Agenda

23rd Sep 2025 | Hotel Grand Mercure, Surya Palace, Vadodara.

Pitches

07:30 AM onwards

Ball Room

Registration & Breakfast

08:00 AM
to
8:55 AM

Ball Room

Breakfast & Registration

09:00 AM
to
9:25 AM

Ball Room

Lighting of Lamp & Introduction of TiE & TiEcon Vadodara

About Pitch-a-thon, Startup Briefing, Jury Briefing & TiE Women, Vineet Rathi, Co-Chair

09:45 AM
to
12:45 PM

Ball Room

Pitches Track 1

09:45 AM
to
12:45 PM

Syndicate Room

Pitches Track 1

01:00 PM
to
01:55 PM

Ball Room

Lunch

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

Ball Room

Pitches Track 1 Contd.

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

Syndicate Room

Pitches Track 2 Contd.

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

Royal Room

Pitches Track 3 Contd.

Note: Mr. Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mutual Fund to address startups at 14:00 subject to his time availability.

Round Table Conference & Lunch (By Invite Only)

12:00 PM
to
01:05 PM

Crystal Room

Capital, Chaos & Opportunity: Building in the Age of Global Realignment with Mr. Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mutual Fund

01:00 PM
to
02:05 PM

Crystal Room

Lunch at Crystal Room

Networking Dinner (By Invite Only - Charter Members, Sponsors, Speakers and Invitees)

07:00 PM
to
09:30 PM

LVP Banquets

Networking Dinner

09:30 PM
onward

LVP Garba

Garba Visit

24rd Sep 2025 | Hotel Grand Mercure, Surya Palace, Vadodara.

7:30 AM
onwards

Royal Room

Breakfast at Royal Room & Registrations outside Ball Room

Crystal Room – 2nd Floor for CM / Speakers
Royal Room in the basement for Delegates

09:20 AM
to
09:35 AM

Ball Room

Warming Up and Lighting the Lamp

Nilesh Shukla:
Founding Director & Past President, TiE Vadodara
Samir Parikh:
EVP, TiE Vadodara

09:35 AM
to
09:45 AM

Ball Room

Setting the Context

Maulik Bhansali:
President, TiE Vadodara
Bharat Bafna:
Chairman, TiEcon Vadodara

09:45 AM
to
09:55 AM

Ball Room

Accelerators for Vadodara’s Next Gen Growth

Nirav Shah:
Office Markets Leader, PwC
Ankur Doshi:
Director, PwC

PwC Knowledge Partner for TiEcon Vadodara and this is the 3rd year in a row.

09:55 AM
to
10:30 AM

Ball Room

Building Globally Relevant Brands from India

Suresh Narayanan:
Ex Chairman & MD, Nestle India Ltd.
Kartikey Hariyani:
MD, ChargeZone

10:30 AM
to
11:05 AM

Ball Room

From Pivoting Giants to Building Futures: The Entreprenurial Mindset

CP Gurnani:
Co Founder, AlonOS & Former MD & CEO, TechM
Maulik Bhansali:
President, TiE Vadodara & CEO Netweb Software

11:05 AM
to
11:40 AM

Ball Room

Leading with Impact: Building Legacy with Grit

Shweta Upadhyay:
Hon. Exec Director, TiEVadodara
Geetaben Goradia:
MD, Jewel Consumer Care Pvt. Ltd.
Jaimin Shah:
Co Founder, DevIT Ltd.
Arjun Handa:
Chairman, Claris Group

11:40 AM
to
12:15 PM

Ball Room

Scaling Businesses in the AI Era

Anand Deshpande:
Founder & Chairman, Persistent Systems Pune
Samir Parikh:
Sr VP, TiE Vadodara & Founder, Naman HR

12:15 PM
to
01:05 PM

Ball Room

Winners Don't Do Different Things, They Do Things Differently

Shiv Khera:
Author, Educator & Business Consultant

01:05 PM
to
02:05 PM

Royal Room

Lunch: At Crystal Room 2nd Floor for Speakers, Sponsors, Invitees and Charter Members. Royal Room for Delegates.

02:05 PM
to
02:20 PM

Ball Room

Curtain Raiser, TiE Global Summit

Dr. Sheenu Jhawar:
Founder & CEO, Apex Hospitals, President, TiE Rajasthan and Global Board of Trustees, TiE
Jatin Trivedi:
Senior Partner, YJ Trivedi & Co., Global Board of Trustees, TiE

02:25 PM
to
03:20 PM

Syndicate Room

Generative AI with AWS

Dr. Kalaivanan S.:
Solution Architect, AWS

02:20 PM
to
02:55 PM

Ball Room

Digital Strategy Warfare

Ritu David:
Founder, The Data Duck

02:55 PM
to
03:15 PM

Ball Room

Discipline, Grit & Gameplans: The Playbook of High Performers

Nirav Shah:
Partner & Office Markets Leader, PwC
Dr. Mahendra Mahajan:
UltraAthlete, Guiness Record Holder
Garima Vyas:
Para Swimmer

03:15 PM
to
03:55 PM

Ball Room

From Clicks to Connection: Building Brands That Endure

Shapath Parikh:
Co-Founder, White Whale Capital
Abhijeet Pai:
Co-Founder, Gruhas
Ujwal Sutharia:
Founder, TDV Partners
Sandipan Bhattacharya:
CCO, Monks India – S4 Capital
Vidushi Kapoor:
Co-Founder & CEO, Process 9
Vansh Oberoi:
Managing Partner, VC Grid

03:55 PM
to
04:30 PM

Ball Room

Changed Landscape for Startups & VC's - India from 100 to 500Unicorns

Dr. Apurva Ranjan Sharma:
Founder, 100 Unicorns
Bharat Bafna:
Chairman TiECon Vadodara’25 & Co-Founder & CEO – Ameya Group

04:30 PM
to
05:10 PM

Ball Room

The Founder-Investor Equation: Building Together for the Long Run

Utpal Doshi:
Founder, Ignition Capital
Aditya Arora:
CEO, FAAD Capital
Gireendra Kasmalkar:
Founder & Managing Partner, Pentathlon Ventures
Shanti Mohan:
Founder, LetsVenture
Aarti Gupta:
CIO Family Office DM Gupta (Jagran Group)
Nikhil Vora:
CEO, Sixth Sense Ventures

05:10 PM
to
05:45 PM

Ball Room

Owning Your Narrative: Courage, Compassion & the Comeback

Rhea Chakraborty:
Actor & Entrepreneur
Ujwal Makhija:
Co-Chair, TiEcon Vadodara & Founder & MD, Phonon Group

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Agenda

23rd Sep 2025 | Hotel Grand Mercure, Surya Palace, Vadodara.

Pitches

07:30 AM onwards

Ball Room

Registration & Breakfast

08:00 AM to 8:55 AM

Ball Room

Breakfast & Registration

09:00 AM to 9:25 AM

Ball Room

09:45 AM to 12:45 PM

Ball Room

Pitches Track 1

09:45 AM to 12:45 PM

Syndicate Room

Pitches Track 1

01:00 PM to 01:55 PM

Ball Room

Lunch

02:00 PM to 05:00 PM

Ball Room

Pitches Track 1 Contd.

02:00 PM to 05:00 PM

Syndicate Room

Pitches Track 2 Contd.

02:00 PM to 05:00 PM

Royal Room

Pitches Track 3 Contd.

Note: Mr. Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mutual Fund to address startups at 14:00 subject to his time availability.

Round Table Conference & Lunch (By Invite Only)

12:00 PM to 01:05 PM

Crystal Room

Capital, Chaos & Opportunity: Building in the Age of Global Realignment with Mr. Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak Mutual Fund

01:00 PM to 02:05 PM

Crystal Room

Networking Dinner (By Invite Only - Charter Members, Sponsors, Speakers and Invitees)

07:00 PM to 09:30 PM

LVP Banquets

Networking Dinner

09:30 PM onward

LVP Garba

24rd Sep 2025 | Hotel Grand Mercure, Surya Palace, Vadodara.

7:30 AM onwards

Royal Room

09:20 AM to 09:35 AM

Ball Room

Warming Up and Lighting the Lamp

09:35 AM to 09:45 AM

Ball Room

Setting the Context

09:45 AM to 09:55 AM

Ball Room

Accelerators for Vadodara’s Next Gen Growth

09:55 AM to 10:30 AM

Ball Room

Building Globally Relevant Brands from India

10:30 AM to 11:05 AM

Ball Room

From Pivoting Giants to Building Futures: The Entreprenurial Mindset

11:05 AM to 11:40 AM

Ball Room

Leading with Impact: Building Legacy with Grit

11:40 AM to 12:15 PM

Ball Room

Scaling Businesses in the AI Era

12:15 PM to 01:05 PM

Ball Room

Winners Don't Do Different Things, They Do Things Differently

01:05 PM to 02:05 PM

Royal Room

Lunch: At Crystal Room 2nd Floor for Speakers, Sponsors, Invitees and Charter Members. Royal Room for Delegates.

02:05 PM to 02:20 PM

Ball Room

Curtain Raiser, TiE Global Summit

02:25 PM to 03:20 PM

Syndicate Room

Generative AI with AWS

08:00 AM
to
8:55 AM

09:00 AM
to
9:25 AM

09:45 AM
to
12:45 PM

09:45 AM
to
12:45 PM

01:00 PM
to
01:55 PM

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

02:00 PM
to
05:00 PM

12:00 PM
to
01:05 PM

01:00 PM
to
02:05 PM

07:00 PM
to
09:30 PM

09:30 PM
onward

7:30 AM
onwards

09:20 AM
to
09:35 AM

09:35 AM
to
09:45 AM

09:45 AM
to
09:55 AM

09:55 AM
to
10:30 AM

10:30 AM
to
11:05 AM

11:05 AM
to
11:40 AM

11:40 AM
to
12:15 PM

12:15 PM
to
01:05 PM

01:05 PM
to
02:05 PM

02:05 PM
to
02:20 PM

02:25 PM
to
03:20 PM

02:20 PM
to
02:55 PM

02:55 PM
to
03:15 PM

03:15 PM
to
03:55 PM

03:55 PM
to
04:30 PM

04:30 PM
to
05:10 PM

05:10 PM
to
05:45 PM

05:45 PM
to
06:10 PM

1. Felicitation of Sponsors
2. TiECon Awards 2025

06:10 PM
to
06:20 PM