“India’s techade is here. Today, we’re seeing the Digital India initiative, startups grow in the country, and a lot of talent is coming from Tier 2 and 3 cities,,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on the 76th Independence Day, earlier this year, during which he also emphasised the need for ‘Made-in-India’ technology solutions to meet challenges of new India.
Among the solutions and tech advancements defining this new techade of India are a growing number of disruptive tech products and innovations from Indian startups across various sectors, including healthtech, fintech, agritech, gametech, SaaS, and deeptech, among others.
For a first-hand view of some of India’s most disruptive startups across various sectors, the ET Soonicorns Summit, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Intel, will bring together the founders of startups from different industries along with key investors and enablers in the space for a series of sector roundtable discussions.
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From Web3, fintech and deeptech to healthtech, agritech, and fintech, here’s a lineup of the sector roundtable discussions that will be hosted at the ET Soonicorns Event, scheduled for 8-9 September 2022, from 11:30 AM onwards.
ET SpotlightHere’s a look at the roundtable conversations during September 8-9:
- Soonicorn Roundtable on league of future unicorns
Summit Shah, Founder and CEO of Dukaan; Vineet Sukumar, Founder and Managing Director of Vivriti Capital, Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Co-founder and CEO of Pratilipi and Goutam Kurumella, Senior Manager, Startup Solutions, AWS will discuss the challenges and opportunities for ‘The league of future unicorns of India shaping the new digital economy’ in a session moderated by Miloni Bhatt, Editor- Digital Broadcast, EconomicTimes.com
- Healthtech Roundtable: The future of health and wellness tech
India’s healthtech sector is growing at a rapid pace while leveraging tech like cloud, data analytics and AI to deliver better healthcare. In a panel moderated by Miloni Bhatt, Editor – Digital Broadcast, EconomicTimes.com, Vishal Gondal, Founder & CEO, GOQii; Vaibhav Tewari, Co-founder, CEO, Portea Medical and Garima Sawhney, Co-founder, Pristyn Care along with Koushik Rajendran, Solutions Architect, Healthcare and Life Sciences Specialist, AWS spotlight the key trends driving the digitisation and growth of healthcare services. While speaking on the topic ‘The future of health and wellness tech: Democratized, connected, convenient’ the panellists also shed light on how their innovative business models have helped transform the healthcare service delivery.
- Agritech Roundtable: Key innovations redefining the traditional agricultural industry
In a roundtable discussion on the topic ‘Ripe for disruption: India’s agriculture industry,’ Mark Kahn, Managing Partner, Omnivore; Rajesh Ranjan, Founder, Krishify; Nikhil Tripathi, Co-founder, Bijak and Gaurav Malhotra, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS deliberate on the drivers of ‘Digital Agriculture Mission 2021–2025’ in a panel discussion moderated by Pranav Balakrishnan, Senior Correspondent, ETtech. The role of AI, blockchain and drone technology in improving the overall performance of the agriculture sector, along with the government’s push for innovative solutions in this sector form the key discussion pointers at this roundtable.
- Fintech Roundtable: Scripting the future of digital financial inclusion in India
Financial inclusion is at the centre of economic growth for any country. To further elaborate the transformatory role of technology in the financial space, Jitendra Gupta, Founder & CEO, Jupiter; Nilay Patel, Founder & Director, easypay; Apoorv Kumar, CTO & Co-founder, Refyne; Reeju Datta, Co-founder, Cashfree Payments and Yogesh Lele, Head Startups-North & West, AWS will interact with Tarush Bhalla, Senior Assistant Editor, ETtech on the topic ‘Scripting the future of digital financial inclusion in India.’ They will discuss the future of the fintech sector in India, which is expected to be a $150 billion market by 2025.
- Investors Roundtable: It’s time to go beyond valuations and blitzscaling
Vaibhav Domkundwar, Founder & CEO, Better Capital; Shanti Mohan, Founder, LetsVenture, and Sanjay Mehta, Founder & Partner, 100X.VC, make the case for the next 100 Unicorns from India that will be built with sustainable business models in this investor roundtable session moderated by Miloni Bhatt, Editor- Digital Broadcast, EconomicTimes.com. As they deliberate on what’s needed to enable Indian entrepreneurs to build companies with sustainable business models and sound corporate governance, the panelists will also share insights on the trends dominating the startup funding landscape and how startups should navigate the current macroeconomic environment.
ET Spotlight - Gametech Roundtable: What’s needed to make India a global gaming powerhouse?
At a time when India is poised to become the world’s largest gaming hub with the number of online gamers having grown to 390 million in 2021, Anirudh Pandita, Founder, Loco; Paavan Nanda, Co-founder, WinZo and Deependra Singh, Head of Gametech Business Development, AWS
Asia Pacific & Japan, AWS will talk about the different factors driving the growth of the online gaming industry in the country and the roadblocks we must overcome to empower India’s rise as a global gaming hub. - SaaS Roundtable: Unlock the trillion-dollar enterprise tech opportunity
The Indian SaaS market is expected to account for almost 7 to 10% of the global SaaS market, from 2-4% at present, according to EY-CII Research Report. Besides, SaaS revenues in India are already witnessing an annual growth of 20%, with a rising uptake in software-as-a-service solutions from Indian SMBs and enterprises across sectors. To discuss how Indian SaaS startups are ‘Unlocking the trillion-dollar enterprise tech opportunity,’ Maneesh sharma, COO, LambdaTest, Chaithanya Yambari, Co-founder, Zluri, Dev Ramnane, Head of early stage startups – India, AWS engage in a panel discussion moderated by Tarush Bhalla, Senior Assistant Editor, ETtech. - Deeptech Roundtable: What does the next decade of AI/ML look like?
ET SpotlightAnkit Prasad, Founder and CEO, Bobble AI; Raghu Ravinutala, Co-Founder and CEO, Yellow.ai; Srini Ananth, Managing Director, Intel Capital, and Aayush Lalit Jain, Venture Capital and Startup Business (South India), AWS will join Miloni Bhatt, Editor- Digital Broadcast, EconomicTimes.com in a session focussed on artificial intelligence and machine learning as they deliberate on the topic ‘The next 10 years in conversational AI and NLP: A golden era?’ The key discussion points for the session include the growth prospects of the industry and the role of Covid-19 pandemic in accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence in India.
- Web3 Roundtable: How can India BUIDL the new Internet and win?
ET SpotlightArjun Krishan Kalsy, VP – Growth, Polygon and Pandurang Nayak, India Head – Startup Solution Architects, Amazon Web Services talk about the trends dominating the world of Web3, and how Web3 innovators are building scalable real world projects to power the future of the Internet during panel discussion on the topic, ‘Web3 Decoded: How India can BUILD the new Internet and win.’
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