Tiger, 2008
1st & 2nd February, 2008 Hotel Oberoi Grand, Kolkata
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A Brief Report
The programme brought together some of the world's most innovative entrepreneurial minds as keynote speakers, panel leaders and conference delegates.
The audience in this conference included prominent individuals from different categories like
Entrepreneurs
SME/Family Business
Corporate Entrepreneurs
Facilitators of Entrepreneurship/ Innovation
Investment Community
Legal Community & Intellectual Property
Academic thought leaders and
students interested in pursuing an entrepreneurial career.
A. A main conference with keynote sessions .
presentations by entrepreneurs, leading professionals, scientists, academicians & leaders on promotion /development of entrepreneurship. It covered a range of topics from finding new business concepts to building the right team to raise capital and making B2B connects with foreign companies.
The Honble' Chief Minister of West Bengal Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
Other distinguished Speakers included :
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, former under Secretary General, United Nations and Chairman, Afras Ventures
Mr. K.V. Kamath, Managing Director, ICICI
Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder Chairman, Rediff
Mr. Arjun Malhotra, Co Founder, HCL and Founder, Headstrong
Dr. Debesh Das, IT Minister, Government of West Bengal
Ms. Laura Parkin, Executive Director, National Entrepreneurship Network
Ms. Sharon Bamford, Director, UK India Business Council
Mr. R Ramraj, Advisor, Sequoia Capital
Mr. Vinayak Chaterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures
Ms. Vandana Luthra, Founder, VLCC
Mr. Sanjeev Bhikchandani, Founder Chairman, Naukri
Prof Anil K.Gupta, IIM Ahmedabad
Mr. Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures
Mr. Bikram Dasgupta, Chairman, Globsyn
Mr. Arup Dasgupta, Managing Director, Metalogic Systems
Mr. B Hari, Managing Director, Ontrack Systems
Mr. Vasant Subramanyan, CEO, Last Peak Data,
and others.
The program was presided over by Mr. Shoummo Acharya, President, TiE Kolkata and Founder CEO, VI eTrans.
B. Business Plan Competition
Was held in partnership with Entrepreneurship Cell, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC) and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).
The competition was open to students of all the colleges and universities all over India. The focus was not only on assessing the business concept, but the team's sincerity and seriousness as well.
The jury members consisting of leading successful entrepreneurs selected a few good entrepreneurial ideas from a cross section of students and professionals and helped it take shape through training sessions and funding by Venture Capitalists.
The process culminated in a grand finale in Kolkata during TiEGER, 08.
A 2-day Boot Camp was held in the sidelines of TiEGER 08 to provide training and mentoring on how business plans could be sharpened and translated into a viable business model.
2 teams were ultimately selected to receive the TiEGER Cub Award.
C. TiEGER Awards :
The following awards were distributed by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the programme :
The following awards were distributed by the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Shri Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee at the programme :
Awards to acknowledge dynamic and new entrepreneurs in different sectors :
IT Start up : Mr. Bikash Barai, iVIZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Lifestyle : Mr. Ketan Malani, Anishk Textiles (garments & attire)
Manufacturing : Mr. Prabir Guha, Hi Care (medical gloves)
Tourism : Ms. Akanksha Garg, Sunderban Tiger Camp
TiEGER Cub Awards to motivate the winners of the Business Plan Competition held
in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and National
Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).
TiEGER Cub 1 : Group: Bindas Bol (IIM Calcutta)
Mr. Arnav Sinha
Mr. Chaitnya Komaravalli
Mr. Vijay Menon
TiEGER Cub 2 : Group: Technocraft (IIM Calcutta)
Mr. Debopam Roy
Mr. Parkshit Guha
Mr. Sayantan Dasgupta
Awards to entrepreneurs from the Bottom of the Pyramid : TIE Kolkata in
partnership with the Department of Panchayat & Rural Development, Department of
Commerce & Industry, Department of Cooperatives and the Department of Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of West Bengal shortlisted the entries from
the districts of West Bengal.
Social Entrepreneurship : Ms. Reena Dhar, Sarsuna Ankur
Woman Entrepreneur : Ms. Ruma Dutta Gupta, Mili
NGO : Mr. MA Wohab, Southern Health Improvement Samity
Lifetime Achievement Award to felicitate an entrepreneur, who had a great business
idea, converted that into a big enterprise, worked diligently over the years and
received considerable acclaim for it.
Lifetime Achievement : Mr. S K Roy, Managing Director, Peerless Group
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