BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NICEorg - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://niceorg.in X-WR-CALDESC:Events for NICEorg REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0530 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20230101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240629 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240701 DTSTAMP:20260615T114935 CREATED:20240521T073434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T081712Z UID:20608-1719619200-1719791999@niceorg.in SUMMARY:NICESamanvay 2024 DESCRIPTION:NICESamanvay – India’s first Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit\nAn immersive experience showcasing the journey of businesses building Brand India \nOn June 29th-30th\, 2024\, at BIC\, Bangalore\, we hosted NICESamanvay\, a summit dedicated to showcasing the journeys of businesses building Brand India. Attendees had the unique opportunity to connect with cultural entrepreneurs\, industry stakeholders\, academics\, investors\, and government officials—all under one roof! The event featured a diverse range of activities\, including keynote speeches\, panel discussions\, workshops\, and exhibits\, offering a comprehensive platform for learning\, networking\, and collaboration. \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n Participants\n 0\n +\n Cultural Exhibits\n 0\n +\n Speakers\n 0\n +\n Cultural Performance\n 0 \nUnlimited Networking Opportunities\nWatch the NICESamanvay recap below\n \nWay Forward\nWe at NICEorg are thrilled by the incredible response to NICESamanvay 2024. Thank you to all our participants for your enthusiasm and support in helping build the brand India! \nPartners \n\n \n Principal Sponsor\n \n\n \n Supporting Partner\n \nSpeakers \nKeynote Addresses\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nKeynote Address by Dr Nandhinidevi K IAS\, Director\, e-Governance\, Govt. of Karnataka\nDr Nandhinidevi K highlighted the crucial role of cultural entrepreneurship in bolstering Brand India’s international presence and emphasised on the need of the hour to build this ecosystem. \n \n\n \nKeynote Address Sri Jayesh Ranjan\, IAS\, Special Chief Secretary\, Department of Information Technology\, Electronics & Communications (ITE&C) and Department of Industries & Commerce\nSri Jayesh Ranjan highlighted the crucial role of cultural entrepreneurship in bolstering Brand India’s international presence and emphasised on the need of the hour to build this ecosystem. \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nKeynote Address by Sooraj Bhat\, CEO\, Ethnic Business\, Aditya Business Fashion and Retail Ltd\nTrends\, opportunities\, challenges in the Indian ethnic wear business\, Changing customer preferences and competition. The importance of branding\, merchandising\, formats\, product design\, lessons and advice for cultural enterprises.\nPanel Discussions\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nCultural Entrepreneurship and CSR \nSrikrishna Sridhar Murthy\, Founder and CEO Sattva Consulting\, moderated a panel discussion with Sriparna Ganguly Choudhari\, Chief Partnerships Officer\, Tata Steel Foundation\, Ritika Gandhi\, Lead\, Design Impact Initiative\, Titan Company and Manish Saksena\, Lead Advisor\, Aadyam Handwoven. Their conversation focused on how cultural entrepreneurs can leverage CSR opportunities from larger corporations.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n Food Entrepreneurship\nChandu Nair\, Angel Investor\, moderated a panel discussion on Food Entrepreneurship with Shakir Haq\, CEO\,NKP Empire Ventures Pvt. Ltd\, Gautam Gupta\, CEO\,Paradise Food Court Pvt. Ltd and Azmat Ali Mir\, Founder\, Sarposh Foods where the panelists discussed key focus areas such as quality and standardisation to scale Food Enterprises.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n Funding for Cultural Entrepreneurs\nSanjay Prasad\, Founder and CEO Mindsphere Consulting Pvt Ltd\, moderated a session on funding for Cultural Entrepreneurs\, with\, Manoj Kumar\, Co-Founder & CEO\, Social Alpha\, Sandeep Varma\, CEO\, Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprise\, Chakravarthy AB\, India Country Director\, Upaya Social Ventures and Avishek Gupta\, MD & CEO\, Caspian Debt as panelists speaking about cultural entrepreneurship being a space where debt and grant options should be considered primarily while looking for funding.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nRole and impact of Incubators & Accelerators\nSanjay Anandaram\, Co-Founder\, NICEorg\, moderated a panel discussion on the importance of incubators & accelerators in supporting Cultural Enterprises\, facilitating market entry\, providing continuous mentorship\, fund-raising\, creating robust governance and financial systems. Panelists included Venk Krishnan\, Founder\, NuVentures\, Suresh Krishna\, Chair\, Global Leadership Team Funds\, Yunus Social Business\, Kunal R Sachdev\, CEO\, Renaissance Craft Venture Builder Pvt. Ltd and Ismail Akbani\, CEO\, AIC Mahindra.\n \n\n \nImportance of Cultural Entrepreneurship in Academia\nProf Yugank Goyal\, Associate Professor\, Founding-Director\, Centre for Knowledge Alternatives\, FLAME University\, Dr. Chef K. Thirugnanasambantham\, Principal\, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration\, Manipal and Prof Suresh Bhagavatula\, Professor of Entrepreneurship\, Indian Institute of Management\, Bangalore (IIM-B)\, delved into a conversation on the role of academia in creating awareness of cultural entrepreneurship through education\, research\, policy and projects.\nTalks\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nA View of Cultural Enterprises from the lens of a Corporation\n\nL N Koteshwar\, EVP and Head Digital First\, Marico Ltd provided insights into what a corporate like Marico looks for in cultural enterprises and highlighted key aspects through a case study of Just Herbs\, an Ayurveda based Health & Wellness Startup acquired by Marico.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nEntrepreneur Journey: P-Tal\nKirti Goel\, Co-Founder & COO\, P-Tal\, self-described “bartan wali” and recipient of deals from 5 sharks on Shark Tank India S3 walked the audience through her entrepreneurial journey and spoke about the importance of cultural history in setting up their brand.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n Measuring Impact of Cultural Enterprises on Livelihoods\n\nRashmi Dhanwani\, Founder\, ArtX spoke about the importance of measuring impact on livelihoods and Revenue Growth using experiential tourism with a case study of the Serendipity Arts Festival.\n Integrating Technology into a Cultural Enterprise\nVijaya Krishnappa\, Co-Founder\, Kosha\, spoke extensively on the use of technologies like IoT and AI to enhance digitalization of the supply chain\, traceability and authenticity of artisanal products.\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nDigital Platforms and Cultural Enterprises\n Aravind Mithra\, Head\, New Initiatives\, Ajio a Reliance Retail company\, brought to light the criticality of using digital platforms for outreach to specific target groups while building consumer facing brands. He delved into all aspects of this business function that any cultural entrepreneur ought to pay attention to while building their Enterprise.\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n Importance and Relevance of IPR for cultural enterprises\nShwetasree Majumder\, Managing partner at Fidus Law Chambers and a Fashion Influencer\, presented the nuances of Intellectual Property covering patents\, copyrights etc with relevant examples that aimed to provide Cultural Entrepreneurs with a basic understanding of being aware and adhering to existing laws in the course of building Cultural Enterprises.\n \n\n \nDigital Public Infrastructure & PPP for Cultural Enterprises\nHarishankar K\, Head of Transformation\, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)\, introduced and presented the journey of the platform creation and the benefits that cultural entrepreneurs could derive from. \n Conversations\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nAparna Thyagarajan\, Co-Founder & CPO\, Shobitam with Kanchana KV\, CEO\, NICEorg\n\nKanchana KV got into an insightful chat with Aparna Thyagarajan on the business model that puts weavers and customers at the forefront with a vision to democratize Indian ethnic fashion wear globally.\nAMA Sessions Highlights\n \nVinay Parameswarappa\, Founder of Gully Tours \n \n\n \nDhanya Sugathan\, Founder & CEO of Artizenery\n \nSwetha Sunderraman\, Founder of The Indian Motif\n \nTejaswini Raaj\, Creative Director & Founder of Kaalcaari\n \nSahar Mansoor\, Founder & CEO of Bare Necessities \n \nDevraj Barooah\, Co-Founder of ChaloHoppo\n \nAnushka Jaisinghani\, Founder of Snack Me\n \nMeghna Khanna\, Founder of The Bindi Project\n \nRicha Maheshwari\, Founder of Boito\n \nDivya Kalra\, Co-Founder of\niCarry.in & Shophealthy.in\n\n \n \nCultural Exhibits\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \nCheck out more photographs of the event\n \nSubscribe to our monthly newsletter! URL:https://niceorg.in/event/nice-samanvay-2024/ LOCATION:Bangalore International Center\, 7\, 4th Main Rd\, Stage 2\, Domlur\, Bangalore\, Karnataka\, 560071\, India ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://niceorg.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NICE_Samanvay_June2024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250628T083000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250628T190000 DTSTAMP:20260615T114935 CREATED:20250606T130619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T124548Z UID:22323-1751099400-1751137200@niceorg.in SUMMARY:NICESamanvay 2025 DESCRIPTION:NICESamanvay – India’s first Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit; 2nd Edition\n\nPrincipal Sponsor \nTechnology & Culture: Opportunities and Challenges for Cultural Enterprises \nThe country’s 1st Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit NICE SAMANVAY 2nd Edition was held on June 28th 2025 in Bengaluru. The opening keynote was delivered by Shri Priyank Kharge\, Min for IT/BT and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj\, Karnataka\, followed by Shri Jayesh Ranjan IAS\, Special Chief Secretary Special Projects\, Investments & Tourism\, Culture and Sports\, Govt of Telangana\, Shri CK Venkatraman\, MD Titan Company and Ms Mugdha SInha\, IAS\, MD ITDC. \nSessions\n0\nSpeakers\n0\nParticipants\n0\n+ \nUnlimited Networking Opportunities\nThere were sessions on AI and Culture\, 3D Food Printing for Indian Food\, building Digital Cultural Brands\, how investors view cultural enterprises\, role of social media influencers in Indian food\, textiles\, craft and AI\, challenges and lessons from building digital platforms for cultural enterprises\, using technology for supply chains and productivity\, for determining authenticity. In a first\, a panel discussion on a state\, namely\, Telangana’s initiatives to create a cultural entrepreneurship ecosystem was also held showcasing how collaboration between varied ecosystem stakeholders helps in creating a thriving environment for growth of Cultural Brands. \nWatch the NICESamanvay 2025 recap below\n \nWay Forward\nWe at NICEorg are thrilled by the incredible response to NICESamanvay 2025. Thank you to all our participants for your enthusiasm and support in helping build the brand India! \nPartners\nIndustry Partner\nGovernment Ecosystem Partner\nSpeakers URL:https://niceorg.in/event/nicesamanvay-2025/ LOCATION:Bangalore International Center\, 7\, 4th Main Rd\, Stage 2\, Domlur\, Bangalore\, Karnataka\, 560071\, India END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260620T091500 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260621T204000 DTSTAMP:20260615T114935 CREATED:20260526T125942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T122544Z UID:24045-1781946900-1782074400@niceorg.in SUMMARY:NICESamanvay 2026 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://niceorg.in/event/nicesamanvay-2026/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR