• A confluence of factors has resulted in India becoming one of the key centres globally for start-ups and innovation.
• In the last decade, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venturing has captured the attention of policy makers.
• As a result of these, there has been a fillip to the start-up activity in the country. Formulation of start-up policies, setting up of incubation centres, growth in investments, and focus on entrepreneurship in academic curricula, have led to an increase in the number of start-ups.
• However, growth of ventures and entrepreneurship in India so far has been predominantly led by policy and practice.
• Academic research and thinking can play an important role in sustaining and furthering this growth in entrepreneurship. Insights and evidence from academic research would support policy making as well as increase the effectiveness of managerial and investment decision making in entrepreneurship.
• iVEIN Network, a consortium of leading academic institutions in India, can be the missing piece in the entrepreneurial jigsaw puzzle.
• This cross-institutional network can be the glue that bridges the different stakeholders in venturing and entrepreneurship, and more importantly create new knowledge that stands the test of academic rigour that is so critical to sustain our success in the innovation economy.

• Create an interdisciplinary body of knowledge that synthesizes multiple perspectives would meet the requirements of policy makers, academia and researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, students, and those interested in innovation and ventures.
• To track the contours of the vibrant innovation, venturing and entrepreneurship segment in the country and develop a holistic and analytical narrative on the dynamics that drive the development in these areas
• Help in effective policy formulation at multiple levels; develop thought leadership for practice
• Seed the creation of an academic society that will organize annual conferences, create a journal, and architect a data repository in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.

iVEIN will shortly release its first India Innovation, Venturing, and Entrepreneurship Report. This supplements the previous editions of the India Venture Capital and Private Equity Report Series,  published during 2009 – 18.

iVEIN TO LAUNCH NEW RESEARCH ON DECODING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE INDIAN START-UP ECOSYSTEM IN IT'S FIRST 2020 iVEIN REPORT

iVEIN invites all stakeholders associated with innovation, venturing and entrepreneurship to join the mission of creating, collaborating, sharing, and disseminating knowledge in innovation, venturing, and entrepreneurship.

Faculty members, research scholars, policy makers, corporations, incubators, entrepreneurs, fund managers, scientists, innovation managers and investors can join iVEIN by signing up here.

Benefits of iVEIN

• Collaboration opportunities between like and unlike minds engaged in innovation, venturing and entrepreneurship
• Get recognized as a thought leader in innovation, venturing and entrepreneurship
• Unique opportunity to influence policy and practice by engaging with different stakeholders
• Knowledge generation leading to publication and dissemination

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Editorial Board Members 

Thillai Rajan, Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Srivardhini K Jha, Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurship area, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

Joffi Thomas, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

Rohan Chinchwadkar, Assistant Professor (Finance), Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Kris Gopalakrishnan (Chairman of the Board), Chairman of Axilor Ventures, an early-stage start-up accelerator and venture fund; Co-Founder of Infosys; and recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award

Jayesh Ranjan,  Principal Secretary – Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Department, Government of Telangana

Mohit Gambhir, Innovation Director, MHRD Innovation Cell (MIC), Government of India

Neha Singh, Co-Founder of Tracxn

R Ramanan, Former Mission Director of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and previously the Managing Director and CEO of CMC Ltd.

Sudhir Sethi, Founder and Chairman of Chiratae Ventures India Advisors

Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director at Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)

Consulting Editor

N Ramakrishnan

Practice Editor

Dinesh Tiwari

Assistant Research Editors

Akshay Natteri Mangadu

Rashmi Dyondi

Sumelika Bhattacharyya

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