Sessions
8:00 to 9:00
Registration
9:00 to 9:30
Tamil Thai Vaazhthu
Lighting of Kuthuvizhakku
Startup TN Inaugural Address
Sivarajah Ramanathan
Mission Director & CEO, Startup TN
Congratulating Address
Thamizhachi Thangapandian
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Karthikeya Sivasenapathy
President of the NRI Tamils Welfare Board
9:30 to 10:25
Session
1
A Seat at the Table
Women Entrepreneurship
Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling
10:25 to 10:40
10:40 to 11:25
Session
2
Why and How of Cocreation?
Startups Fueling Corporate Growth
11:25 to 11:35
Keynote 2
Kutral Veerabadran
General Partner,Nanban Ventures
11:35 to 12:20
Session
3
Defining the
Future
Innovation
You are not alone - Swim the Ecosystem that Transforms Ideas
12:20 to 12:35
Keynote 3
R Parthiban
Actor / Entrepreneur
12:35 to 12:50
Keynote 4
Dr. V Kamakoti
Director IIT
12:50 to 13:50
Lunch
13:50 to 14:45
Session
4
Founder's
Formula
Global Scaling and Exits
Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs About Their Journey from Product Concept to Fund Raising to Global Scaling to Exit.
14:45 to 16:05
Session
5
The Golden Era of
Academia
Incubation
Paradigm shift - Incubation's Role in Transforming Students to Entrepreneurs.
16:05 to 16:35
Session
6
Atmosphere of Opportunities
Partake in the Sustainable Movement.
16:35 to 18:05
Hour of Eminence
Welcome Address
Ganapathy Murugesh
Chair, FiTEN
Founder & CEO,
InfiniteGROUP
Arun Roy, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government,
MSME Department
Bala Swaminathan
President, FeTNA
Kingsley Samuel
Secretary, FeTNA
John Britto
Sacramento Convention Coordinator
Guests of Honour Address
Thiru. T.M. Anbarasan
Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MS&ME)
Government of
Tamil Nadu
Dr. Palanivel Thiagarajan
Minister for
Finance & Human Resources Management,
Government of Tamil Nadu
Thiru. Mano Thangaraj
Minister for Information Technology
Government of Tamil Nadu
Thiru. Thangam Thennarasu
Minister for Industries
Government of Tamil Nadu
Chief Guest Address
Thiru. M.K. Stalin
Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
18:05 to 18:12
Keynote 5
M. Arumugam
MD & CEO Broadline Technologies Private Ltd.
Independent Director,
Tamilnadu Newsprints and Papers Limited
Chairman, Investment Committee of TNIFMC
Member of the Advisory Panel for Dept. of Industries, Govt. of Tamilnadu
18:12 to 18:20
Keynote 6
Vijay Karunakaran
Founder & CEO, InGage Group of Companies
Advisor - Technology, Tamil Nadu
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forests
Investment Committee Member,
Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund (Venture Capital)
18:20 to 18:35
Fireside Chat
C K Kumaravel
CEO, Naturals Salon & Spa
C K Ranganathan
Managing Director, CavinKare
18:35 to 18:50
Closing Keynote & Vote of Thanks
18:50 to 19:20
Break
19:20 to 22:00
Tamilisai
Marabu Kalai
FiTEN Networking Dinner
9:30 to 9:45
11:25 to 11:35
Keynote 2
Kutral Veerabadran
General Partner, Nanban Ventures
12:20 to 12:35
Keynote 3
R Parthiban
Actor / Entrepreneur
12:35 to 12:50
Keynote 4
Dr. V Kamakoti
Director IIT
18:05 to 18:12
Keynote 5
M. Arumugam
MD & CEO Broadline Technologies Private Ltd.
Independent Director, Tamilnadu
Newsprints and Papers Limited
Chairman, Investment Committee of TNIFMC
Member of the
Advisory Panel for Dept. of Industries, Govt. of Tamilnadu
18:12 to 18:20
Keynote 6
Vijay Karunakaran
Founder & CEO, InGage Group of Companies
Advisor - Technology, Tamil Nadu
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forests
Investment Committee Member, Tamil
Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund (Venture Capital)
SESSION 1 (9:45 - 10:40)
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
WOMEN BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
SESSION 2 (10:40 - 11:25)
WHY AND HOW OF COCREATION?
STARTUPS FUELING CORPORATE GROWTH
Dr. Sanjay Tyagi
Director STPI, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology,
Govt of India CEO FinBlue
Dr. Chandramouliswaran
Vice President,
Risk Management, Paypal
Kalpathi Suresh
Chairman and CEO,
Kalpathi Investments
SESSION 3 (11:35 - 12:20)
DEFINING THE FUTURE - INNOVATION
YOU ARE NOT ALONE - SWIM THE ECOSYSTEM THAT TRANSFORMS IDEAS
KEYNOTE
Kutral Veerabadran
General Partner,
Nanban Ventures
Siva Nadarajah
Co-Founder, JOGO Health
SESSION 4 (13:50 - 14:45)
FOUNDER'S FORMULA - GLOBAL SCALING AND EXITS
LEARN FROM SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY FROM PRODUCT CONCEPT TO FUND RAISING TO GLOBAL SCALING TO EXIT
SESSION 5 (14:45 - 16:05)
THE GOLDEN ERA OF ACADEMIA - INCUBATION
PARADIGM SHIFT - INCUBATION'S ROLE IN TRANSFORMING STUDENTS TO ENTREPRENEURS
Dr. Madan A Sendhil
Chairman, Rathinam Group of Institutions
Dr. Mohamed Adil.A
Chief Executive Officer, Ganesan Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center - VMRF (DU)
Dr. Vijay Janakiraman
Harvard Tamil Chair Inc
Maya Sundararajan
Regional Officer at United States,
India Education Foundation
Brindha Balachandran
Education and English Language Outreach
Coordinator, US Consulate Chennai
Karthick Selvaraj
Political & Economic Officer
SESSION 6 (16:05 - 16:35)
ATMOSPHERE OF OPPORTUNITIES
PARTAKE IN THE SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT
TRACK LEAD / MODERATOR
Dr. Veena Srinivasan
Director,
Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation
