Second Roundtable on India's Cultural Enterprises | January 2024
In continuation with the First Roundtable held in December 2022, the Centre, in association with Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises (NICEorg), the Second Roundtable on India’s Cultural Enterprises saw active discussions on the broad aspects of cultural entrepreneurship throughout the day.
The event was inaugurated by Sh. Chandrakant Patil, Minister, Textiles and Higher & Technical Education (Maharashtra), government representatives of Khadi Board, Invest India as well as attended by Padma Shri awardees and notable cultural entrepreneurs. The research projects emerging from the conversation are now beginning to take shape.
The following Panelists attended the Roundtable (in alphabetical order):
- Anil Gupta, founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN; visiting faculty, IIM Ahmedabad
- Arman Ovla, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Design, Art and Performance, FLAME University
- CV Raju, Padma Shri Artist (Etikoppaka toys)
- Deepanshu Khandelwal, CEO, Catalyst AIC (AIM, NITI Aayog)
- Irtif Lone, Executive Manager, Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir
- Krishnagopal Grandhi, CEO Access Livelihoods
- Kanchana, CEO, NICEorg
- Kunal Sachdev, Founder & Managing Director, Caravan Craft
- Karishma Shah, Research Associate, CKA, FLAME University
- Nitin Pamnani, Cofounder, iTokri
- Piyush Ozarde, Research Associate, CEED, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics
- Poonam Gandhi, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, FLAME University
- Ravindra Sathe, Chairman, Maharashtra State Khadi & Village Industries Board
- Sanid Patil, Assistant Vice President, Invest India
- Sanjay Anandaram, Cofoudner, NICEorg
- Siva Devireddy, Founder & CEO, GoCoop
- Sunil Jalihal, Founder & CEO, Indic Inspirations
- Suresh Krishna, Founder & CEO, Yunus Social Business
- Swaminathan Ramachandran, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
- Yugank Goyal, Associate Professor and Founder Director, CKA, FLAME University
