Vadodara: The second edition of Vadodara Start-up Festival, a platform for creating an entrepreneurship ecosystem in and around Vadodara, was recently organised by city-based Parul University (PU). The festival was held in line with ‘Make in India’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ theme.
The three-day festival attended by over 20,540 attendees brought together some prominent personalities including country’s first female IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi, former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Ramanan Ramanathan, mission director of Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and Padma Bhushan awardee Ajai Chowdhry, founder of HCL amongst others.
The festival comprised of 30 speakers including 25 sessions and over 50 start-ups mentoring sessions besides various event tracks including key strategic input session for start-ups, start-up pitching sessions, industry start-up connect and start-up expo.
“I cannot imagine a time where entrepreneurship has become a pressing matter more than today. Seeing our students and many students from across the country taking part in this start-up festival is a matter of great pride,” said PU president Dr Devanshu Patel.