Entrepreneurs pose for a picture at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad on November 28, 2017. The summit brought hundreds of budding as well as well-known entrepreneurs together to meet investors and supporters of the start-up ecosystem.
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A view of the Hyderabad International Convention Centre on the eve of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad on November 27, 2017. The 8th edition of the GES, is held in South Asia for the first time.
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GES 2017 will host more than 50 discussion sessions over three days ending November 30, 2017.
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Artists perform at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017. The City of Pearls have received 1,200 entrepreneurs and 300 investors for the event.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump arrive to inaugurate the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 on November 28, 2017. Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao (left) and Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan are also seen.
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Ivanka Trump addresses the GES-2017 Summit. Ms. Trump, the U.S. Presidential Advisor, said the Indian economy can grow by over $150 billion in the next three years if it was able to close the labour force gender gap by half. And she was all praise for the Prime Minister: “What you are achieving is truly extraordinary... from your childhood selling tea to election as India’s Prime Minister.”
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Wonder boy and youngest entrepreneur Hamish Finlayson was the cynosure of all eyes at the GES in Hyderabad on November 28, 2017. Mr. Finlayson — six apps under his belt already and six more in the pipeline — developed his first App when he was just 10.
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Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman greets Ivanka Trump at the GES 2017. Participating in a panel discussion ‘Be the Change: Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership’, Ms. Trump, citing the U.S. scenario, said women comprised only 47% of the workforce, but only 21% of them were in the IT field.
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Writer Shobhaa De, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance’s Sadhvi Bhagawati, transgender activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, fashion technologist Amanda J. Parkes, Kuchipudi dancers Yamini Reddy and Bhavana Reddy at the enGENDERed Dialogues 2.0 at GES 2017 on November 28, 2017.
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Dell’s Karen Quintos, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women founder Cherie Blair, Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, Ivanka Trump and ICICI Bank MD Chanda Kochhar at the GES 2017 on November 29, 2017. “It’s the desire, support and ecosystem of the organisation where women work that will help them break the glass ceiling. Recognition of work keeps us going," Ms. Kochhar said.
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Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar arrives at the GES 2017 on November 29, 2017. “It is my duty to give back [to society],” Ms. Chhillar told Ronnie Screwvala during a “fireside chat” with women entrepreneurs. “You don't need to be Miss World to make a difference,” she said.
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