200 investors take part at TiE Sustainability Summit
The Hindu
TiE Sustainability Summit, a three-day event organised by TiE Hyderabad earlier this week, was one of the largest events in the sustainability space with a participation of 40,000 social enterprises,
TiE Sustainability Summit, a three-day event organised by TiE Hyderabad earlier this week, was one of the largest events in the sustainability space with a participation of 40,000 social enterprises, start-ups and entrepreneurs from 64 countries.
Of the 40,000, as many as 30,000 were social enterprises, the organisers said in a release, terming it as a record and distinction. The summit with ‘entrepreneurship meets sustainability’ as its theme had six tracks, 65 sessions and 225 speakers. It also had the participation of 200 investors.
The event concluded on October 6 evening with presentation of the TSS Social Enterprises Awards. The organisers said 115 social enterprises were recognised and felicitated. They were selected from among the 30,000 social enterprises that had registered for the Summit. The winners included Jayashree Industries founded by Arunachalam Muruganantham, who has set up the world’s first low-cost machine to produce sanitary pads, Dharavi Market, iKure, Gen Robotics, Marut Drones, Drona Maps, Naandi, NICE, Civics Unplugged (USA), Carbonlites, Bharat Rohan, Bamboo House, Sukarma and Vise Organics.
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