Summit: India - The Next Startup Nation?

Summit: India – The Next Startup Nation?

The Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) at Northeastern University cordially invites you to a one-day summit to explore India's vibrant startup ecosystem, part of the Vivek and Vandana Sharma India Initiative.

The summit will feature successful CEOs and founders of Indian startups, investors, policymakers, and academic experts who will share insights into India's current startup landscape and discuss how they forged their own paths to success. It will build on CEM's inaugural India summit on ‘India-U.S. Partnership for Innovation,' organized in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, New York, to mark the 75^th anniversary of India's independence.

We encourage you to join us in person for this year's summit at the East Village 17th Floor Conference Facility at Northeastern University, Boston, or virtually through a private live stream.

Speakers

Summit speakers will include successful CEOs and founders of Indian startups, investors, policymakers, and academic experts, who will share insights into India's current startup landscape and discuss how they forged their own paths to success.

**Pawan Bakhshi**
*India Country Lead, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation*

**Pawan Chandana**
*Co-founder & CEO*, *Skyroot Aerospace*

**Aastha Grover**
*Head, Startup Indi*a; *Vice President, Invest India*

**Pallavi Jain**
*Co-founder* & *Managing Director*, *Krsnaa Diagnostics Ltd*.

**Sarvesh Kanodia**
*Director of Investments, Omidyar Network India*

**Anup Kuruvilla**
*Co-founder & CEO, 1Crowd*

**Karthik Reddy**
*Co-founder & Managing Partner, Blume Ventures*

**Saras D. Sarasvathy**
*Paul M. Hammaker Professor in Business Administration,*
*University of Virginia Darden School of Business*

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Highlights from Last Year's Summit

Hon. Taranjit S. Sandhu, Ambassador of India, Washington DC

To mark the 75th anniversary of India's independence, the Center for Emerging Markets collaborated with the Consul General of India in New York to organize a day-long summit on the India-U.S. Partnership for Innovation. The Summit was inaugurated by India's ambassador to the U.S., Hon. Taranjit S. Sandhya, and featured talks from ministers, senior policymakers, and CEOs of Indian and US companies.

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About the Center for Emerging Markets

The Center for Emerging Markets (CEM) at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business is a leading research hub on how local and foreign firms can leverage emerging markets for the global good.

Founded in 2007 by Ravi Ramamurti, University Distinguished Professor of International Business & Strategy, CEM operates in three distinct areas, including a robust research agenda; significant work to influence business practitioners; and educational activities designed to prepare the next generation of business leaders. CEM leverages the expertise of over 70 faculty fellows from across Northeastern University and is guided by a distinguished external advisory board.

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