TiE to promote enterprise in entertainment, bio-tech

Our eFE Bureau in New Delhi

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), a non-profit organisation floated by Indian IT entrepreneurs in silicon valley, has decided to extend its scope of operations to the entertainment and bio-technology sectors.

The annual conference of the association, Tiecon 2002, which will be held in New Delhi on January 12 and 13 will also focus on entrepreneurship in entertainment and bio-technology.

“TiE might have been promoted by people involved in IT, but it has members from other sectors as well. TiE is about entrepreneurs and should not be confined to one sector. Moreover, there are numerous new areas in which enterprise can be promoted,” said TiE’s Delhi chapter president, Mr Saurabh Srivastava.

The theme of the forthcoming conference “Upside in the Downturn” would focus on both existing as well as newly emerging areas of opportunities, such as IT, IT enabled services, biotechology, media and entertainment, he said.

“With the economic downturn, there has been considerable gloom among business leaders and entrepreneurs regarding the future of enterprise and value creation. This conference will touch on creating and sustaining businesses in the slowdown, some lessons learnt and imperatives that will play a role in creating value in today’s environment,” he added.

In order to help entrepreneurs get strong “hands-on” advice, the conference will also run clinics for venture capital and IT-enabled services. The conference will be addressed by well known global and Indian personalities such as CK Prahalad, Kanwal Rekhi, Satish Kaura, Naina Lal Kidwai, Patrick Sutch and Arjun Malhotra.