partnerships, reach-out programs, scouting startups, bra
 nding &amp; promotion of iCreate. Ankit was part of Executive Committee at 
 Vibrant Gujarat Startup &amp; Technology Summit 2018 and 2019. He was also 
 invited by Government of Gujarat to be part of the Co-Design Team of an Act
 ion Seminar on ‘Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’, held during Vib
 rant Gujarat Global Investment Summit 2017. He was also the Executive Commi
 ttee Member of Vibrant Gujarat Startup Summit 2016 and spearheaded national
  level Grand Challenge and conducted 25 roadshows in cities across India. A
 nkit is a Gold Medalist in MBA (FB&amp;E) from Nirma University (Ahmedabad)
  and holds a BE in Electronics &amp; Tele-Communication from Pune Universit
 y.</p></div></div>
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