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Prime Minister to Visit Startup Mahakumbh
According to reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Startup Mahakumbh, which is being held on a much larger scale.
While speaking at the curtain raiser event of Startup Mahakumbh, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said the government is playing a backseat kind of anchor for the three-day startup ecosystem event to be held in Pragati Maidan from March 18.
“We hope to get the Prime Minister to visit this event. Now that the election announcement has come, there are formalities but we are still hopeful that we will be able to get him to this event,” Singh.
Over 2,000 startups, 10 thematic pavilions, more than 1,000 investors, 300 incubators and accelerators, 3,000 conference delegates, over 20 country delegations, 3,000 future entrepreneurs from all Indian states and more than 50,000 business visitors are expected to attend the event.
"This event is over 100 times larger in scale than anything you have seen before. Policy dialogue will be a small part of the event. It is more about celebration, showcasing success, etc. The government is playing a backseat kind of anchor for this event. In terms of specific pain points on the policy and regulatory side that the start-up community may have, I presume some of the recommendations could come out of this event," Singh adds.
The event is being jointly organized by Assocham, Nasscom, Bootstrap Incubation and Advisory Foundation, TiE, and the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association.
We enjoy assisting businesses and industries, sometimes from the top, but often from the bottom. The goal is to facilitate, promote, and this event highlights the fact that our start-up ecosystem has grown to be one of the largest in the world
“We enjoy assisting businesses and industries, sometimes from the top, but often from the bottom. The goal is to facilitate, promote, and this event highlights the fact that our start-up ecosystem has grown to be one of the largest in the world,” Singh says.
The present regime has played an instrumental role in the development of the startup ecosystem, according to Info Edge cofounder and executive vice chairman, Sanjeev Bikchandani.
