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thTiEcon Kerala 2018 is the 7 edition of Kerala's largest

Entrepreneurs' Convention with a global perspective. The

event generally focuses on young & emerging

entrepreneurs and the opportunities and challenges faced

by them. TiEcon Kerala 2018 will feature business leaders

across India and abroad.

After devastating floods in Kerala, people including large

number of businessmen and entrepreneurs are slowly

recovering and currently involved in the process of

rebuilding their damaged/lost assets. GoK has already

launched a massive initiative to mobilize resources to

rebuild the damaged/washed out infrastructure like

building Roads, Communication Systems, etc. TiE Kerala

had joined Government of Kerala (Department of

Industries) in the Rescue & Relief Operations during the

floods and continue to contribute towards the

rehabilitation of the victims.

We propose to continue our association with GoK and

various other NGOs involved in Rebuilding Kerala. As a

first step, we have chosen the theme of TiEcon 2018 - as

The two-day conference will

see about 100 speakers, over 40 concurrent sessions in 5

“Rebuild Kerala – Leveraging Entrepreneurship and

Emerging Technologies”.

parallel tracks with the participation of over 1000

delegates.

The event will cover various aspects of Rebuilding,

Technology and Entrepreneurship through series of

Entrepreneurship Seminars, Panel discussions, Key notes

etc with the participation of Technocrats, Bureaucrats and

Successful entrepreneurs connected with Technology.

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Cognitive Computing & Artificial Intelligence

Big Data & IOT

Block Chain & FinTech

Cyber Security

Electric vehicles & Future Mobility

Space Technology

Future Medicine

Digital Disruption

Special Focus Areas:-

uTechnology Expo

uMentoring Classroom Sessions on :-

lHow to write a Business Plan?

lHow to valuate a Company?

lHow to choose a Partner/Co-founder?

lHow to identify investor/investee

lHow to do Pricing of Products and Services?

uPitchFest – (for 20 teams from Kerala to be selected

through Regional Pitch Fests)

uIdea Exchange

uLive Demo of Ease of Doing Business Initiative of

Government of Kerala Project K-SWIFT

Apart from the above segments, the Emerging Technologies

will focus on Agri Tech & Water.

Some of the Eminent Speakers of TiEcon 2018

Kris GopalakrishnanChairman- Axilor Ventures

SD ShibulalEx CEO & MD - Infosys

Shradha SharmaFounder, CEO & Chief Editor - YourStory

Dr. Debashis Chatterjee Director - IIM-Kozhikode

TiEcon Kerala 2017- A Milestone EventThe 5th edition of TiECon Kerala 2016, conducted on 18th & 19th

November at Le Meridien Resort & Convention Centre, Cochin,

was a roaring success with 40 plus sessions in 5 Parallel Tracks

addressed by over 70 distinguished Speakers and attended by over

900+ Participants. In addition, the Pitch Festival and Mentoring

Clinic were attended by large number of Startup entrepreneurs on

both days.

Mr. Paul Antony, Additional Chief Secretary – Industries & Power

Department, Government of Kerala, inaugurated the conference.

Prominent speakers from India and abroad who addressed the two

day conference include Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan - Vice Chairman &

Ex-CEO, Cognizant, Mr. Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO of

BYJU's Learning App, Dr. A Velumani - Promoter, Chairman,

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Thyrocare

Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mr. Musthafa P C – CEO of iD Fresh Food

(India) Pvt. Ltd, Dr. K K Narayanan - Plant Molecular Biologist; Ex

Managing Director, Metahelix Life Sciences, Dr. C N Ramchand -

President & CEO, Saksin Lifesciences Pvt Ltd, etc amongst others.

Startup Pavilion: One of the highlights of the event was the Startup

Pavilion where we provided a work station each to Startups to display

their products & services and over 50 entrepreneurs setup their stalls.

The delegates, speakers and senior entrepreneurs from TiE visited the

stalls and interacted with the participants of the Startup Pavilion. These

visitors also included angel investors, venture capitalists and private

equity investors besides renowned mentors. The participants were

allowed to pitch at the Pitch Fest and the top 3 were awarded cash

prizes.

TiE Kerala Awards: The following TiE Kerala Awards prestigious

Entrepreneurial Awards were presented at TiECon.

?Entrepreneur of the year award

?Emerging Entrepreneur of the year award

?Woman entrepreneur of the year award

?Startup entrepreneur of the year award

KAN (Kerala Angel Network): The most exciting & spectacular event

was when we launched “Kerala Angel Network” (KAN) at the TiECon

with the participation of over 30 Charter Members adding colour and

festivities. KAN, first of its kind in Kerala, will function as a standalone

entity at an “Arms Length” from TiE Kerala.

Overall, TiECon Kerala 2016, the largest gathering of Entrepreneurs' in

Kerala gave a major thrust to creating a stronger entrepreneurial

ecosystem in Kerala and took a step closer to our goal “An Entrepreneur

in Every Home”.

Eminent Speakers

Ajayya KumarChief Financial OfficerEMIRCOM Abu Dhabi

Ambareesh MurtyFounder & CEOPepperfry.com

Jayant PaletiCo Founder - Darwinbox

Thomas John Managing Director,Agappe Diagnostics

John Kuriakose Managing Director,Dentcare Dental Lab Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Shabeer NellikodeManaging DirectorSpecialist NeurologyUniversal Hospital

Subroto BagchiCo-founder, MindtreeBusiness Author

Dr. Azad MoopanChairman & Managing DirectorAster DM Healthcare

R. NatarajanCOO & CFO,RNT Capital Advisers LLP

Dr. Shashi TharoorMember of ParliamentLok Sabha

A message fromthe President

It is that time of the year, we gather to discuss and deliberate on entrepreneurship under the umbrella of TiEcon. The attempt each year has been to focus on showcasing marquee entrepreneurs, provide a platform for the start-ups who are finding their feet and to felicitate the power and promise of Entrepreneurship. From the basic themes of encouraging and celebrating entrepreneurship, we moved to Kerala the Entrepreneurial Destination as the theme of TiEcon 2017.

Unfortunately we were hit badly by devastating floods which has taken several hundred human lives and caused unprecedented destruction to our infrastructure including the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Kerala. People including large number of businessmen and entrepreneurs are slowly recovering and currently involved in the process of rebuilding their damaged/lost assets. GoK has already launched a massive initiative to mobilize resources to rebuild the damaged/washed out infrastructure like building Roads, Communication Systems, etc. TiE Kerala had joined hands with Government of Kerala (Department of Industries) in the Rescue & Relief Operations during the floods and continue to contribute towards the rehabilitation of the victims.

We propose to continue our association with GoK and various other NGOs involved in Rebuilding Kerala. As a first step, we have chosen

the theme of TiEcon 2018 - as “Rebuild Kerala – Leveraging Entrepreneurship and Emerging Technologies”.We are

keen to hear various perspectives, at the conference, on what the state should focus on the inputs from world-class speakers from not just India but across the globe. We also want to see and explore these ideas through the lens of few unique features of Kerala.

We intend to focus not only on the Entrepreneurs & Technocrats but also the Policy Makers and some of the Key players in the State bureaucracy. We hope that we can create a wide panorama of information, experience sharing and bring together people from different walks of entrepreneurship and public life who can contribute to the challenging task of Rebuilding a new Kerala.

We hope to see you at Hotel Le Meridien, in Kochi on the 16th and 17th of November …

Warm Regards,

MSA Kumar

President - TiE Kerala

About TiEand TiE Kerala

About TiEand TiE Kerala

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is the largest not-for-profit global

organization, based in Silicon Valley, focused on fostering

entrepreneurship and nurturing entrepreneurs through five core

activities classified as Mentoring, Networking, Education,

Incubating and Funding called “Five Pillars of TiE”. TiE helps

budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance

through successful and experienced professionals and

entrepreneurs from different industries.

TiE's greatest strength is its network of 61 chapters across 18

countries that consist of many participants in the global

ecosystem – Successful & Experienced as well as Budding

Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital Firms, Angel Investors, Service

Providers, etc. TiE makes continuous efforts to interconnect this

The Largest Not for Profit organisation in the world,

Fostering Entrepreneurship.

The Largest Not for Profit organisation in the world,

Fostering Entrepreneurship.

network in a way that allows us to deliver real value to all our

constituents.

TiE Kerala, a chapter of TiE was registered in March 12, 2003

with ten Charter Members. Within a span of 15 years, the

chapter grew to its present strength of 60+ Charter members

and 700+ Members who are CEOs of SMEs/Professionals

representing industries like IT, Hospitality/Tourism, Food,

Agriculture, Financial Services, Pharma, Education, Consultancy,

Automobile, Manufacturing, etc. TiE Kerala was rated as one of

the Top 10 Chapters of TiE Global and were selected for the TiE

Global Award for Best Leadership Transition and TiE Global

Chairman's Award for the Best Chapter in 2013.

MSA Kumar, President, TiE Kerala, CATALYST 360

Rajesh Nair, Immediate Past Pesident- TiE Kerala, Associate Partner-Markets, Ernst & Young LLP

Ajit Moopan, Senior Vice President - TiE Kerala , Chairman, MN Holdings

Hari Krishnan Nair, Vice President TiE Kerala, President, Western India Cashew Co. Pvt. Ltd.

C. Balagopal, Founder President, TiE Kerala & Angel Investor, Mentor & Author

S R Nair, Founder, Mentor Guru

Jose Dominic, Managing Director, CGH Earth

Shivdas B Menon, Managing Director, Sterling Group of Companies

Murali Gopalan, Charter Member, TiE Kerala

John K Paul, Managing Director, Popular Vehicles & Services Ltd

A. V. George, Chairman, AVG Group of Companies

KA Joseph, Charter Member, TiE Kerala

Navas M Meeran, Chairman, Eastern Group

George C J, Managing Director, Geojit Financial Services Ltd

Damodar Avanoor, Deputy CEO, Lohashilpi Trade Ventures

George P Varghese, Managing Director, FCI OEN Connectors

Kurian Abraham. Editor & Managing Director, Dhanam Publications Pvt Ltd

Ravi D C, Managing Director, D C Books Ltd

Raghulal T R, Managing Director, Elite Foods Pvt. Ltd

NandaKumar.K, President & CEO, Suntec Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd

G. Vijayaraghavan, Director, VMA Consultants Pvt Ltd

N R Panicker, Chairman, Accel Group of Companies

John Chacko Neroth, Managing Director, N.C. John & Sons Ltd

V. K. Mathews, Founder & Executive Chairman, IBS Group

George Alexander Muthoot, Managing Director, The Muthoot Group

George Paul, Managing Director, Synthite Industries Ltd

Roy I Varghese, Senior Partner, Roy Varghese & Associates

Matthew Andrews, Managing Director, Integral Cybertek (India) Pvt. Ltd

Umang Patodia, Managing Director, Patspin India Ltd.

C. P. Mammen, Managing Director, CCS Technologies (P) Ltd.

Ajay George Varghese, Managing Director, Bipha Drug Laboratories Pvt Ltd

Aju Jacob, Managing Director, Synthite Industries Ltd

Sanjaya J Mariwala, Managing Director, Kancor Ingredients Limited

Sam Santhosh, CEO, SciGenom Labs Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Najeeb Zackeria, Managing Director, Abad Builders Private Limited

S. Gopakumar, President, Kumar Group Total Designers

Deepak Aswani, Managing Director, The Raymond Shop

Tony Joseph, Principal Architect, Stapati Architects

Zulfiquar Marikar, Managing Director, Marikar Motors Ltd

Roshan Kynadi, Managing Director, Kainadi Plantations

Parveen Hafeez, Managing Director, Sunrise Hospital

T S Anantharaman, Vice Chairman, Leo Group

Veluthedath Noushad, Managing Director, VKC Group

Sreenath Vishnu, Executive Director, Brahmins Foods India Pvt Ltd

Jojo George Pottamkulam, Managing Director, KCPMC Ltd (Agri Business)

Krishnan G Nair, Proprietor, Krishna Food Processors

Jacob Matthew, Managing Director & Co-founder, MAPE Advisory Group

Sajiv Menon, Managing Director, Nitta Gelatin India Limited

Mukund Krishna, Managing Director & CEO, Suyati Technologies

George M Thomas, Chairman, Asian School of Business

Anisha Cherian, Managing Director, Chemmannur Academy & Systems

Dr. M. I. Sahadulla, Chairman & Managing Director, KIMS

Sheela Kochouseph, Managing Director, V-Star Creations Pvt Ltd

Pradeep Palazhi, Founder, Value Add Solutions

Vivek Venugopal, Managing Director, William Goodacre & Sons India Pvt Ltd

Jospaul Mathew, Managing Director, Palm Fibre (India) Pvt Ltd

K Paul Thomas, Founder & Chairman, ESAF Group of Social Enterprises.

Punnoose George, Executive Chairman, Saintgits College Of Engg, Kottayam

Dr. S Sajikumar, Managing Director, Dhathri Ayurveda Pvt Ltd.

Alexander Varghese, Chief administrative Officer, UST Global International Pvt Ltd

Arun Kumar, Chairman & CEO, KPMG

Dr. Joseph George, Medical Director, Poyanil Hospital

Sandith Thandasherry, CEO, NavAlt Solar & Electro Boats Pvt Ltd

Vivek Krishna Govind, Partner, Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants

R. Balachandran, Chairman Emeritus, Buimerc Core Investments Pvt Ltd

Afsal Musaliar. J., Managing Director, Supreme Group

Raghu Jairam, Partner, Chakiat Agencies

WgCdr K.Chandrasekhar, Executive Director, TiE Kerala

Nirmal Panicker, Director, TiE Kerala

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