Kudla to host ‘Mangaluru
Technovanza’ on Dec 16 & 17

Mangaluru, Dec. 14: KDEM (Karnataka Digital Economy Mission) Mangaluru Cluster will hold its second edition of ‘Mangaluru Technovanza’ on 16th & 17th of December.

According to Dr.CN Ashwath Narayan, Minister for IT/BT, the event which will be conducted at TMA Pai Convention
Center would address the key stakeholders and aims to drive the impact areas for the cluster.

Several programmes spreading across two days comprises of Mangaluru BLUE, Women @ Work (W@W), CEO roundtable, Walkathon and Conference.

To coinside with the occasion, Mangaluru office of the ‘Cashfree’ and Udupi office of cloud based ‘Niveus Solutions’ would be launched. These companies which have been hand held by KDEM would generate large number of employments, Narayan said.

‘Mangaluru BLUE’ would feature select shortlisted start-ups pitching their product/service to a group of investors (jury).

‘Women @ Work’ conclave hosts women leaders in industry, academic
and social entrepreneurship to share their experiences and ideas.

CEO roundtable which will be hosted by Minister Ashwath Narayan deliberates upon the key actions for the
Mangaluru cluster. TheWalkathon, a 5 km walk which will be joined by students community has the objective of fueling momentum among all the stakeholders.

The conference on 17th Consists of various panel discussions, keynote addresses, and fireside chats by the prominent industry voices,
creators, academic leaders, Consul Generals of Global Innovation Alliance (Country partners) to GoK etc.

Minister S. Angara, leading entrepreneurs including Harshil Mathur, Aakash Sinha, Ravish Narayan, Nikhil khamat, Karnataka Bank MD Mahabaleshwar Bhat, SBI CGM Nandakishore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education CEO Muhammad Zubair, Canara Chamber of Commerce chairperson Ganesh Kamath, STPI Director Ravindra Aroor will be a few among attendees.

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