The
Delhi Chapter of TiE, one of the biggest and most vibrant
of the TiE chapters, has unique significance. It seeks
to engage not only with entrepreneurs but also with
policy makers in order to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship.
It seeks to become the bridge that would connect Indian
government and industry with successful Indian entrepreneurs
across the world, many of whom are regarded as thought
leaders.
TiE New Delhi conducts over 30 events every year covering
aspects of entrepreneurship like funding & finance,
marketing and sales, expanding into new geographies
and business & organization management.
TiE New Delhi’s members represent a diverse set
of industries, including high technology software, hardware,
health care, biotech, media, telecom, IT enabled services,
consulting organizations, financial and legal institutions.
Today TIE is recognized as a major force in Delhi.
The public and the government have responded favourably
towards TiE and the chapter has seen senior bureaucrats,
ministers endorsing TiE’s philosophical framework
through their active participation in the Chapter’s
activities. This has led to other industry organizations
initiating relationships with the Chapter specifically
for the Small and Medium Enterprise segment. It has
excellent links with other Industry Chambers such as
NASSCOM, STPI, MAIT, Retailers Association of India
(RAI) and FICCI etc. Its charter members include the
who’s who from fields such as IT, Telecom, Media,
Consultancy Financial and Legal institutions and the
older, more established industries.
The Delhi Chapter of TiE has played a great role in
catalyzing the spirit of entrepreneurship in Northern
India. It has also had a major role in impacting Government
policy in a direction that would encourage entrepreneurship,
innovation
and wealth creation. Some of its achievements have been
:
- Five highly successful TiEcon’s that attracted
over 1200 people at each event, featured eminent speakers
from Government and Industry such as the Finance Minister,
Chief Minister, and several Secretaries. Leading entrepreneurs
and Industrialists from India, names, TiE Luminaries
such as C K Prahalad, Kanwal Rekhi, Desh Deshpande,
Suhas Patil etc.
- Our impact on public policy has been significant.
a. K B Chandrashekhar headed the SEBI committee on
VC reforms and the Finance Minister announced the
most significant changes at TiEcon.
b. Mr. N K Singh, Head of the Planning Commission
and formerly Finance Secretary, publicly acknowledgedthe
Government’s debt to TiE in shaping Telecom
reforms in India.
c. TiE delegations have held exclusive meeting with
the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, TelecomCommission,
Minister and Secretary of IT, Chairman Planning Commission,
etc., to impact public policy in the right direction.
d. As a result of our efforts, several TiE charter
members (both of the Delhi Chapter and from the US)
are on many of the appropriate government committees.
- The Delhi Chapter has played a major role in supporting
and helping to seed other Chapters in the North such
a Chandigarh, Kanpur (UP), Patna (Bihar) etc. We have
made numerous trips and have representatives from
these regions visiting us to seek guidance and help.
- We have had a wide array of monthly and other meetings
with talks by leaders of Indian Industry and visiting
TiE charter members on a range of topics such as IT,
Bio-technology, Media and Entertainment, IT Enabled
Services, HR issues, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship,
etc.
- The Delhi Chapter has inspired several startups
and our members are increasingly appreciative of the
value of TiE.
- The Delhi Chapter has also been active in the area
of social entrepreneurship. Some of the charter members
have started a charitable organization called “India
Sponsor Foundation”. ISF assists the smaller
voluntary organizations (NGOs) to be more effective
by providing them help in Management, Technology,
raising financial and volunteering resources, etc.
It has also launched a portal to provide comprehensive
information on the voluntary sectors in India.
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