This event is aimed at celebrating the entrepreneurship spirit of the country’s youth and will be attended by CEOs and founders of top startups (over 1500) from across the country. The closing session will be addressed by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who will formally launch the initiative and unveil the startup Action Plan.

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The event is aimed at celebrating the entrepreneurship spirit of country’s youth and will be attended by CEOs and founders of top startups (over 1500) from across the country. The closing session will be addressed by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who will formally launch the initiative and unveil the startup Action Plan.

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley will inaugurate the event in Vigyan Bhawan on 16th January 2016 where the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman, will be the Guest of Honour.

The event shall be a non-stop day-long global workshop on startup entrepreneurship and will include panel discussions on topics such as:
- Unleashing Entrepreneurship and Innovation: What do Indian Startups Need to Grow and Prosper
- Celebrating Women: Stories of Innovative Women Entrepreneurs
- How digitization will change India’s future
- Making Indian Healthcare Leapfrog
- Financial inclusion is within reach

The panel discussion on “Show Me the Money: How do we Capitalize Entrepreneurship?” will be chaired by Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha. A unique Question and Answer (Q&A) session titled “Face-to-face with Policy makers”is also being organized wherein Secretaries of key government ministries and departments will answer questions on how government will be creating an enabling ecosystem for startups.

The objective is to reinforce commitment of the government towards creating an ecosystem that is conducive for growth of startups. 
The event shall also feature interactive talks with global leaders and venture capitalists such as Masayoshi Son (Founder and CEO, SoftBank), Travis Kalanick (Founder, Uber) and Adam Nuemann (Founder, WeWork). A delegation of over 40 top CEOs and founders of startups, Venture Capitalists and Angels investors from Silicon Valley will be attending as special guests for the event and will be taking part in interactive Q&A sessions.