India’s First Platform To Celebrate Student Business Ideas ‘NES National Student Start-up Fest’ on February 5-6, 2016

·        200 student start-ups across India

·        Idea Lab, Mentor Room, Idea Exchange Sessions, Workshops, etc

·        Consultants from SIDBI, MSME, NSIC, COSIA, DIC and BIS

·        Venture Capitalists, Government/Semi Government initiatives and more

Mumbai, 1st Feb 2016: Today start-ups are together weaving a new wave of revolution across the world and India is not far behind in the buzz. Entrepreneurial mind set has captured the youth of today, which is a bright sign for our country. The government and corporates are encouraging students to become job-creators, instead of ending up as job seekers. NES Ratnam College of Arts, Science and Commerce along with the parent body, National Education Society is hosting the NES National Student Start-up Fest on February 5-6, 2016. This effort is to promote the new surge of entrepreneurship and includes offering a platform for the budding entrepreneurs, arranging interaction with captains of industry, sharing experiences of successful young entrepreneurs, connecting with media and above all to inspire students to follow their footsteps.

It is the first such platform, free of cost, for the student start-ups to get mentored by the experts, connect to the marketing agencies and find out investors and reaching to the media, all under one roof.  With over 200 student start-ups on display and over 1 lakh student visitors, this is going to create history of the sorts.  National Education Society (NES) was founded in 1963, along with Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan (SVB) which was founded in 1983. Together alongwith NES Ratnam College of Arts, Science and Commerce, they are hosting this biggest National Student Startup Fest titled NES Start up Fest on the 5th and 6th Feb 2016 in Mumbai. This is India’s First Platform to celebrate Student Business Ideas. Over 200 student-start-ups across the country will be on display. "India is fast emerging as the golden valley of start-up companies, which are mostly incubated by young entrepreneurs. India will soon be a vibrant nation in the world with 64 percent of its population in the working age group by 2020. All that we need is to guide the start-ups to scale up, inspire more students to aspire and become job creators, instead of becoming job-seekers. At NES Start up Fest we are not charging any participation fee for the students and student-start-ups. This event is to boost these young minds towards an enterprising spirit and mentor them. The best start-up ideas will be awarded", explains Dr.  R Varadarajan, Founder Principal, NES Group.

The festival features include an Exhibition arena where more than 200 start ups will showcase their products and services launched by students/ideas by prospective entrepreneurs from across the country. The Workshops section will impart guidance on start-ups stewarded by Industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs and academicians. A unique feature is the Idea Lab where Budding and existing student entrepreneurs will present their ideas for feedback and support. Then there is the Idea Exchange Sessions which is an Interactive session of start-ups with successful entrepreneurs who made their brands big. The Mentor Room which will be an area for one-to-one guidance by an expert team on different aspects of business with special focus on setting up new ventures. And B2B Meets which will be a Platform to hold meetings with fund managers, marketing teams and IP teams etc. Participants will also get to interact with Media at the Press Corner.

The wide range of workshop Topics include the Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Career prospects in start-ups, Retail Sector, Digital Marketing, Export documentation and procedures, E-commerce and M commerce and making of Business Proposal  or Project Proposal and Financial Management for start-ups.The event will also throw light on Government/Semi Government initiatives by consultants from SIDBI, MSME, NSIC, COSIA, DIC and BIS. The fest will also serve as a one-stop solution for sharing knowledge and experience that will add impetus to the start-up fever.

The event will be held at NES International School, Mulund (West) on the 5^th & 6^th Feb 2016 from 10am – 5pm. For more information log on to www.nesstartup.com