Monday 23 April 2012

An event organized by Socilion gets featured in the IPFonline - largest b2b publication


 
News item which has been published by the Industrial Products Finder (IPF), one of the largest circulated B2B publication from India, in its online edition IPFOnline.com. The event has been organized by Socilion on behalf of iCreate for MSMEs in Gujarat (India).


Saturday 21 April 2012

Socilion organizes "ReachOut" for iCreate in Gujarat

Usage of Innovation, Technology, Globalization as selection criteria
icreate to feature 25 high growth companies from Gujarat

 
As many as 25 successful entrepreneurial companies of the MSME sector in Gujarat who have used Innovation, Technology and/or Globalization to grow rapidly would get featured in a publication by icreate, a recently established organization funded by the Gujarat Government. Icrate has a plan to publish success stories of high growth companies for next generation entrepreneurs to follow. This would be published through a book followed by release of a CD with interview video clips. This has been stated by Dr Madhu Mehta, Chief Mentor and Founding Team Member of International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (icreate) at Rajkot in Gujarat on April 19, 2012 while addressing a section of representatives from MSME sector.

Kicking off the “ReachOut”, interactive program of icreate in the Saurashtra Region to familiarize the members of the MSME community about icreate and its recently announced scheme to seek out and publish stories of 25 successful entrepreneurial companies in Gujarat, Dr Mehta said that the basic selection criteria would be usage of either Innovation, Technology and/or Globalization as a lever for achieved growth.The entire event has been organized by Gujarat based Public Relations and Event organizing firm - Socilion [http://www.socilion.com]. To contact Socilion, please click here.
icreate to feature 25 high growth companies from Gujarat


Inaugurated in September last year by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology is in the process to create an ecosystem which enables and nurtures GenNext entrepreneurial initiatives which leverage Innovations, Technology and Globalisation. Headed by former Infosys chief N.R. Narayana Murthy, icreate is established under the aegis of Gujarat Foundation of Entrepreneurial Excellence (GFEE), which is a joint venture section 25 company of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited (GMDC) and Gujarat Entrepreneurship and Venture Promotion Foundation (GEVPF).


The Centre is an autonomous centre of excellence with its coming up with its own incubation centre, on a sprawling 34 acres campus on the outskirts of Ahmedabad and has ambitious plans to tie-up with similar institutions around the globe and network with their resources, mentors, incubates ideas and educators. The centre will work with students, aspiring entrepreneurs, existing entrepreneurs as well as MSMEs and high growth companies.


Parul Daftari, MSME Lead of icreate said that this series of ReachOut Programs is aimed at holding special events in the select cities in Gujarat. “The scope will include meetings with opinion leaders, one-on-one with representatives of press, meetings with students, teachers (and parents), as also special round table meets with opinion leaders, and MSME entrepreneurs from the local industries,” she added.