Panel Discussion on Emerging Trends on Handicrafts during Emerge 2018 at Indian Institute of Management, Shillong on November 17.
Shillong, November 18 (MExN): Indian Institute of Management, Shillong organized Emerge’18, the 7th Entrepreneurship summit on November 17 and 18 under the theme “Embracing Northeast.”
Director of the Institute Prof Keya Sengupta, speaking at the inaugural function remarked that “The idea of Emerge emanated from a strong desire to foster entrepreneurial acumen in the own academic products of the Institute, and to celebrate the true spirit of entrepreneurship and provide a platform for sharing ideas among Industry, Academia and Entrepreneurs.”
The theme resonate modern-day startup ideas and intends to mine the opportunities that lie untapped within the lands of Northeast India. “Don’t try to be employed; try to be the employer” the professor highlighted.
“IIM Shillong also has APJ Abdul Kalam Research Centre for Policy Research & Analysis which is constantly working in figuring out ways that would ensure more businesses emanating through facilitation of the Institute,” she added.
Farrhad Acidwalla, Founder of Rockstah Media delivered an expert.
“Don’t invest on too many variables. Keep it simple. Don’t talk; just do” he advised.
A workshop was conducted by Piyul Mukherjee and Pia Mollback “Verbic from Quipper Research Private Limited.”
This workshop enlightened the participants about the importance of knowing our end customers in any business and also highlighted the role of “Qualitative Research” in attaining the necessary insights.
The students interacted and reviewed various business aspects of brands that they had chosen.
A panel discussion on “emerging trends on Handicrafts” was also held.
Sandeep Sangaru, Founder of Sangaru Design Objects Pvt. Ltd, Sona Puri, Co-founder and CEO of The India Craft House, Dhiraj Thakuria, Managing Director of NEHHDC, Dilip Barooah, Director of Fabric plus Pvt. Ltd and Sakshi Talwar, Co-Founder of Rugs and Beyond discussed topics such as digitalisation, commoditization and branding of handicrafts.
The second day of the summit opened with a panel discussion on Fintech, essentially the connection between fintech and how it is an enabler to do something bigger in financial inclusion.
Durlov Baruah, Founder at Kuhipaat(Payment Solution NorthEast), Nitin Mathur, Director at TAVAGA, Anubhav Jain, Co-founder and Head of Risk at Qbera and Visweshwaran Narasimhan, Assistant VP at FSS touched on a prevalent problem of reluctance of people to adopt apps and services based on financial assistance and effectiveness of various banking transaction technologies.
An expert talk, later in the day was held with Amit Kumar Agarwal, Founder and CEO at NoBroker.com, wherein he shared his entrepreneurial journey.
