An Expert Round Table Discussion on “Antyodaya in Udoga and Udyamita – Reaching the Development Last Mile” was organised by Bharat Tech Foundation in association with Think India, JRD Tata Innovation Support Centre, Students’ Council of IISc, and the Entrepreneurship Cell, IISc at the Indian Institute of Science on 7th July, 2024 The discussion brought forth various viewpoints, experiences, questions, roles, and gave an insight into the development discourse in the country and where it is headed. This will be synthesized into a vision-document and be submitted to the Governments on behalf of all contributing participants in the near future. The Discussion was chaired by Dr Vanita Viswanath, Founder Udyogini and had Shri Anjan Banerjee, Faculty at National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) and Masters’ Union, Dr Srinivas Madhusudhan Kandada, Head CPDMED TBI IISc, Capt Kaustav Nath, Founding Partner, MindPhoenix Advisory, Dr Shiva Murthy G, Nodal Officer Visvesvaraya Technological University, Ms Shilpi Singh, Manager Womens’ CoE at Jagriti Enterprise Centre – Purvanchal, Ms Shraddha Kalani, Founder of Livin’ My Dream, Ms Amrutha Girish, PhD Scholar, Entrepreneurship Area at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Shri Siddarth Narayanan, Founder Director, Bharat Tech Foundation, Shri Kartik Kumar Choudhary, Program Manager – Womens’ Startup Program NSRCEL, Shri Sarthak Pandya, Student of Law at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur National Co-Convenor, Think India, Shri Manjunath Korgal, PhD Scholar, Social Work at Mangalore University, Shri Divy Dhanotiya, National Co-Ordinator – Startups & Innovation, Think India, and Sharanya Sridhar, Fellow at Chanakya University participating. Shri Navaneeth Ganesh, Member BTF Bengaluru Chapter, and Consultant at Ministry of Education, Government of India moderated the discussion.
