Goal: To run 12 mini workshops per year
The Venture Center plans to run Mini Workshops on selected topics of interest to technology developers, technology/ science entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators
Supported by:
NIDHI COE at Venture Center
Mini Workshops
5th talk of the Lecture Series-By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs- “Raising Debt funding for Your Startup.” Suvo Sircar, Co-Founder, SNRAS Systems (Fishmongers) & Ashish Gawade, Co-founder Jeevtronics | Saturday, 2nd September 23 @ 03:00PM |Flyer| Register here
(31 July 23) Flash pitching session to 100X.VC | Monday, 4:00 PM to 5:00PM | 10 slots | Based on invitation only
(31 July 23) 41st Meet the Investor series talk on “Case Studies & Insights from Investing in Early-stage Startups” by Shashank Randev, Founder VC-100X.VC | Monday @ 3:00 PM | Online- Register Here | Flyer | Online link to join
(27th July 2023) A talk on “Global Sourcing & Partner Negotiations” by Shiwain Kaul, Global Operations & Supply Chain Leader at Apple @11:00 AM | Hybrid Mode – Register here | Flyer
(14 June 23) Pitching Clinic with 3i Partners
(07 June 23) 40th Meet the Investor series talk on “Investing in Deep-tech is Investing for Impact” by Karthik Varada | Wednesday @ 3:00 PM | Hybrid mode | Register
11th March 2023- Pitching Clinic with Inflexor Ventures.
39th Meet the Investor series talk by EXIM Bank of India| (Tue) 21 Feb ’23 | Time: 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM
38th Meet the Investor series on TDF under DRDO| Thursday, 22 December 2022 | Time: 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
(03 March 2023) iDEX, DIO Roadshow at Venture Center -“Power Your Cyber Security Innovations with Support from Defence Innovation Organization” | Friday, 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM | Hybrid mode | Register here | Flyer | Outline
(15 December 2022) iDEX, DIO Roadshow at Venture Center -“SpaceTech: Funding & Innovation Opportunities from Defence Innovation Organization” | Thursday, 3 PM – 5 PM | Hybrid mode | Register here | Flyer | Outline
37th Meet the Investor series talk on “Insights & learning from investing in & mentoring biomed/ therapeutics startups” by Tania Fernandez- Advisor and Team Lead to leading public funding initiatives and commercialization programs in the United States | 09 December 2022 | Time: 11:00 am- 12:00 pm| Hybrid mode (both online & offline) | Flyer | Register here
Pitching clinic with 3iPartners | 02 December 2022 | Time: 12:00 am- 01:00 pm| In-person meeting | Based on invitation
36th Meet the Investor series talk on “Introduction to Bioangels- Case studies and Insights from Investing in Startups in Heathcare, Lifesciences, Biotech” by Mr. Sameer Wagle- Governance board Member- Bioangles, MD -Asian Healthcare Fund | 30 August 2022 | Time: 4:30 pm| Online event | Flyer | Register here
iDEX roadshow 2022- “iDEX Prime and DISC-6 Knowledge Session“| Tuesday, 14th June 2022 | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM| Register Here| Flyer| Outline
Talk: “Seeking DSIR recognition for the R&D center of your company-Benefit & procedures” | To be announced soon | Online event | Register here
35th Meet the Investor series talk on “Social Entrepreneurship in India: The Mindset to make Money with Impact” by Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam | 30 May 2022 | Time: 11:00 am | Online event | Flyer | Register here
Immersion Program: For managers of new incubation centers | Thursday-Friday | 19-20 May 2022 | Time: 0930-1700| Flyer |Outline |Register here
iDEX roadshow 2022- “How to Fund and Advance Innovations for India’s Defence and Security Forces“| Wednesday, 18th May 2022 | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM| Register Here| Flyer| Outline
Visit & M-Clinic with Vidyut Mohan- Founder of Biochar | 12th May @11 AM to 2 PM
“Support for Therapeutics Development: Introduction to FNDR and Scientific Services at Venture Center” |Thursday, 5th May 2022 |11:30 AM to 1:00 PM| Flyer | Register here
34th “Meet the Investor series” talk on “Case Studies & Insights from Investing in Startups” by Inflexor Ventures |Wednesday, 4th May 2022 @ 9:30 AM | Flyer | Register here
Pitching clinic with Inflexor Ventures |Wednesday, 4th May 2022 @10:30 AM to 1:00 PM (6 slots)
M-clinic with Ramke Surbramanian | 29th April 4:45 PM to 6 PM
Talk & M-Clinic on “Doing Business in Middle East” by Mr. Ala’ Al-Hihi | Monday | Time: 10.00 am to 5:00 pm| Flyer |Register here
Immersion Program: For managers of new incubation centers | Wednesday-Thursday | 23-24 February 2022 | Time: 0930-1300| Flyer |Outline |Register here
Mini workshop on “Best Practices for Employment Contracts with Key Employees” | Friday, 26 November 2021 | 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm |Flyer | Outline | Register here
33rd “Meet the Investor series” talk & interactive session on “Pros and Cons of Strategic investors” by Dr. Rajan Srikanth (Co-President at Keiretsu Forum, Chennai) |Monday, 8th November 2021@ 02:00PM | Flyer | Register here | Video recording of talk
Immersion Program: For managers of new incubation centers | Tuesday-Wednesday | 26-27 October 2021 | Time: 0930-1300| Flyer |Outline |Register here
Fourth talk of the Lecture Series-By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs- “Affordable Excellence: product design for quality, sourcing strategy, project management and execution.” by Ashish -Co-Founder of Jeevtronics | Friday, 1st October 2021 @ 04:00PM |Flyer| Register here
Mentoring clinic with Kaushik Gala on “Pricing Strategy for your start-up” | 13th July 21, 2PM to 6PM, 4 slots| Participation only against invitation
Pitching clinic with Endiya Ventures | 17th June 21, 9:30 AM to 12: 30PM| Online , 4 slots
Two-day workshop “The Board Director’s Program”| Friday-Saturday 7th-8th May 21 @ 10:AM to 1:00PM |Flyer| Outline| Register here
Talk on “Grow your business by being a better Networker”| Friday, 7th May 21 | 4:00 pm-5:45 pm | Flyer | Register here
Call for applications for Agritech Launchpad|Opens: 22nd Feb 21 , Closes: 8th Mar 21| Flyer| Application link
Third talk of the Lecture Series-By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs, on “Mastering e-commerce platforms with an emphasis on Amazon” by Prateek Sharma-Co-founder & CEO , Helium Sports| Thursday, 21st January 2021 @ 04:00PM |Flyer| Register here
Second talk of the Lecture Series-By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs, on “How to conduct in-depth Market Research and why it is important for early-stage startups” by Shalu Mitruka| Thursday, 03rd December 2020 @ 04:00PM |Flyer| Register here
First Talk of the Lecture Series-By Entrepreneurs For Entrepreneurs on “Valuation for Deep Science Startups” by Tanuj Gigras| Thursday, 19th November 2020 @ 04:00PM |Flyer| Register here
Talk on “Business Impact of going beyond PoCs, Prototypes, and Pilots” by Kaushik Gala | Saturday, 7 November 2020 @ 04:00PM to 05:00PM|Flyer| Register here
One on One pitch clinic with 100X.VC| 7th October 2020 @11:00 AM onward | 4 slots
(6 October 2020) 32nd Meet the Investor series talk on “Trajectories of startups: Asset plays vs revenue plays” by Ranjith Menon and Saketh Katikaneni of Chiratae Ventures | Flyer | Register here
Talk on “Mental Health for Startup Teams by Kaushik Gala | Saturday, 3 October 2020 @ 11:00AM to 12:15PM|Flyer| Register here
One on One pitch clinic with 100X.VC| 25th September 2020 @12:30 PM onward | 15 slots
Immersive Talks with W2V (Waste-to-Value) Experts – An Initiative of Social Innovations @ Venture Center |12 Talks, Starting 10th September 2020 | Register Here|Outline
“Startup 101: An Introduction to Science & Technology Entrepreneurship (An Initiative of the Venture Center’s Startup Academy) ” |6 weeks, every Friday – Saturday| 6 Modules, 1600 – 1800 | Start date: 21 Aug 2020 |Sessions: 12 | Flyer | Register Here|Outline
Webinar on “Plasma Therapy for COVID 19” | Friday, 24th July 2020@ 16:00 to 1730 | Flyer | Register Here|Outline
Webinar on “COVID 19 Diagnostics Portfolio :The Ground Reality in India” | Monday, 20th July 2020@ 16:00 to 1730 | Flyer | Register Here|Outline
Talk on “STARTUP CULTURE-LEADERSHIP, KINDNESS & TRUST by Kaushik Gala | Saturday, 4 July 2020 @ 4:00PM to 5:00PM|Flyer| Register here
Talk on “Co-Founder Agreement – Do it now” by Vivek Sadhale | Saturday, 04 July 2020 @ 11AM to 12:30PM|Flyer| Register here
Talk on “Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)-A strategic Tool To Hire And Retain Talent by Vivek Sadhale | Saturday, 27 June 2020 @ 11AM to 12:30PM|Flyer| Register here
Talk on Entry into the US Market:Insights for Seed-stage Tech B2B startups with Market ready products by Mr. Kaushik Gala | Saturday, 13-June-2020 @ 4-5.15pm Flyer|Outline|Register here
One on one mentoring clinic with Srikant Sastri on business strategy, pivoting & financial planning for start-ups in the light of COVID-19 scenario & beyond | 14th May 2020, 2:30 PM to 5:00PM | Register here| Flyer
Webinar on ”Dealing with Covid19: Insights from Modelling and Data Analysis : Chemical Engineers Speak on Covid19 ” | Thursday, 14-May-2020 @ 4-5.30 pm|Flyer|Outline|Register here
Webinar on ”Healthcare Impact of Covid-19 Epidemic in India: A Stochastic Mathematical Model ” | Thursday, 7-May-2020 @ 4-5.30 pm|Flyer|Outline|Register here
Webinar on ”COVID-19 A Modelling Perspective” | Thursday, 30-Apr-2020 @ 4-5.30 pm|Flyer|Outline|Register here
(2 March 2020) Awareness session on “Innovation Challenge Fund 2020-Future Mobility in Maharashtra”-launched by UK-India Tech Partnership, DIT, British High Commission | Monday, 2nd March 2020 @ 4:00 PM in Venture Center | Register here
Talk on “Choosing Right Business Vehicle & Structures (Onshore/ Offshore)” | 1 February 2020, 02:30 pm – 04:30 pm @ Training room, Venture Center | Flyer| Register here
Mentoring clinic with Ashish Porwal | 1 February 2020, 1130-1330
Building Advanced Services Companies in Life Sciences| 31 Jan 2020, 11.00 am -1.00 pm @ Lecture Theater, Venture Center |Flyer |Outline|Register here | Evaluation
One on one mentoring clinic with Srikant Sastri| 15th January 2020, 2:30 PM to 5:30PM
| Name of attendee & Company | Slot time |
|---|---|
| Nusrat Sanghamitra (CyCa Onco) | 2:30PM |
| Pratik Bhalerao (Dee Dee Labs) | 3:00PM |
| Anuya Nisal (Biolmed) | 3:30PM |
| Rohan Aggarwal (Vidcare Innovations) | 4:00PM |
| Ashwin Shankar (Divish Mobility) | 4:30PM |
One on one mentoring clinic with Srikant Sastri | 14th June 2020 , 2:30PM to 6:00PM.
| Name of attendee & Company | Slot time |
|---|---|
| Sameer Patwardhan (PC Technologies) | 2:30PM |
| Kevin Parekh (Sattvaonics) | 3:00PM |
| Mehul Baldwa(Utopic) | 3:30PM |
| Nitin Tappe(Pratiti Technologies) | 4:00PM |
| Shilpi Gupta (Prayasta 3D) | 4:30PM |
| Niraj Bafna | 5:00PM |
| Renuka Diwan (Biorpime Agrosolutions) | 5:30PM |
Pitch Clinic with Jinesh Shah, Manging Partner- Omnivore| 23rd December 2019| 1000-1100 & 1200-1330
31st Meet the Investor talk on Investment in Agriculture by Mr Jinesh Shah Managing Partner- Omnivore | 23 December 2019| 1100-1200 | Flyer | Register here
30th Meet the Investor talk on Building a sustainable Biotech & Medtech Startup:An Investor’s perspective by Dr Anand Govindaluri (Founder & CEO of Govin Capital, Singapore) | 30 September 2019| 1430-1530 | Flyer | Register here
M Clinic on Product and Technology Analytics|27 Sep 2019|1000-1300 |Flyer | Register
29th Meet the Investor series talk- ‘Alacrity- first VC fund in Pune’ by Mr Gireendra Kasmalkar(Founder & CEO, Ideas to Impacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd.) | 9 August 2019| 1100-1200 | Flyer | Register here
Talk on Top 5 skills for every Entrepreneur by Vidya Moorthy, CEO- Bassett Education India | 28 August 2019 |3.30- 4.30 | Flyer
Mentoring clinic by Srikant Sastri | 13 August 2019|0930-1700
29th Meet the Investor talk on Alacrity India – Pune’s first VC fund by Mr Gireendra Kasmalkar(Founder & CEO, Ideas to Impacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd.) | 9 August 2019| 1100-1200 | Flyer | Register here
Pitching clinic-one on one pitching to the investor| 9 August 2019| 0900-1100| Flyer
Pitching clinic-one on one pitching to the investor| 6 August 2019| 0900-1100| Flyer
Making the most of MS Excel and Google Sheets: Advanced spreadsheet computing for startups |25 May 2019 |9am -1 pm| Flyer| Outline |Register here
Reach for Gold: IP and Sports On the occasion of WORLD IP DAY |26 Apr 2019|4 – 5.30 pm | Flyer |Outline|Register here
How to spin-out companies from R&D/ Academic Institutions? |25 Apr 2019, 1.30 -5.00 pm |Flyer|Outline|Register here
Protecting inventions in mechanical engineering and mechatronics | 12 Apr 2019, 9 am – 1 pm |Flyer | Outline |Register here
Fund raising from global investment platforms by Mr. Mahinder Chugh ( President at Keiretsu Forum Angel Network Mumbai Partner & Co-Founder of Aura Investments Partners LLC (USA)) | 2 Apr 2019, 11 am – 12.30 pm |Flyer |Register here
Starting a Business in the Food and Agro-processing Sector | 22 March 2019, 1.30-5.30 pm
Outline | Register here |Evaluation
Biomedical Research and Innovation: Opportunities for Collaboration between Clinicians and Technologists | 3 March 2019, 10 am-12 noon
Recent Developments in European Case Law By Punita Shah, Patent Director , HGF Intellectual Property Specialist| 28 Feb 2019, 3.30- 5.30 pm
Knowledge Sharing Session: 8 Pointers for Company Formation and Compliance by Ashish Porwal | 19 February 2019, 2.45 pm – 6 pm| Register here
Commercializing disruptive and market creating innovations in deep-tech – perspectives from CPI, part of High Value Manufacturing Catapult in UK by Dr. Arun Harish | Lecture Theatre, Venture Center | 12th February 2019, 1100AM – 1230PM | Flyer|Evaluation
Marketing and Distribution of Medical Products|12 Jan 2019, by Mr. Ravi SarangaPani Mini workshop on Marketing and Distribution of Medical Products|Register here| Evaluation
One on one mentoring clinics by Srikant Sastri | 26th July , 2:00 to 5:00 PM
