BECon'24: IIT Delhi's Annual Entrepreneurial Summit Concludes, Attended By Gadkari, Kiran Bedi Among Others

The summit was attended by prominent personalities including Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, and former Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi. 

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi concluded the annual entrepreneurial summit, BECon 2024, on February 4. The summit commenced on January 31 witnessed participation of several institutions across the country, according to a release issued by the institute. 

This year, BECon'24 was inaugurated by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. In his address, Gadkari urged students to embrace entrepreneurship as a pathway to self-reliance and national development, as per the statement. He further highlighted the importance of innovation and underscored India's potential to emerge as a global entrepreneurial powerhouse. 

The summit was attended by prominent personalities including Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, and former Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi. 

The first day of the event was jam-packed with speaker sessions and contests, including Biz-E 3.0, Blueprint, Moonshot, and 'Launchpad', the Startup Expo. The day opened with a keynote address by famed first-woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi, according to the release. 

The guest lineup included  Amit Kumar Agarwal, Nitin Jain, Mohit Joshi, Raghav Verma, stalwarts in India's startup ecosystem, and Vikram Gupta, and Sanjeev Bikhchandani, the Padma Shree Awardee and co-founder of Info Edge. 

The panel talked about the start-up and investment industries and discussed the current industry developments and the core issues of aspiring entrepreneurs. 

The summit further delved with a discussion on investing in innovation, with the panel comprising Satya Prakash Singh, Col. KiranDeep Singh, Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl, Suraj Malik, and Piyush Bansal. The panelists talked about deep tech's disruptive potential in critical industries such as healthcare, space technology, and sustainability.

The closing ceremony featured stand-up comedian, Akash Gupta. "Gupta entertained the audience, leaving them in splits and ensuring that the event concluded on a joyous note. His performance added a dash of laughter and camaraderie, encapsulating the essence of Becon 24 - inspiring, inclusive, and unforgettable," reads the official release issued by IIT Delhi.