TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023

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19 & 20 August 2023: CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore

Day -1, 19th August 2023

0945 - 1100 Hrs Inaugural Session - Celebrating Entrepreneurship

0945 - 0947 Hrs Tamil Thai Vazhthu

0947 - 0950 Hrs Welcome Address Thiru. Kranthi Kumar Pati, I.A.S.
District Collector, Coimbatore

TamilNadu Startup Thiru. V. Arun Roy, I.A.S.

Thiruvizha - Secretary to Government
Context Setting MSME Department

0950 - 0954 Hrs Honouring the Dignitaries

0954 - 1004 Hrs TANSEED 5.0

(Disbursement of Sanction orders and Group photo 20 beneficiaries)

1004 - 1007 Hrs Launch of StartupTN Call Centre (Video)

1007 - 1017 Hrs Keynote Address Thiru. S. Muthusamy

Hon’ble Minister for Housing
and Urban Development

1017 - 1027 Hrs Keynote Address Thiru. T.M. Anbarasan

Hon'ble Minister for Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises

1027 - 1037 Hrs Keynote Address Dr. T.R.B. Rajaa

Hon’ble Minister for Industries

1037 - 1040 Hrs Launch of Women Accelerator Cohort

(20 Women Beneficiaries)

1040 - 1043 Hrs Launch of StartupTN Campus Circle

(20 Institutions)

1043 - 1052 Hrs Chief Guest Thiru. M.K. Stalin

Address Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
(via video)

1052 - 1058 Hrs Vote of Thanks Thiru. Sivarajah Ramanathan

Mission Director & CEO
StartupTN

1058 - 1100 Hrs National Anthem

1100 - 1115 Hrs Exhibition Launch

1115 - 1145 Hrs Inclusive Mr. Suresh Sambandam

Innovation Founder & CEO
Kiss Flow

1145 - 1215 Hrs Maatram (Fireside Chat)

Mr. Sujith Kumar

Moderator Founder
1145 - 1215 Hrs Maatram Foundation

Expert Mr. Soori

Actor and Entrepreneur

1215 - 1300 Hrs Startup Ecosystem - Government Interface (Panel Discussion)

1215 - 1220 Hrs Opening Remarks Thiru. Sivarajah Ramanathan

& Context Setting Mission Director & CEO
(Moderator) StartupTN

Thiru. C. Umashankar, I.A.S.

Additional Chief Secretary / Director
Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation
Institute

Thiru. Kranthi Kumar Pati, I.A.S.

1220 - 1255 Hrs Panelists District Collector
Coimbatore

Thiru. M. Prathap, I.A.S.

Commissioner
Coimbatore Corporation

Thiru. Krishna Chaitanya

Chief Executive Officer
Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management
Corporation

1255 - 1300 Hrs Discussion Thiru. Sivarajah Ramanathan

Wrap-up

1300 - 1330 Hrs Focus Gives Dr. Velumani A

Success Creator
Thyrocare

1330 - 1415 Hrs StartupTN Brand Talk / Product Launch

1330 - 1337 Hrs Brand Talk Mr. Aazhi Senthilnathan

Chief Executive Officer
 Ailyasa

1337 - 1344 Hrs Product Launch Mr. Prasanna Despande

Lead E-Mobility Initiatives
Mathworks

1344 - 1349 Hrs Brand Talk Ms. E. Menaka E

Managing Director
Mannvasanai Traditional Food Pvt. Ltd.,

1349 - 1354 Hrs Product Launch Mr. Amit Kumar

Co-Founder & CEO
Servercake

1354 - 1359 Hrs Brand Talk Mr. Silambarasan Ramakrishnan

Founder & CEO
Towman

1359 - 1404 Hrs Product Launch Mr. N. Sugumar

Managing Director
Zugu

1404 - 1409 Hrs Brand Talk Mr. Karthik Jagannathan

Co-Founder & CEO
Gallabox

1409 - 1415 Hrs Product Launch Mr. Arshath Mohammed

Co-Founder
Kameleon Technologies

1415 - 1500 Hrs How to scale Mr. Pravin Shekar

through Outlier Marketer
engineered word of The Outlier Marketer School
mouth?

1500 - 1530 Hrs Making Step Mr. Ranjan Malik

change Innovation Innovation Speaker, Facilitator and Writer &
Happen Co-Founder, Primalise

1530 - 1620 Hrs Women Make Great Leaders (Panel Discussion)

1530 - 1535 Hrs Opening Remarks Ms. Aruna Subramaniam

& Context Setting Director
(Moderator) Bhoomika Trust

Ms. Hema Annamalai

Mentor
Unreasonable

Dr. Manimekalai Mohan

1535 - 1605 Hrs Panelists Founder
 SSVM Institutions

Ms. Sharmila Kumbhat

Director
KLite Industries

Ms. Induja Ragunathan

Editor
Yourstory, Tamil

1605 - 1615 Hrs Interaction with the participants

1615 - 1620 Hrs Discussion Ms. Aruna Subramaniam

Wrap-up

1620 - 1650 Hrs Making your Mr. C.K. Kumaravel

Startup - Co-Founder & CEO
Recession Naturals Salon
Resilient

1650 - 1715 Hrs மாபெரும் Mr. Aazhi Senthilnathan

தொழில் கனவு Chief Executive Officer
Ailyasa

1715 - 1730 Hrs Harnessing Mr. Anand Narayanan

Innovation: Senior Director - Strategy & New Business
Nurturing a Development
Corporate Culture Bosch Global Software Technologies
of Continuous
Exploration and
Transformation

1730 - 1830 Hrs – Cultural Event - Open Air Theatre

Day - 2, 20th August 2023

0930 - 1030 Hrs Unleashing the Entrepreneur in You (Fireside Chat)

0930 - 0935 Hrs Moderator Ms. M. Soundariya Preetha

Deputy Chief of Bureau
The Hindu, Coimbatore

Thiru. V. Vishnu, I.A.S.

MD & CEO
Guidance Tamil Nadu
0935 - 1000 Hrs Panelists
Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar
Joint Correspondent & President - KCT
College
Founder & MD - Forge

1000 - 1030 Hrs Entrepreneurship Mr. K. Mohan

Resilience: CEO & Co-Founder
Bouncing Back IppoPay
from Failures

1030 - 1120 Hrs Downturns, Disruption and Dividends in the VC Industry

(Panel Discussion)

1030 - 1035 Hrs Opening Remarks Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam

& Context Setting Partner
(Moderator) Acumen Fund

Mr. Vishesh Rajaram

Managing Partner
Speciale Invest

Mr. Arun Thathachari

Executive Director
1035 - 1110 Hrs Panelists Anicut Capital

Mr. M. V. Subramanian
Partner
July Ventures

Mr. Ramaswamy Sankar

Chief Executive Officer
Chennai Angels Network

1110 - 1115 Hrs Interaction with the participants

1115 - 1120 Hrs Discussion Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam

Wrap-up
1120 - 1210 Hrs Valuation vs Value Creation (Panel Discussion)
Mr. Panneerselvam Madangopal
1120 - 1125 Hrs Moderator CEO, CIT Innovation Labs
Ex-CIO, T- Hub, Telangana
Mr. Ramanan Ramanathan
Board Member | Advisor | Strategy, Innovation,
Growth Consultant
Mr. K. Suresh Kumar
1125 - 1155 Hrs Panelists Executive Director
PSG STEP
Mr. A. J. Balasubramaniam
Director, Indian Operations
Aigilx Health
1155 - 1205 Hrs Interaction with Participants
1205 - 1210 Hrs Discussion Wrap Up Mr. Panneerselvam Madangopal

1210 - 1230 Hrs Marketing First (Fireside Chat)

Mr. J. K. Muthu
Moderator Managing Director
1210 - 1230 Hrs Kamalam Groups

Expert Mr. Mani Maran

Growth Consultant

Mr. A. B. Rajasekaran
1230 - 1300 Hrs Idea to Wealth Managing Partner
SV & R Partner

Empowering Ms. J. Swarnalatha

1300 - 1315 Hrs Communities Founder & Managing Trustee
through Social Swarga Foundation
Innovations

Journey of a Mr. Sivaprakash Rameshkumar

1315 - 1330 Hrs Bootstrapped Director
Startup iElektron Technologies

1330 - 1400 Hrs Shortfundly Competition

1330 - 1335 Hrs Introduction Journey Video

1335 - 1343 Hrs Third Place Company Name - 1

1343 - 1351 Hrs Second Place Company Name - 2

1351 - 1400 Hrs First Place Company Name - 3

1400 - 1430 Hrs StartupTN Brand Talk

1400 - 1410 Hrs Brand Talk Mr. Shyam Sundar

Founder & CEO
GoFloaters

1410 - 1415 Hrs Product Launch Mr. Moinak Banerjee

Co-Founder & Product Head
Solinas Integrity Pvt. Ltd

1415 - 1425 Hrs Brand Talk Mr. Krishna Chandar

Managing Director
PacknBack

1425 - 1430 Hrs Product Launch Mr. Mohana Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer
Xera Robotics

1430 - 1500 Hrs SMART Compliances (Panel Discussion)

Ms. Anita Sriram

1430 - 1435 Hrs Moderator Managing Partners
Redwood Partners

Mr. Lionel Charles

Founder
IndiaFilings

1435 - 1455 Hrs Panelists Mr. Hrishikesh

Founder & CEO
Vakkil Search

Mr. Kannan R
Partner
RKRV Associates

1455 - 1500 Hrs Discussion Ms. Anita Sriram

Wrap-up

1500 - 1545 Hrs Building Kovai - One Brand at a Time (Plenary Discussion)
1500 - 1515 Hrs Speaker 1 Mr. D. Srinivasan
Managing Director
Sree Annapoorna & Sree Gowrishankar Hotels
1515 - 1530 Hrs Speaker 2 Mrs. Nandhini Arivarasan
Co-Founder & CEO
ServerCake
1530 - 1545 Hrs Speaker 3 Mr. Dhruv Suyamprakasam
Founder
iCliniq
1545 - 1700 Hrs What does it take to build a startup from a Tier 2 city (Panel
Discussion)

1545 - 1550 Hrs Moderator Mr. Dhruv Suyamprakasam

CEO and co-founder
iCliniq

1550 - 1650 Hrs Panel List Mr. CA. G. Ramasamy

Past President
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Mr. Sivaprasad Velayudhan

Realworks Studios

Mr. Senthilkumar TP
Co-founder and CEO
iamneo.ai

Mr. Manish Bafna

VP of Engineering
Responsive (Formerly RFPIO)

Mr. Arunkumar Kumaresan

Head of Operations (India)
Kovai.co

1650 - 1700 Hrs Discussion Wrapup Mr. Dhruv Suyamprakasam

Agenda Timings are subject to Change*