The city of Kolkata witnessed an interesting session on the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of the city. “ South Kolkata Entrepreneurs Story ” which had 10 dynamic Entrepreneurs based in the southern part of the city speak on their entrepreneurial journey along with the challenges and opportunities of growth.
The participating entrepreneur speakers were
Vayjayanti Pugalia of Sonalis Cubo. A social entrepreneur working for upliftment of various sections of society through training, knowledge and awareness activities.
Dr. Arijit Banerjee, who has received the title of ” The Toilet Man of Bengal ” by ministry of MSME, Govt of India because of the Amazing work he is doing to make and install bio toilets in the region.
Rohan Tripathi of Inovocare Health Care Solutions a Med Tech startup working on medical adherence, diagnostics and medical education.
Michael Wharton of EduAims, a career coach, aptitude test prep trainer, mentoring students in profile building, coding project design and startup ideation.
Sagar Mondal founder of SquashCode, one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies which has completed more than 214+ projects so far across the globe. Apart from that, he is also working as a Digital Marketing Consultant with multiple groups of companies across India, the UK & South East Asia.
Koushik Banerjee of Parents Care, provides both non-medical and medical support to senior citizens living alone in Kolkata and their children are either staying out of Bengal or abroad.
Priyamvada Agarwal from Education & You is a career consultant, educationist and test prep trainer. She is a sought after trainer on communication skills, soft skills development, spoken English amongst more.
Himadri Roy of RACT Pvt Ltd. A QuantumGrowth Geo-intelligence platform designed to help CPG companies to expand sales and distribution networks with built-in location intelligence derived from alternative data sources.
Jeetender Kaur is into producing quality hygienic bakery items at a pocket-friendly price. In 2020 become a Central Kitchen partner for FnP cakes by setting up a bakery factory in Ashu Biswas Road, Kolkata 700025. Curated innovative recipes in several cakes and dessert items. The journey started with producing 20 cakes in a day to 200 plus cakes a day.
Sujata Chatterjee from Twirl. the store is using unwanted clothing/fabrics which she gets collected to upcycle as fabric by rural women to make eco-friendly products such as bags, accessories, gift items available offline and online as well.
The speakers spoke on turns one by one in the session moderated by renowned business journalist Ritwik Mukherjee. The session was attended by renowned business personalities, amongst them were Anita Agarwala of Sachin Enterprises (Minu Saree), B.Hari renowned Angel Investor and Anish Agarwal of Tablet all three being the Guest of Honour. The session was presented by Insurance4life a reputed insurance services provider, supported by Eyantram a renowned E-Waste management organisation. My Cool Guru an education startup is the gift partner. The session was curated by Nova Realtime Solutions LLP a business communication and content marketing organisation.
Deepak Choudhary of Insurance4life spoke about the challenges of entrepreneurship in his vote of thanks, Ashish Lohia of Eyantram expressed his happiness on being part of the session, while Mahua Dutta of My Cool Guru also spoke about the challenges she faces on a day to day basis. Sanjay Kumar Garg and Sunil Goenka Co-Founders of Nova Realtime Solutions LLP mentioned that they are already planning more such sessions in various centres so as to highlight the stories of the entrepreneurs based there.
