The annual entrepreneurship summit of BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, ‘Launchpad’ saw a grand kickoff on Sunday promising to be a grand confluence of various domains of start-up ecosystem.
IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan talked about the current start-up scenario and challenges faced by young entrepreneurs., and how Government of Telangana is coming up with inspiring initiatives like T-Hub in order to promote the entrepreneurship culture.
Founder CEO of the online retail company BigBasket.com Hari Menon shared his experience of starting up an enterprise, and sustaining it amidst the stiff competition the market poses.
The final round pitches of Beyond Profit and Ground Reality presented the participants an excellent opportunity to showcase their business ideas that aims to tackle a social challenge and the budding entrepreneurs to display their dynamic enterprises which can potentially be the next big thing.
The participants competed their best to bag a reward amounting up to a huge ₹ 7 lakhs. The event was organised by the E-Cell, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, a student body involved with promoting the entrepreneurship culture.
