Maths says 25 * 1 = 25
Calendar reads 25 – 01 – 25
TiE Chennai 25 (years) 1 (Rank) 2500 (times growth)!!
The growth and impact that TiE Chennai has accomplished in the last twenty five years is stupendous. It was evident when Sriram Subramanya presented the journey along with the statistics. It is heartening to see that the chapter has grown way beyond IT companies and Tier I presence, with a lofty goal of touching the lives of one hundred thousand entrepreneurs by 2033 👏
What happens if the Milky Way (our galaxy) descends on to the stage? Well, it was something equivalent, when we had the galaxy of Past Presidents coming together on stage recapturing the struggles, goals, achievements. Chandu Nair who anchored this module, called himself as the string connecting the pearls!
K.V. Ramani
Ramaraj R
Lakshmi Narayanan
Naru Narayanan
V. Shankar
CK Ranganathan, CavinKare
Sriram Subramanya
While the day long event was packed with “power discussions”, the below extracts would give a glimpse of the same.
Murali Bukkapatnam “Entrepreneurs are the alchemists of the Society”
To the question from Shankar Vanavarayar, Pankaj Sahni replied “AI will not replace Doctors, but Doctors using AI would replace those who don’t”
Raju Venkatraman “I can’t write a line of code, but can decipher what is happening”
Tarun Mehta “Not being part of Startup conferences, not knowing helped!”
In conversation with Samir Kumar, Gaurav Aggarwal said “My friends told me, if you are serious, you need to be in India”
Talking to Prantik Mazumdar, Ganesh Gopalan said “Met 179 investors before getting a cheque” . He also fondly reminisced that his first customer, first investment came from Chennai. Vinay Singhal declared “Art of giving back is the specialty of Chennai”
The post lunch LED light show was dazzling indeed, symbolically conveying the energy and force for which TiE Chennai stands for!
Akhila Rajeshwar You have been leading from the front, It was proud to hear the accomplishments of TiE Chennai, year after year under your stewardship!
