IndiaFirst Tech Startups Conclave
2024 - New Delhi TECH START-UP SHOWCASE
2024 - New Delhi BUSINESS MEETUP
2024 - New Delhi STARTUP GROWTH PLAN
2024 - New Delhi

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Our Mission

IndiaFirst Tech Start-up series is an initiative of AICRA to encourage technology startups and AICRA members to work together and create partnerships that is beneficial to both the stakeholders. It's an opportunity for new age start-ups to give them a platform to connect with Industry's best business leaders and the brightest minds to explore how to fuel their business growth.

About Mahakumbh

The conclave brings together the speakers that are the best breed of entrepreneurs, innovators, venture capitalists, government department's representatives, business model creators, consultants, policy-makers, academicians, support groups, business coaches and business practitioners to present and discuss innovation and success so the youth empowerment and new age tech business ideas can grow.

Chief Guest

Our Chief Guest

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Adviser to the , Govt of India

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Guest of Honor

Our Guest of Honor

Former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhaduria Rtd) PVSM AVSM VM ADC

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Chief Guest

Our Chief Guest

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Adviser to the , Govt of India

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Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India

Former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhaduria

(Rtd) PVSM AVSM VM ADC

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India

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Conference Schedule

Below you'll find the schedule for IFTSC 2024. We'll keep this page regularly updated with all
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09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Registration and Business Networking with morning tea

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Inauguration of Startup Exhibition

INAUGURATION AND KICK OFF

STARTUP KA MAHAKUMBH 2024

  • Welcome Address
    Shri Rajkumar Sharma, President – AICRA
  • Chief Guest Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
    Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India
  • Former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhaduria (Rtd) PVSM AVSM VM ADC
  • Lt. General JB Chaudhary, SM VSM
    Deputy Chief of Army Staff
  • Lt. General Sanjay Sethi
    Director General – Info Systems
  • Shri Rajesh Pathak
    Secretary – TDB,
    Government of India
  • Lt. Gen. V.G. Khandare, PVSM,AVSM,SM
    Principal Advisor, Ministry of Defense
  • Shri BVR Subrahmanyam
    CEO – Niti Aayog
  • Lt. Gen. PJS Pannu (Rtd)PVSM AVSM VSM
    Chief Strategy Officer, NADDSO
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium

AICRA Investor Program

Shri Anupam Bajaj, Board of Director – Bajaj Capital

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Auditorium

Keynote Session:

Government Initiative for Funding, Schemes for Mission Atmanirbhar Bharat, Exploring International Opportunities

  • Dr. Akhilesh Gupta
    Scientist H, Senior Advisor – DST, Govt. of India
  • Shri SK Varshney
    Head, Department of Science & Technology, GoI
  • Ms. Mercy Epao
    Joint Secretary, SME MSME, Govt of India
  • Shri Praveen Roy
    Director (Startups), DST – Government of India
  • Shri R.K. Ramakrishna
    General Manager, NABARD
  • Maj. Gen (Dr) Pavan Anand, AVSM (Rtd)
    Head, USI- ANBI
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Hall SR - 1

Principal’s Conference: Technology Vision Documents’2047

India STEM Lab Briefing

12:45 PM - 01:15 PM

Auditorium

Industry Keynote

Ms. Anju Chaudhary, Sr. Director – Builder.AI

 

BUSINESS NETWORKING WITH LUNCH

02:30 PM – 03:00 PM

Auditorium

State Government Presentation & Talk:

Schemes, Startup Support Systems, Business Opportunities, Funding and Subsidies

  • Attendees
    Shri Akashay Tripathi, MD – UP EC and Sp. Sec. Dpt. of IT & Electronics
02:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Hall SR - 2

Startup – Investors Meeting

Selected startups meeting with Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and Buyers

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Auditorium

Shri Pankaj Dikshit

Director – Industry, Government of Bihar

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Auditorium

Dr. Hulas Pathak

Head & Principal Investigator Government of Chhattisgarh Dept. of Agri. & Rural Mgmt., IGKV Raipur

03:30 PM – 04:30 PM

Hall SR 1

DRONE NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE 2024

Government – Industry policy discussion

  • Former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhaduria (Rtd) PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
  • Lt Gen VG Khandare, PVSM, AVSM,SM
    Principal Advisor - Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India
  • Shri Subhash Chandra Agarwal
    Addl Director General of Foreign Trade, Govt. of India
  • Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Rtd) PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM
    Director - Centre of Air Power Studies (CAPS)
  • Dr. S. Rajagopal
    Scientist 'G' DRDO, Govt of India
  • Air Commodore Rajiv Mittal
    Head- Directorate of Aerospace Design
  • Shri Rajkumar Sharma
    President - AICRA
  • Lt. Gen. PJS Pannu (Rtd)PVSM AVSM VSM
    Chief Strategy Officer, NADDSO
  • Maj. Gen Lav Bikram Chand (Rtd) VSM
    Chief Technology Officer - NADDSO
  • Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh
    Chief Executive Officer, NADDSO
  • 70+ CXOs from Drone Sector
    Industry: Drone/Aerospace/Aero Education
04:30 PM – 05:00 PM

HI-TEA WITH NETWORKING

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

Auditorium

INDIAFIRST STARTUP AWARDS 2024

Technology Startups in various industries would receive award for their accomplishments in 38 Categories

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Auditorium

Welcome note by Shri RajKumar Sharma

President - AICRA

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Auditorium

Industry Keynote: Mr.Ranjan Kant, Co-founder – Arthmatetech Pvt Ltd

10:30 PM – 01:30 PM

Hall No. SR1

AGRITECH NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE 2024

Government – Industry policy discussion

  • Shri Sanjay Srivastava
    Deputy Secretary - Agriculture, Niti Aayog, Govt. of India
  • Dr. C. Vishwanathan
    Joint Director (Research), IARI
  • Dr. Gagnesh Sharma
    Director - NCONF
  • Ms. Lily Prasad
    Chief Technical Officer - FSSAI
  • Shri Girish Kumar
    General Manager (Storage & Contact) FCI
  • Shri Aseeem Chhabra
    General Manager (Soil) - Food Corporation of India (FCI)
  • Shri Radheshyam Dikshit
    Director – Society for Sustainable Development
  • Dr. C K Ashok Kumar
    Founder – First World Community
  • Mr. Abdurahiman Chalil
    MD – Digital Bridge International
  • Shri A. M. Parial
    Chairman – AI Steering Committee, AICRA
  • Ms. Anju Chaudhary
    Sr. Director – Builder.AI
10:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Hall SR - 2

Startup – Investors Meeting

Selected startups meeting with Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and Buyers

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Auditorium

Panel Session: Technology Innovations and its integration across Industries

  • Shri Vikas Ahuja, CEO - Metaverk
  • Smt. Laxmi Nageswari, GL - Boston
  • Wing Commander Sudhakaran S. (Rtd), CEO–QuGates
  • Shri Vinayak Kumar, MD&CEO -YoloHealth
  • Shri Anuj Jain, Chief Architect, D&A, TCS
  • Shri Anuj Jain, Chief Architect, D&A, TCS
  • Ms. Anju Chaudhary, Sr. Director – Builder.AI
  • Shri Arjun Khazanchi, CSO – Rooba Finance
  • Shri Sanketh YS , Growth & Partnership, Bigin by Zoho
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Auditorium

Industry Keynote: Ms. Kuppulakshmi K. Global Head, Zoho for Startups

Product Launch: Bigin by Zoho Balaji Krishnan (Benny) - Head Global Sales

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Hall No. SR1

Startup Workshops

Workshops 1: Startup Guidelines, Fund Raising and Investor’s Pitching Strategy

Delivered by: TMIPL

12:00 PM – 12:45 PM

Auditorium

Panel Session: Funding and investment opportunities – Investors Briefing to Startup

  • Shri Navneet Kaushik, TDB
  • Shri Sanjeev Bishnoi, Bajaj Capital
  • Shri Sunil Goyal , CEO – Your Next Venture
  • Shri Akash Jindal, Moderator
  • Shri Sahan Ray, Vice President - Arthmate
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

BUSINESS NETWORKING WITH LUNCH

02:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Auditorium

State Government Presentation & Talk

Dr. Omkar Rai
Executive Chairman, Startup Mission - Government of Odisha

02:30 PM – 03:30 PM

Hall SR - 1

Principal's Conference: Drone Technology from Education Perspective

  • Lt. Gen PJS Pannu, Ex Dpty Chief IDS, CSO - NADDSO
  • Maj. Gen Lav Bikram Chand, CTO- NADDSO
  • Shri Pawan Kakkar, CEO Jugapro
  • Dr. Amarjeet Singh, Principal JSS Institute

Drone Center of Excellence (CoDE) Briefing

02:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Hall SR - 2

Startup – Investors Meeting

Selected startups meeting with Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and Buyers

03:00 PM – 03:45 PM

Auditorium

Panel Session: Technologies to Transform Agriculture sector in India

  • Shri AM Parial, CEO – CHIPS, Govt. of CG
  • PadamShri Kanwal Singh Chauhan
  • Dr. CK Ashok Kumar, Founder – First World Community
  • Dr. C Vishwanathan, Joint Director – IARI
  • Dr. Sandeep Saxena, Industry Expert
  • Shri Radheshyam Dikshit, Director – Society of Sustainable Development
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Hall No. SR1

Startup Workshops

Workshops 2: Startup Guidelines, Fund Raising and Investor’s Pitching Strategy

Delivered by: United Services Institution of India

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Hall No. SR1

Startup Workshops

Workshops 3: How Technology can Help You Growing Your Business

Delivered by: Metaverk

03:45 PM - 05:30 PM

Startup Presentations

05:30 PM - 05:45 PM

Valedictory Session

05:45 PM - 06:30 PM

Business Networking with Hi-Tea

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