| To bring entrepreneurship development in focus, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) is holding second Entrepreneurship Week (E Week) from Feb 2-9, 2008.
E Week India 2008 aims to bring over 2,00,000 people including students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and other experts together through more than 1800 entrepreneurship activities across 30 cities and towns. The central theme to E Week 2008 is 'Connecting Industry & Academia', in order to bring the best value of both to India.
Activities include panel discussions, entrepreneur leadership talks, live case studies, creative entrepreneurial games, film screenings, street plays, entrepreneurship bazaars etc. NEN will be also be honoring the 'Champion' institutes - those that best embody the Spirit of E Week 2008.
Laura Parkin, Executive Director, NEN & Wadhwani Foundation says, "We are delighted and somewhat amazed at the excitement and activity that Entrepreneurship Week India is releasing on campuses across the country. Young people have clearly seized the challenge of improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurs across India. NEN is honoured to support their efforts."
Sridhar Iyengar, President Elect TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Mumbai, said, "At TiE, it is our mission to foster entrepreneurship and we are delighted to partner with NEN in this exciting nationwide celebration of entrepreneurship. Through E Week, TiE and NEN intend to connect present entrepreneurs to future ones."
NEN is co-hosting E Week 2008 with over 270 member colleges from across the country along with entrepreneur support associations such as The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), India Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Indian Angel Network (IAN), Proto.in and Dare.
National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) is a not-for-profit initiative of the Wadhwani Foundation working to inspire, educate and support the younger generation of entrepreneurs. The organization was co-founded in 2002 by leading Indian institutes, including IITBombay, IIM-Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani, SP Jain and IBAB. NEN's advisory board includes eminent experts such as Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Biocon; Naina Lal Kidwai - HSBC; Arun Seth - British Telecom and Prof Howard Stevenson - Harvard Business School.
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