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International Entrepreneurship Conclave on Saturday

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International Entrepreneurship Conclave on Saturday
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March 23: ConnectIN, an international entrepreneurship conclave being organized by Indian Embassy in association with Clock b Business Innovations, will be held in Kathmandu on March 24. Entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, consultants and start-up ecosystem players from both Nepal and India will participate in the event which will be held at Hotel Radisson, reads a press statement issued by the organisers. Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada will be the chief guest of the event.

Seven CEOs/investors from India and eight from Nepal will address the audience that would comprise young entrepreneurs from both the countries.  The speakers from India include Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO Rooms; Ashutosh Tyagi, executive vice president of  Tata Caital Private Equity; Navin Surya, chairman of Payments Council of India (PCI); Ritu Marya, editor-in-chief at Entrepreneur Media;  Kaushik Mukherjee, co-founder and MD of FAB BAG;  Avelo Roy, MD of Kolkata Ventures and  Yatin K Thakur, co-founder of StartUp India & Coworkin.

From Nepal, the speakers would be Siddhant Raj Pandey, chairman and CEO of Business Oxygen; Narottam Aryal, executive director of King’s College;  Sushil Pokharel, CEO of Sushmit Group;  Biswas Dhakal, president of F1Soft, FinTech;  Subash Ghimire, editor of Republica; Semanta Dahal, advocate of Abhinawa Law Chambers;  Sixit Bhatta, co-founde/CEO of Tootle, and  Amit Agrawal, CEO of Janaki Technology.

“Through seven entrepreneurial meet-ups, seven-day city tour, 10 college level activities, four days of mentorships and workshops and massive social media campaigns, Embassy of India and Clock b managed to reach out to more than 500,000 entrepreneurial minds of Nepal,” reads the statement.

In all, more than 600 entrepreneurs registered for the event out of which 300 have been screened for attending the conclave, according to the organisers. More than 30 start-ups showed interest in pitching for investment, 19 were screened for auditions and five start-ups have been shortlisted for pitching at the finale.  These firms are: Metro Tarkari, Furniture Hub, Kullabs, My Earth Eco Bags and Fohor bata Mofor.

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