Xavion 2017”, the Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit organised by X-SEED, the Idea and Initiative cell of the XIMB, XUB took place at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar from January 20 to 22 aiming at bringing out the entrepreneurship skills of people and foraying further into the world of entrepreneurship.
The first day of the event started with a panel discussion on “Social Entrepreneurship” with eminent speakers like Vivek Sharma, Director of Gandhi Fellowship Alumni Programme, Vaibhav Pandey, Programme Manager, Piramal Foundation for Education leadership, and Abhyudai Dhawan, Communication Specialist, UNDP. They spoke about entrepreneurship not being an idea but rather a bug and how the times are changing and how it is an individual's choice whether he wants to be an active listener or a storyteller.
The day 2 started with an interactive session on “Entrepreneurship for School Students” by two final year XIMB students, Yasasvi Santosh and Kinshuk Tripathi. The audience comprised students from a plethora of schools in Bhubaneswar. This was followed by a workshop on “How to Profitably Run a StartupIJ” by Dr Rajesh Srivastava, a renowned consultant and entrepreneurial mentor, ex-COO of SP Jain School of Global Management and a faculty of IIM Indore.
A conclave on women entrepreneurship with speakers such as Garima Sahai, CEO, Svadha, Nandita Mathur, Deputy Editor of livemint, and Debadutta Upadhyaya, CEO, Timesaverz Dotcom, took place in the afternoon. The day concluded with a session on “Investment Opportunity with Investors” and finally a business plan event “launchpad” which was judged by KC Mishra, CEO, eKutir, and won by Vishwas Chandra.
The final day started off with a Global Business Conclave based on the theme “Entrepreneurship and Social Norms” with some of the biggest names like Ajey Mehta, Country Head HMD Global, CEO, Nokia India, Ainara Kaur, ex-CMO, Myntra, Udippan Bagchi, VP and Global Head of Insurance, NTT Japan and Srinivashan Iyer, CEO M-power Business.
Ajey Mehta said, “Probably, the biggest enemy against doing what you love is fear, mainly centered on societal norms.”
Ainara Kaur believed, “When you think about entrepreneurship, your inherent passion should overcome all your frustrations and challenges.” The conclave was followed by an Internship Fair, which provided interesting opportunities for students to work with various startups.
The three-day event finally wrapped up with a rib-tickling standup comedy by 'Kalkutta' and Bhubaneswar 'Komedians' late in the evening.