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IEC 2012
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India
Announces

The Fourth International Entrepreneurship Conference, 2012 on
"Making Social Enterprises Work"

On Friday, February 3, 2012
 
The 4th International Entrepreneurship Conference, being organized by the Great Lakes Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) in collaboration with Social Committee, will have 'Making Social Enterprises Work' As its theme this year.
 
A Social Enterprise is an organization that applies Business Strategies for achieving public good and enhancing quality of life of the society at large.

In India, a Social Enterprise is largely an NGO which is registered either as a society, a trust or a section 25 company (not-for-profit). India has around 3.3 million NGO's which however includes a large number of religious institutions (26.5 %). Effectively we have around 2.4 million Social Enterprises as of 2008 in India barring the religious institutions.

Mainly because of the stated not-for-profit character, the Indian mind automatically equates a Social Enterprise to an NGO (not-for-profit). However in the final reckoning, a social enterprise can, and, perhaps should, have profits - as the minimum condition, instead of as an end objective.

Hence, a Social Enterprise can be 'for' or 'not for' profit.

Though we have a staggering number of Social Enterprises on paper, it is not clear how much is their cumulative impact to be. So the need of the hour is to understand how to make every SE work effectively

This one-day conference focuses on this important area, across three dimensions - Evangelizing, Educating, & Enabling.

It will have the following highlights:
  1. The inauguration of the

    IEC 2012
    which shall emulate the Social Enterprise Initiative of the Harvard Business School as a desirable benchmark. Given the prodigious amount of achievements of the HBS SEI over the last two decades, it makes for an ideal example for the GLSEM.


    This is made more appropriate because of the fortuitous goodwill and relationship that Great Lakes enjoys with Professor Dr V. Kasturi Rangan, Co-Chair of the Harvard Social Enterprise Initiative - as a well-wisher, guide and mentor - through our Founder, Chairman and Dean Dr Bala..

    Aptly therefore the International Entrepreneurship Conference shall have the GL-SEM inaugurated by Dr V. Kasturi Rangan on video-conference mode.

    GL-SEM will have a Charter to apply innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. It will draw from the various programmes already in the school, such as the Karma Yoga initiative, and Orchid Pharma Center for Technopreneurship & Innovation (OPCET), through which Great Lakes is already dedicated towards social causes.

  2. The conference will deliberate on the 'Best Social Enterprises' that have worked and have delivered enormous social value anywhere in the world, as an approach to answer the question raised by the conference theme. Towards this we shall have practitioners and researchers to come and share insights and details of the Best Practices that these SEs have evolved and perfected. The conference will have eminent speakers such as Mr. Madhusudan Menon (Chairman, Micro Housing Finance Corpn Ltd), Mr. Vishal Bharat(Director Investments, Caspian Advisors Private Limited), Mr. Padmanaban, Aparajita Foundations - Thalir Thiran Thittam - an AV presentation and Dr Kalpana Sankar (MD, Hand in Hand)

  3. This year will see the introduction of the novel concept of an "Unconference" session post lunch. An Unconference is a participant driven meeting without the rigidness of a structured, conventional conference.The unconference format is based on the premise that in any gathering the people in the audience - not just those selected to speak on stage - have interesting thoughts, insights and expertise to share. The event would be steered/ facilitated by Mr. Pravin Shekar and would be broadly structured around "Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurship".
Agenda

February 03rd 2012
9.45 - 11.00 AM

Session 1: Evangelizing @ Lake Mansarovar & Veeranam

  1. invocation song by karmayoga villages children (5): Karma Yoga Group & Children
  2. Lighting of the auspicious Lamp (5): Karma Yoga Villages children
  3. Welcome speech (10): Prof. Bala V Balachandran - founder, chairman and Dean, Great Lakes
  4. Overview of the conference and Great Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Mission (GLSEM) (7): Prof. R S Veeravalli - Director Exec Edu, Head - Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CIE)
  5. Inauguration of the conference and the GLSEM, followed by the Inaugural Address (20): Dr. V Kasturi Rangan, Malcolm P Mcnair Professor of Marketing & Co-chairman, social Enterprises Initiative, Harvard Business School. (over Video conference)
  6. Guest of Honor Address (20): Mr P N Vasudevan, Managing Director, Equitas, Guest of Honor
  7. Honoring guests (5): Dr Bala, Prof Sriram, prof RSV
  8. Vote of thanks (3): Prof. Sriram Executive Director - Great Lakes
11:00 - 11:30 AM Tea Break
11:30 - 1.00 PM

Session 2: Education & Enabling @ cont'd at same venue

  1. Mr. Madhusudan Menon, Chairman, Micro Housing Finance Corpn Ltd
  2. Educating & Enabling the Social Enterprises CEO's panel talks and discussion: Mr. Vishal Bharat the Director Investments, Caspian Advisors Private Limited
  3. Mr. Padmanaban, Aparajita Foundations - Thalir Thiran Thittam - an AV presentation
  4. Dr Kalpana Sankar (MD, Hand in Hand)
  5. Honoring the Dignitaries: Prof RS Veeravalli & Prof Sriram
1.00 - 2.00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 4.30 PM

Session 3: Un-conference @ Lake Huron

  1. Un-conference, interspersed with jam sessions: To be anchored by Mr Praveen Shekar
  2. Prizes-giving & Concluding remarks (5): Prof Dr Tapan Panda & Prof Rs veeravalli
National Anthem

International Entrepreneurship Conference @ Great Lakes
Entrepreneurship is central to the very spirit of Great Lakes and February is the time when we celebrate this spirit with our flagship International Entrepreneurship Conference.

Feb 4th, 2011 shall see the 3rd International Entrepreneurship Conference kick off under the aegis of Orchid Pharma Center for Excellence in Technology,Innovation and Technopreneurship with a core focus on the Education sector. The conference shall feature some of the most celebrated names in the academia and industry gracing the occasion. The audience will be treated with some enthralling accounts from leading entrepreneurs, sharing their stories, innovations, frameworks, models and drivers of their success stories at companies like Educomp, Everonn, iDo, Onelamp-Onechild and TVS group.

Agenda

February 04th 2011
9.30 ? 11.20 AM

Session 1: Hall 1 & 2

  1. Invocation:(2)
  2. Lighting the Knowledge Lamp (5)
  3. Honoring the Dignitaries (3)
  4. Dean's address: Dr.Bala.V.Balachandran, Founder & Dean (10)
  5. Conference context: Prof R.S.Veeravalli, Director ? Exec. Edu (7)
  6. Special Address on "Education & India": ShriB.S.Raghavan, IAS (rtd), former chief secretary WB, (20)
  7. Chief Guest Address: Dr. Dan Papp, President, Kennesaw State University (15)
  8. Certification Ceremony: GLPSS Entrepreneurship & Management inaugural class passing out (20)
  9. Felicitations: Mr A N Radhakrishnan, Correspondent P S Senior Secondary School, Director, Great Lakes (5)
  10. Unveiling the Shriram Capital Alumni Alcove (5)
  11. Commemoration speech ? ShriThyagarajan, Founder, Shriram Group (10)
  12. Memento to the guests: by DrBala.V.Balachandran (3)
  13. Vote of thanks: Prof. S Sriram, Executive Director (5)
11:20 - 11:40 AM Tea/Coffee Break
11:40 - 1.10 PM

Session 2: Hall 1

  1. Session key note Address by Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju ? Director, Educomp, on CorporatizingEdupreneurship.(20)
  2. Address by Professor Dr.A.K.Rao - Founder, One Child-One Lamp (educational support and social intervention initiative) on Socio-Educational Entrepreneurship. (20)
  3. Prof. Arunkumar on - iDo ? a different school education system (30)
  4. Address on Education in Karma Yoga - Murli Krishnan, Co-ordinator, Gladiator(10)
  5. Honoring the Dignitaries (5)
1.10 - 2.00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3.30 PM

Session 3:Colloquium on "Innovation and Ecosystem in Edupreneurship"

Moderator: Prof N.T.Arunkumar
Participants:
  1. DrK.C.John ?Managing Director, Agnity India
  2. Mr Sameer Mehta ? Founder, Atlas Advisory
  3. JD Walsh ? founder, JD Walsh Basketball School
  4. DrA.K.Rao ? Founder, One Child ? One Lamp
  5. Ms. Mridula Ramesh ? Executive Director, Sundaram Textiles Ltd.
Honoring the Dignitaries (5)
3.30 - 4.00 PM Tea/Coffee Break
4:00 ? 5.00 PM

Session 4: Valedictory.

  1. Valedictory Address by MrMr. Kishore ? Founder,Everonn group of companies ? (20)
  2. Honoring the Dignitaries (5)
  3. Concluding remarks ? Dr.Bala/Prof.Sriram/Prof.Veeravalli(5)

Entrepreneurship Development

Entrepreneurship Development Forum at Great Lakes presents
The intellectually stimulating, socially responsible and
financially rewarding

2nd International Entrepreneurship Conference on

?Incubating Innovation & Entrepreneurship?


The Great Lakes International Entrepreneurship Conference encourages all ideas about inspiring, nurturing, supporting and ultimately incubating the Entrepreneurship in India and abroad. This involves the innovations, idea prototyping and eco-system creation for the budding entrepreneurs which may help them to attain their goals easier and faster. The conference will encompass the outlook of academicians and industrialists to present pros and cons of the present Indian Entrepreneurship platform.

The theme of Conference is encouraged from the foundation of i-Lab, an initiative of Great Lakes Entrepreneurship Development Forum to be launched on the same day, to create the missing link of Entrepreneurship. i-Lab will provide a unique platform for the idea & dressing it up into a Start firm through Business modeling. A business model describes the rationale of how organization creates, delivers, and captures value. The term business model is thus used for a broad range of informal and formal descriptions to represent core aspects of a business, including purpose, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies. It is the building block for any startup firm and getting the model right for the startup is crucial. Surprisingly 99 percent of the firms have no clear framework for describing their model. i-lab will create this missing link through channelizing the ideation and business modeling process for budding entrepreneur to pave the way for success easier and faster.

The conference will address the theme in holistic manner by bringing together thought leaders from academia and real entrepreneurial ecosystem. It provides a platform to exchange and share the knowledge among the various entrepreneurial ecosystem players like entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, academic researchers, entrepreneurial professionals. The conference would comprise of keynote addresses, panel discussions and academic thought sharing presentations. Keynote speakers and members of panel discussions include faculty from famous business schools, renowned entrepreneurs, policy makers, VCs and angel investors.

Agenda

January 13th 2009
9.30 - 10.30 AM

Session 1: Hall 1 & 2

  1. Invocation, kuthuvilakku, ponnadai etc
  2. Opening remarks: Dr.Bala.V.Balachandran's Address
  3. Conference context setting - Prof Ashok Vasudevan
  4. IEC Inauguration: Formal inauguration of the Innovation Lab by Chief Guest Mr P R Venketrama Raja, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and CEO, Ramco Group of Industries.
  5. i-Lab Brief by Prof Veeravalli
  6. Chief Guest Address: key note address on the conference theme
  7. Memento to the chief guest: by Dr Bala
  8. Vote of thanks
10:30 - 10:55 AM Tea/Coffee Break
11:00- 1.00 PM

Session 2:

Track of Academics and Industry: Hall 1 & 2
  1. Address by Mr. Johann Wong (USA) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Mr Wong is an Incubator, entrepreneur and a big champion of incubator networks in USA. He is also a great speaker
  2. Address by Ms. Sweta Mangal (Mumbai) on Social Entrepreneurship. She is the CEO of 1298. The country's largest private Ambulatory Service. She is a great example of a social entrepreneur and funded by Acumen the world's premium social VC fund.
  3. Address by Mr. Abhishek Humbad (Bangalore) on Young-age Entrepreneurship: He is the young founder & CEO of NexGen ( an IIM B Incubatee, still in the incubator). He has incubated his company while at campus and runs an alternate energy (Bio Mass Company).
  4. Address by Dr Kalpana Sankar (Chennai\Bangalore) on Women Entrepreneurship: Kalpana is the Managing Director of Belstar Investment and finance Pvt Ltd., a non-bank finance company based in Bangalore, India. It is the "microfinance delivery arm" of Hand in Hand, a nongovernmental charitable organization that "aims to reduce poverty through creating jobs in microfinance, education, health, and information."
Parallel Track of B-model Presentation: Hall: 4
5 presentations: 20 min each team (15 min presentation, 5 min QnA)

Judges panel:

  1. Mr Ramaraj, CEO, Sequoia Capital
  2. Mr. Sameer Mehta, CEO, Atlas Advisory
  3. Dr. Saibaba, Head, IGCAR Training School,
  4. Mr Rajesh Sukumaran, Investment manager for Mercatus Capital's India operations
1.00 - 2.00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3.30 PM

Session 3:

Track of Academics and Industry: Hall 1 & 2
  1. Address by Mr. Linus Liang on Entrepreneurship. He is the CEO and co-founder of Embrace Global, a Bangalore based incubator company.
  2. Address by Ms. Nina Kaushik on Women in Entrepreneurship. She is the co-founder of Quantum Market Research - pioneers in qualitative market research in India since 1980s.
  3. Address by Mr. Hetal Gandhi on Entrepreneurship Finance. He is the founder and CEO of VC firm Tano Capital.
Parallel Track of B-model Presentation: Hall 4
3 presentations: 20 min each team (15 min presentation, 5 min QnA)

Judges panel:

  1. Mr Ramaraj, CEO, Sequoia Capital.
  2. Mr. Sameer Mehta, CEO, Atlas Advisory.
  3. Dr. Saibaba, Head, IGCAR Training School,
  4. Mr Rajesh Sukumaran, Investment manager for Mercatus Capital's India operations
3.30 - 4.00 PM

Session 4: Hall 1 & 2

Address by Mr Ajit Kumar Chordia, Director, Khivraj Automobiles (P) Ltd., Chennai
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Tea/Coffee Break
4:30 PM

Session 5: Valedictory.

  1. Nirman 2010 - Business Modelling competition - final winners' presentations and awards ceremony.
  2. Valedictory Address: Mr R Ramaraj, Senior Advisor with Sequoia Capital India and co-founder of Sify

Partners:

IEC 2010 - IIT Madras IEC 2010 - TIE IEC 2010 - NEN
IEC 2010 - tastybite IEC 2010 - MARG IEC 2010 - IGCAN



Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India

Announces

The First Entrepreneurship Conference on
"Entrepreneurship ? Moving beyond the metros"
on Monday, December 15, 2008
at GRT Grand, Chennai
Great Lakes would hold the first entrepreneurship conference on ?Entrepreneurship ? moving beyond the metros?, at GRT Grand,Chennai on 15th December 2008.

Theme:

"ENTREPRENEURSHIP ? moving beyond the metros"

Conference Objective:

2008 Conference champions the cause of entrepreneurship in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities by inspiring entrepreneurial ecosystem players to take entrepreneurship to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

About the conference:

Today, Entrepreneurship confined within metros is a miniscule metro-centric phenomenon which is powerless in bringing about a socially and economically significant revolution in regional development. The conference theme is a literal & figurative clarion call to make entrepreneurship a high impact interventional social philosophy & application. In this time of turmoil due to global financial meltdown, facilitating & fostering Entrepreneurship in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities hold the key for economic freedom and sustainability of the regions. The conference celebrates entrepreneurship in those cities.

The conference will address the theme in holistic manner by bringing together thought leaders from academia and real entrepreneurial ecosystem. The conference provides a platform to exchange and share the knowledge among the various entrepreneurial ecosystem players like entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, academic researchers, entrepreneurial professionals like VCs & Angels and policymakers.

The conference would comprise of keynote addresses, panel discussions and academic thought sharing presentations. Keynote speakers and members of panel discussions include faculty from famous business schools, renowned entrepreneurs, policy makers, VCs and angel investors. Mr.Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman-Cognizant Technology Solutions will deliver the keynote address.


Conference Agenda
09.30 am - 10.40 am Inauguration Dr.Bala.V.Balachandran?s Address
EPR Inauguration Address ? Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman & Former CEO, Cognizant
Role of Policy in catalyzing & invigorating Entrepreneurship in T2 & T3 Cities ? Dr.T.V.Somanathan, Secretary to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
10.40 am - 11.00 am Tea Break
11.00 am - 12.00 am Session 1: EPR Plunge ? Opportunity, Biz Model
Moderator: Ramraj R, President, TiE Chennai
Dr.Arya Kumar, Chief Entrepreneurship Development IPR Unit,BITS
Madan Padaki, Co-founder MeritTrac
Ramakrishnan K, Executive Director-Investment Banking, SPARK Capital
12.00 am - 01.00 pm Session 2: EPR Funding Options
 Moderator: Sameer Mehta, Founding Director, Atlas Advisory & Atlas ventures, COO ?Dr.Mehta Hospitals
Parthasarathy S, Chairman & CEO, Nu Street Technologies
Raghu Rajagopal, Founder & CEO of Energeate, Program Coordinator Chennai Fund
Nandakumar S,Founder & CEO of Perfint Technologies
Anuradha Ramachandran, Principal, VentureEast-India
01.00 pm - 02.00 pm Lunch Break
02.00 pm ? 03.00 pm
 Session 3: Scaling & Growing the Venture
 Moderator: V.V.Ranganathan
Academician: Prof.Abhishek Nirjar, IIM Lucknow
Entrepreneur: Raghavender Rao, Orchid Chemicals
VC: P.N.Vasudevan, Equitas Microfinance Ltd.
03.00 pm ? 03.20 pm What makes entrepreneurs successful?
 Prof.Munish Thakur, XLRI Jamshedpur.
GRK Reddy, Managing Director, MARG
03.20 pm ? 03.35 pm Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities
Prof.Pranay Swain, IIM Calcutta
03.35 pm ? 03.45 pm FMB/Next Gen?s role in taking entrepreneurship to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities
 Mridula Ramesh,Exec.Director,Sundaram Textiles (Awaiting confirmation)
03.45 pm ? 04.00 pm Tea Break
04.00 pm ? 04.30 pm Success Stories
in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities Abhaya Kumar,Director, Shasun Chemicals
Murugavel J, Founder, ConSim (formerly Bharatmatrimony)
04.30 pm ? 05.00 pm Valediction
 T.N.Seshan (Awaiting Confirmation)
05.00 pm ? 05.30 pm Vote of Thanks & National Anthem

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