Convening slated to be the largest celebration of homegrown innovators from India’s heartland
New Delhi, November 23, 2024: Intellecap and Sankalp Forum is proud to present the Sankalp Bharat Summit 2024, a culmination of Aavishkaar Group’s work of developing entrepreneurial ecosystems for over 15 years. To be held at the Rudraksh International Convention Centre in Sigra, Varanasi on the 26th & 27th of Nov, the Summit promises to positively engage over 1,000+ delegates including 150+ Global Leaders, 400+ Entrepreneurs, 200+ Investors, Private Sector, Multilaterals, Bilaterals and Govt. Agencies to discuss, define, and drive forward the critical levers of entrepreneurial success.
Themed around ‘From India to the World: Impact Unicorns Shaping the Future’, this is the 16th edition of the Sankalp convening in India and will be the largest celebration of home grown innovators. The Summit will also lay the emphasis on local and regional innovators shaping the future of Indian entrepreneurship and will feature ground breaking enterprises making waves on the global stage.
Vikas Bali, CEO, Intellecap said, “The summit aims to be the largest assembly of impact enterprises in India who are building solutions for a sustainable quality of life for both people and the planet, We invite our partners and stakeholders of the emerging economies to forge collaborations that nurtures and propels our local and regional enterprises and enable their innovative solutions to scale globally and create opportunities of growth.”
The Summit will present a host of Global and distinguished Industry leaders such as (in alphabetical order) Amitabh Kant, Former CEO, Niti Ayog, Amit Chandra, MD, Bain Capital, Anisha Singh, Founder, SHE Capital, Archana Jahagirdar, Managing Partner, Rukam Capital, Dr. Binod Chaudhary, Chairman of Chaudhary Group & CG Corp Global (CG), Govind Singh, MD and CEO, Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Hama Makino, Senior Gender Policy Advisor, USDFC, Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital, Padmanabh Sinha, ED & CIO, National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), Ramesh Mangaleshwaran, Senior Partner, Ex-McKinsey, Ravi Gupta, Board Member, Renuka Sugars, Rajan Anandan, MD, Peak XV, Richard Gomes, Chief Programme Officer, Shell Foundation, Sunil Munjal, Chairman, HERO, SP Singh, Chief General Manager, SIDBI, Srini Sriniwasan, MD, Kotak Alternate Asset Advisors, Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC TV-18, U K Sinha, Former Chairman, SEBI and Independent Chairman, Aavishkaar Group and V. Ananth Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor, GOI to name a few.
The Summit will throw a spotlight on a wide host of pertinent topics like – India @ 2047: Economic and Social expectations, Blueprint for Scale: Building Impact Unicorns to transform Billion Lives, Entrepreneur Spotlights: Building Solutions for India, The Climate Economy: Navigating Opportunities for a Sustainable Future, Viksit Bharat: Crafting the Future through Innovation, Funding the Future: Financing India’s Economic Aspirations and Spiritual Roots to Startup Routes: Building Uttar Pradesh’s Economic Future, each designed to stimulate entrepreneurs and empower local innovators to redefine growth and create positive impact.
At the Summit, Aavishkaar Foundation will be hosting its flagship initiative, ‘Economic Entrepreneurship to Social Equity’ with the aim to inculcate entrepreneurial curiosity amongst youth and to empower local startups towards building a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh. The ‘Youth Entrepreneurship Program’ which comprises of a business challenge competition for Govt. Schools and Colleges in Uttar Pradesh, will showcase their winning ideas, while the ‘Entrepreneur-Investing Program’ will reward local and regional startups. Both will attract some of the most curious young minds and some of the most promising startups and to present innovative solutions rooted in the context of their communities.
As Vineet Rai, Founder, Aavishkaar Group said, “Inspiring Youth to create jobs and livelihood in the hinterland is one of the most important challenges facing the Indian development paradigm. Sankalp Bharat summit is an effort from Intellecap and Aavishkaar Group to bring this conversation to the mainstream and inspire impact entrepreneurs to imagine scale in their solutions. Impact Unicorn is the mainstreaming of the development paradigm to build complex solutions at scale. It is here India has a lot to offer to the Region and to the World and we believe there are opportunities for cross pollination of Impact Ideas globally. Varanasi as the spiritual capital of the world is the right place to build an ecosystem for ideas that solve for good and balance purpose with profits.”
The summit will witness reputed sponsors like Program Partners-Energy Catalyst and Artha Impact. Knowledge Partners –Bertelsmann Stiftung, Frontier Markets and British International Investments, Entrepreneur Support Partners –Habitat for Humanity and Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Entrepreneur Support Partners – Zomato, Rukam Capital, and Ah Ventures and our Regional Media Partner- Dainik Jagran, not to add a host of Outreach Partners, with each enriching the discourse with their support to India’s thriving startup ecosystem.
With over 35 Sessions and 80+ exhibition showcases, across the two days, the Sankalp Bharat Summit will be an unparalleled gathering of visionaries, industry experts, and decision-makers, to exchange high-value insights, explore forward-thinking strategies, and foster partnerships that will shape the future of entrepreneurship. At the summit, transformative ideas will meet actionable solutions, and ambitions will turn into measurable outcomes, shaping the future of businesses and the economy.
This year for entrepreneurs and investors, the Summit promises to be an unforgettable experience with 6+ focussed programs that will be hosted ranging from the reputed Sankalp Bharat Awards in partnership with Artha Impact where we will recognize our early stage innovators, the Aavishkaar Foundation awards which will reward outstanding entrepreneurs from Uttar Pradesh, the LIVE Deal Rooms, showcasing trailblazing entrepreneurs, spotlight startups through the tech revolution challenge and the ASCEND program where we will bring to stage high growth enterprises for on spot investments into their businesses.
The Summit will also host conversations centered around ‘High Impact tracks’ that focus on the different areas of work of the impact investment community. These include Inclusive Fintech & Financial Services, Healthcare, Water & Sanitation, Gender Lens Investing & Women Leadership, Agriculture, Climate Change & Clean Energy, Impact Investing & Blended Finance, Circular Economy, Collaborative Philanthropy and Affordable Housing.
Join us as we seamlessly blend tradition with innovation, reflection with action, and art with impact, paving the way for a brighter and more sustainable future. Don’t miss the chance to be part of this extraordinary journey and make a lasting difference. To Attend the Summit – Click Here
About Sankalp Forum:
Sankalp Forum was initiated in India in 2009 by Intellecap, part of the Aavishkaar Group, to create a thriving ecosystem for business-led inclusive development. Over the past 16 years, Sankalp has built one of the world’s largest impact enterprise focused platforms that has showcased and discovered 2780+ entrepreneurs, through 34 editions and has connected them to 1500+ investors. Sankalp has enabled enterprises and entrepreneurs and has helped raise over USD 800 million in funding and disbursed over USD 1.3 million in cash grants. Sankalp Forum engages with Governments, Corporations, influential platforms like the G8 and G20, media and civil society to drive a paradigm shift in inclusive development approaches. For more details please visit, www.sankalpforum.com
About Intellecap:
Intellecap a part of the Aavishkaar Group is a pioneer in building enabling ecosystems and channelling capital to create and nurture a sustainable & equitable society. Founded in 2002, Intellecap works across critical sectors like Agriculture, Livelihoods, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Financial Services, Gender & Inclusion, Healthcare, Water and Sanitation, and has delivered over 800 global engagements across 60+ countries and syndicated investments of over $2 Billion USD in Capital. Intellecap through its presence in India and Africa provides a broad range of Consulting, Research and Investment Banking Services, to Multilateral Agencies, Development Finance Institutions, Social Enterprises, Corporations, Investors, Policy Makers and Donors. Our common action platform, Sankalp Forum, one of the largest global inclusive development platforms, brings together the ecosystem to shape the way markets work for delivering the SDGs 2030. Select clients of Intellecap include the USAID, World Bank, Ford Foundation, The Hans Foundation, Doen Foundation, GIZ, DFID, Hindustan Unilever, P&G, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. For more details please visit, www.intellecap.com
