7th edition of TiECON-2019 held in city

7th edition of TiECON-2019 held in city

Pune: The seventh edition of TiECON-2019 Pune was held on April 12-13 at The Westin Hotel in Koregaon Park. The two-day event was attended by more than 500 entrepreneurs. The event was put forward with an electrifying theme ‘THE SECOND WAVE’. The main singular objective behind this was to make a valuable and useful beginning for startups as well as grown-ups.

A jugalbandi session ‘Startups vs Grownups’, moderated by Vineet Patni, chairperson for the event saw stalwarts like R Gopalakrishnan and R Narayanan sharing valuable insights on the topic.

R Narayanan mentioned that the rate at which startups are forming is still low and it will take time to take off and that one should not be judgemental towards its slow progress. “Just like a baby tries to walk and falls down to get up again and in the process learns to walk, similarly, we should not stress on startups what not to do, instead, they should be given a free hand,” he said.

On the other hand, R Gopal Krishnan said that startups are newborns and one has to nurture it. They should be given a free environment and grow in a freewheeling environment.

Paani Foundation
A session on Paani Foundation was also held on the opening day on TiECON 2019, which was attended by Kiran Rao, Founder, and Satyajit Bhatkal, CEO, Paani Foundation. Talking about the water cup, Satyajit Bhatkal said, “The water cup revolution started during the Satyameva Jayate series. Water Cup is a competition and is fun, modern and participative. It adds to the excitement of participating and also gives an opportunity of sharing knowledge. Even after Satyamav Jayate went off the air, we continued to concentrate on the issue of water. In Maharashtra, which already has a laboratory of techniques to fight endemic droughts, it is only confined to a few talukas. There is a need to convert this into a mass movement to transform the face of the entire landscape.”

Kiran Rao, Founder, Paani Foundation, talking about the experience said that it connected her with nature and gave her a chance to conserve it. She said, “The Jalmitra initiative, which we have started, was to bridge the gap between the village and the city. This is bringing about a transformation where an entire community is working with a common goal .”


 

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