UDGAM 2024: Drifting Across Dimensions, presented by NABARD,
co-presented by Pyrotech Workspace Solutions, IITG TIC, and IITG TIDF from
19 January to 21 January 2024.
The summit is a part of the continued efforts to develop the spirit of
entrepreneurship among the youth of North-East India. UDGAM organizes
various Lecture Series, Workshops, and Competitions to create a platform for
young minds to realize their potential and showcase their ideas in front of the
public and industry. This year, UDGAM is being conducted at a scale grander
than ever in hybrid mode for both online and offline audiences.
The summit also features keynote lectures by notable personalities, including
Sandeep Jain(Founder & CEO at Geeks For Geeks), and Jeff Maggioncalda(CEO
at Coursera) among others. In addition, it will include pro shows by Cast of TVF
Cubicles Season 3, musical night, and much more! A major spotlight of the summit
this year is Chai pe Charcha, the Alumni Panel discussion, where we invite our
alumni who made it big in the industry, to inspire our students to start their ventures
in the future. To grace Chai pe Charcha, this year we have Gaurav Mangla
(Co-Founder at Pickrr), Kuldeep Parewal(Co-Founder Anveshan), and many
more.
Among the other major events under UDGAM are the following:
Disrupt: Disrupt is North East India’s largest startup boot camp. Presented by
NRL, Disrupts provides investment opportunities to winners, mentorship,
incubation, and business tools to the top finalists.
Sparkle: A student boot camp to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among
the students from classes 9th to 12th.
DFrame: DFrame is a UI/UX Challenge. This event blends creativity and
business relevance, aimed at framing and developing the designer’s innovative
quotient to find technical solutions while staying true to the human-centric
approach.
PMx: PMx is India’s largest product case study competition. Presented by The
Product Folks, Product Management Expedition is a platform where one can
investigate, learn, and try different things in the Product Management domain
without any preparation.
Startup Expo: Collaborating with IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and
Development Foundation(TIDF), UDGAM is conducting StartupExpo – a startup
expenditure to provide an opportunity for 60+ startups to showcase their
products, receive customer feedback, and connect with 15+ potential investors
including Titan Capital, India Angel Network, India Network, and many more.
Workshops: UDGAM workshops aim to provide participants with an opportunity
to interact with domain experts and become industry-ready in various fields.
Intern Fair: At the Internfair, more than 70+ startups recruit summer/winter
interns from IIT Guwahati for 300+ job roles. Catering to the second and
first-year students of IITG exclusively, it aims to teach the entrepreneurial mindset
in young minds.
NED: National Entrepreneurship Drive is an initiative to help colleges all over
India build their Entrepreneurship Cells with colleges as IIM-Shillong onboarded
through a roadmap of resources, webinars, and assignments.
“As it has always been with UDGAM, the focus is to foster an environment
conducive to entrepreneurial thinking among the student community in the region,
which is largely untapped in terms of the startup space but is sure to become a
key player in the coming years,” said Sneha Singh, the convenor of UDGAM’24,
during the Website and Pass-launch.
Passes to the hybrid event with multiple utility perks can be collected by
clicking here.
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