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Entreprenuership week takes off today

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Posted: Feb 02, 2008 at 2353 hrs IST

Pune, February 1 The "Entrepreneurship week" will be held from February 2-9. Called "E WeekIndia," the week-longpublic awareness campaign is aimed at celebrating the opportunities intoday’s India and improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurship in the country, stated a release.

E Week 2008 builds on the "resounding success" of the first E Week 2007 National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), an NGO. NEN will be co-hosting E Week 2008 with over 270 member colleges from across the country along with entrepreneur support associations such as The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), India Venture Capital Association (IVCA),

Indian Angel Network (IAN), Proto.in and Dare. E Week 2008 is supported by corporate sponsors including HSBC, Himalaya and Symphony Services.

As part of the week-long celebrations, E Week India 2008 aims to bring over 2,00,000 people including students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and other experts together through more than 1800 entrepreneurship activities across 30 cities and towns.

Information on E Week India events can be obtained on E Week website www.eweekindia.org.

Laura Parkin, executive Director, NEN & Wadhwani Foundation said, “The participation of all the co-hosts and sponsors sends a powerful message that entrepreneurs, industry, and academia are working in concert to accelerate India’s entrepreneurial growth.”

In Pune, Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), College, St Mira’s College of Commerce, Indira Institute of Management, Sadhna Centre for Management and Leadership Development, Smt Hiraben Nanavati Institute of Management and Research for Women, Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development will be taking the lead in hosting the events this year. NEN Reality Check, St Meera’s Bazaar, Curious- nationwide case study competition, seminar on social entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship film festival are among the many activities on Pune campuses, added the press release.

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