In today’s world, startups with fresh perspectives and backed by investment are finding opportunities to upend entire industries with new technologies — and business models. If your business doesn’t adapt to changing circumstances, someone else will be more than happy to take your place in the market.

A MASTERCLASS FOR C-SUITE EXECUTIVES

Why Corporates should work with Start-ups on Innovation and R&D

24th June 2022 

Working with Start-ups is no longer an option but a strategic imperative for Indian corporates to thrive in a highly innovative and disruptive business environment. The potential for collaboration between corporates and start-ups on Innovation and R&D is huge, 68% of the top 100 companies from the Forbes Global 500 are engaging with Start-ups.

 
The reach and resources of corporate and the creativity, speed, and technologies of start-ups, the partnerships result in quicker innovation and product development. These partnerships enable corporate to explore and shape the development of technologies and services in a very cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Also aid corporates to gain early insights into new disruptive technologies that might translate into a competitive edge.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
While any individual interested in the innovation landscape well find this Masterclass interesting, it has been designed keeping in mind the decision makers in big corporates.

Key takeaways from the masterclass include:

  • How can Enterprises partner with Startups to accelerate innovation within the organisation?
  • Understand the range of motivations for large enterprises to partner with start-ups.
  • A framework for corporate-start-up engagement.
  • Understand the dynamics of small-large company engagement
  • How working with start-ups can prove company’s innovation capacities.
  • Discover how Co-Innovation with start-ups can speed up company’s go-to-market of innovative solutions.
  • Understand why collaboration should be a no-brainer for corporate business acceleration and innovation processes
  • Learn in a realistic setting and become part of the solution of exciting and relevant challenges
  • Learn how to work with start-ups - understand how start-ups think and act
  • Get access to use cases, hands-on tools and processes on how to make co-Innovation happen on regular basis

 

As each Masterclass is open to only a limited number of participants, the registration would be on a first-come-first-served basis. For more details, members may contact Mr Anurag Sharma at anurag.sharma@cii.in / +91 7702221720.

Registration & Participation Fees
Rs 10,000 + applicable taxes per participant, payable to CII. As each Masterclass is open to only a limited number of participants, the registration would be on a first-come-first-served basis.

Faculty

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MR. Kris Gopalakishnan
Chairman, CII CIES, Co-founder, Infosys, Chairman, Axilor Ventures

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MR. CK RANGANATHAN
Chairman & Managing Director CavinKare Private Limited
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PROF. SRIVARDHINI K JHA
Associate Professor & Chair, Entrepreneurship at IIM-B
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MR. M SRINIVAS RAo

CEO, T-Hub 

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Mr. Venkatesh Vijaya Raghavan

Group CEO & DirectorCavinKare Private Limited  


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MR. R. RAGHUTTAMA RAO
CEO, GDC at IIT Madras
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MR. ASHOK CHANDAVARKAR 

Director, Strategic Initiatives Intel India 

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MR. BALAKRISHNA DR

Senior Vice President, Service Offering Head-ECS, AI and Automation, Infosys

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MS. SRUTHI KANNAN

Head, Cisco Launchpad