Startup Accelerator
Chamber of Commerce

Nurturing human excellence
through entrepreneurship

Events

Startup Weekend Women

SACC and SUS launch, IDEAHUB@SUS, A unique gift for students!

SACC conducted Startup Weekend Women, BOOTCAMP

Startup Weekend Kanpur

Startup in a box, Mohali

SME & Start-up Investment Opportunities in Ontario

Startup in a box, Mohali

Startup Weekend, Mohali

Happening Haryana Bootcamps

Session on Investments and Savings for Life by Ms Monica Dhillon

Prize Distribution Function of Happening Haryana Winners

Fitness an Imperative Professional Trait – Mr Meharban Singh Virk

CNBC Awaaz Pehla Kadam TV Show

Boost Your Business - Women Entrepreneurs Meet

MOU SIGNED WITH CAN (Chandigarh Angel Network) FOR FUNDING

North India's Largest Start-Up Summit, Expo & Tech Awards, 2016

NETWORKING – ITS IMPACT and DOMINO EFFECT – Round Table Discussion and Networking TEA

Karwachauth Celebration by SACC at Sebiz

Josh Talks 2016

Diwali Celebration at SIB

M.O.U signed with AIESEC

Executive Director SACC “Ekant Agarwal addressing “MAKE IN INDIA”- live with Doordarshan Chandigarh – 16th Dec 2016

“Attain Your Ekant” – workshop on health and happiness

Entrepreneur Startup Summit 2017

On 16th Jan 2017 SACC through its Executive Director “Ekant Agarwal” addressed 500 students on “Motivating Youth Towards Self Employment Ventures” At Apeejay Institute of management Technical Campus - Jallandar

SACC and its members as stakeholders in Innovation & Startup Policy 2017 – Government of Haryana

SACC in association with Cashkaro.com brings #SheCEO “Empowering women entrepreneurs”

Startup in a box signs a MOU with STAN professionals to cater the professional service needs of their Startups.

SACC Director distributing certificate’s to participants at a workshop “Importance of IPR” organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce.

SACC Executive Director delivered lecture on entrepreneurship “Future is calling : are we ready” at Rayat and Bahara Ropar Campus.

Women’s Day Celebration by SACC at Startup in a box

SACC Executive Director – Delivered lecture on Leadership at HR Symposium conducted by IKG PTU at CGC Landran

SACC Executive Director – Judge for Startup of the Event competition at UDYAMI 2017

SACC conducted Legal and Constitutional Rights awareness session for women at Netsmatz for their employees.

Investor and Chai pe Charcha meet organized for Startup in a box by SACC.

SACC powered event – Banking Made Easy was held on 21st April 2017 at Startup in a box for its entrepreneurs.

The Entrepreneurs B.A.S.H ( Business Associates Social Hour )

SACC Organized KHOJ “Startup Pitch Competition” as Knowledge Partner to Z-Nation Labs at ISB Mohali

Understanding GST
SACC organized an event on 14th of July 2017 for its entrepreneurs housed at Startup in a box and also for the entrepreneurs/professionals of the region on Goods and Service Tax, A new Tax law which came into force on 1st July 2017 to reform how people do business and the way goods and services are taxed in India, C.A Abhinav Gupta, an associate member of ICAI, also speaker of the event, focused on the impact of GST on startups and how they can be benefitted from it. #SACC #SACCevents #UnderstandingGST #GSTForStartups

Effective Communication, Presentation Skills and Mind Management
SACC organized a workshop on “Effective Communication, Presentation Skills and Mind Management” on July 21, 2017. The workshop aimed to exhibit immensely powerful tools and techniques for budding entrepreneurs. #SACCWorkshop #SACC #Startups

SACC's 3rd Anniversary
This month marks the 3rd year anniversary of SACC’s founding and it is amazing to see how much it has grown in this short time. Thanks for all the love and support over the years. We have done great things together, but the best is yet to come. #SACCTurns3 #3YearsOfSuccess #SACC3Anniversary

“You must have a social media presence. Everyone is talking about it. But nobody knows where to start from ?"
SACC hosted an event “Decrypt Social Media Marketing” for Entrepreneurs on 27th Oct, 2017. The expert talk was facilitated by Amit Doda,VP- Digital Marketing, Netsmartz as a Guest Speaker. The session aimed to help entrepreneurs to learn the real-world state of social media with compelling stats, examples and best practices. #DecryptSocialMediaMarketing #StartupInaBox #SACCIndia

Chandigarh’s first ever event on Angel Investment: CANNABLE 2017 turned out to be a great success.

“Building Startup Knowledge has been on our radar, for helping startups grow vertically. We aim to promote quality entrepreneurial knowledge in the region by nurturing more and more Startups and build a sustainable ecosystem for them"
said Manipal Dhariwal, CEO and co-founder of Netsmartz, Chapter President of SACC and an Investor for Cannable in a statement in an event.
#SACCIndia #Cannable2017

Representatives of Embassy of United States of America Stewart Davis, Director of Programs, North India and Robin Bansal, Cultural Affairs Specialist, North India visited SACC Incubator and interacted with their Startups.

An interactive session exhibiting the possibilities of expanding business in the US markets for Indian startups was held with Steward Davis from Embassy of the United States of America, Robin Bansal, Cultural Affairs Specialist, North India and Manipal Dhariwal. The dignitaries from Netsmartz and SACC were invited for the 8th Annual Global Entrepreneur Summit in Hyderabad. “Women First, Prosperity for All” is the theme of the summit to support women entrepreneurs.

#SACCIndia #entrepreneurship #GES

Startup in a Box organized friendly #SIB family get together “Connecting Dots” on 15th November 2017 at Chandigarh Club. This friendly get together of #entrepreneurs was an amazing networking platform, it also linked CEOs of various companies resulting in indirect increase of #business.
This initiative is the initiation of "Entrepreneurship Club" which aims at building an #entrepreneurial ecosystem in such a manner that the entire city of entrepreneurs and business people feels like they are part of the same family. This get together was received very well by the entrepreneurs and the feedback has encouraged #SACC to arrange more of such informal and friendly meets wherein entrepreneurs of the tricity can communicate, gel, increase the scale of their business and grow.

#ConnectingDots #StartupInaBox

“Ms. Sharon Jandu from University of Huddersfield , Ms. Sharon Gorman from Association of International Accountants and Mr. Adrian Waddell from NE1 – Business Improvement District were keen for an association with Indian entrepreneurs who could innovate and could be given support from UK. They also looked out for an association with Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce , to share content and expertise with SACC.

Mr. Manipal Dhariwal, Chapter President - SACC expressed his gratitude towards Mr. Andrew Ayre Deputy British High Commissioner, Chandigarh for appreciating the efforts of SACC INDIA and his willingness to support the initiatives of UK government whole-heartedly.

#SACCINDIA #Entrepreneurs #Startups #SACCOnlineUniversity

On 27th Dec 2017 Ekant Agarwal Executive Director Start-up in a box "most professionally managed co-working space of the town" today signed MOU with Cheema Medical Complex, Phase 4, Mohali to provide medical services at discounted prices to their start-ups, to meet medical emergencies and to educate start-ups on health related issues by doctors from CMC.

#Startupinabox #Healthiswealth #wecareforourstartups #MOUsigningceremony

The second edition of TEDx-Chandigarh, an event that encompasses people to share their entrepreneurial experiences was organized on 21st Jan, 2018 at Inderdhanush Stadium, Panchkula.

SACC being the infrastructure partner for TEDx - supported the team throughout their preparation. Team TEDx was provided with a free workspace for two months at Startup in a Box. It was this infrastructural support that played a deciding role in writing the success of the main event by providing tremendous support to the TEDx team in the form of arranging speakers and providing sponsorships.

#TEDxChandigarh #SACC #StartupInaBox

As Festivities have stepped in and everyone is gearing up for Diwali Celebrations, Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence is holding a Pre-Diwali Exhibition on 25th and 26th October 2018 wherein startups are provided with an amazing opportunity to showcase their products and generate revenue.

On 15th February 2018, a boot camp to sensitize students on entrepreneurship and facilities at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence was conducted by Special Guest Speaker Wing Commander. Pradeep Prem, Executive Director SACC Adv. Ekant Agarwal and Community Manager SACC Ms. Isha Handa. Specially for the students of Government Post Graduate College for Women, Sector 14, Panchkula at their campus.

On 20th February 2018, boot camp to sensitize students on entrepreneurship and facilities in Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence was conducted by Adv Ekant Agarwal and Ms. Isha Handa for students of Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali Government Post Graduate College, Kalka at their campus.

On 22nd February 2018, a boot camp to sensitize students on facilities available at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence and Entrepreneurship was conducted by Mr. Pradeep Prem ( CEO International Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Center, Netsmartz), Advocate Ekant Agarwal ( Executive Director, SACC), and Madam Isha Handa (Community Manager, SACC) for the students of Government College at Barwala, Panchkula in their campus.
Visit: http://www.saccindia.org/india/upcomingevents

On 27th February 2018, a boot camp to sensitize students on facilities available at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence and Entrepreneurship was conducted by by Mr. Pradeep Prem ( CEO International Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Center, Netsmartz), Advocate Ekant Agarwal ( Executive Director, SACC), and Madam Isha Handa (Community Manager, SACC) for the students of Government P.G. College, Sector 1, Panchkula at their campus.
Visit: http://www.saccindia.org/india/upcomingevents

A My Story Session was organized for budding entrepreneurs of Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence on 16th March 2018 wherein Mr. Rajpal Ghai, Founder and CEO, WhiteSparrow Communications, a company dealing in branding shared his entrepreneurial journey. Mr. Rajpal shared his 12 year journey from being an employee in a small company in Mumbai to being an employer with a team of almost 20 people in Punjab. He shared real life experiences of his journey which was highly appreciated and imbibed in by the budding entrepreneurs who were attendees of the session.

On 6th April,2018 Startup in a box conducted a major mentoring session for the Women Entrepreneurs from PAN India competing for selection as incubates under all India competition by IIM Banglore . There were almost 20 semi-finalist women entrepreneurs who attended this mentoring session covering – How to pitch and live chit chat with entrepreneurs from Startup in a box, Guest Speaker in this session was Mr. C. J. Singh, Founder of CorePR and board member of #SACC.

Mr Ekant Agarwal , Executive Director #SACC, conducted a workshop on “How to Pitch for entrepreneurs and interns, ready to be consumed by the industries “at Punjabi University on 7th April,2018. The purpose of workshop was to inspire young entrepreneurs to become change makers. Taking forward, out of the batch of 200+ students , 4 are selected for mentor-ship by Ekant Agarwal.

Department of Higher Education in association with Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce (SACC) launched its first Startup Incubator cum Center of Excellence of Haryana, at Govt PG College, Sector 1, Panchkula on 10th April, 2018. Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma in the presence of Gian Chand Gupta, MLA, Panchkula, Latika Sharma, MLA, Kalka, Jyoti Arora (IAS), Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Manipal Dhariwal, SACC President, CEO and Co-founder Netsmartz and Shri Nitin Monga, Vice President, SACC inaugurated the Centre.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence hosted its second My Story Session on 20th April 2018 at the Centre of Excellence, Sector 1, Panchkula, where Mr Vikrant Shukla, Founder Envision Ecommerce shared his journey from being a student to running a successful business. He shared that his zeal to make everyday a new learning day helped him conquer all the challenges that came across his way. His story inspired many students to step out of their comfort zone and work towards achieving their goals and ambitions.

Share Hope - Tricity Biggest donation drive in association with Shoutlo.com at Startup in a box. #venuepartner #Startupinabox #sharehope #donationdrive

On 26th April, Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with British High Commission organized a round table conference on Promotion of Women Entrepreneurship, 10 delegates from UK and 6 women entrepreneurs of region were a part besides SACC team.

On April 30, 2018, the second mentoring session was conducted by Mr. Gagandeep Sawhney (CEO Fine Creations) at the Centre of Excellence, Panchkula. Mr. Gagandeep has more than 14 years of multifaceted corporate exposure in verticals like Media, Logistics and the Financial. The session revolved around creating financial literacy and its importance in today’s competitive world. This mentoring clinic series will continue every month with a new mentor for three years.

#SACC organized a #session on Financial management conducted by Mr. Gagandeep Sawhney (Founder of Fincreations) on 07th May 2018. Mr. Gagandeep Sawhney has more than 14 years of multifaceted corporate exposure in verticals like Media Logistics and the Financial. The session revolved around ways of managing money to convert into wealth.

Looking at the needs of the concerned strata, SACC arranged a Personality Development Session at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence on 8th May 2018. The session sensitized students about the importance of creating a positive first impression, body language, and confidence building. Looking at the way session was received by students these sessions will be organized more frequently.The main motive of SACC here was helping students at the incubator in developing their soft skills so that they can become confident and well-equipped entrepreneurs.

Startup in box , best co-working space of tri-city got appreciation from Share-Hope Tricity Biggest donation drive in association with Shoutlo.com for being the topmost contributor in the Tri-City.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence hosted its third My Story Session on 17th May 2018 at Centre of Excellence, Sector 1, Panchkula. Mr. Himesh Sharma, Founder SkillLabs was the guest speaker wherein he shared his journey from being an employee to an employer. He also shared how his passion to solve a problem made him become a successful entrepreneur.

Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce in association with Sebiz Infotech Private Limited organized a workshop on Bitcoin, which was an innovative session hosted by Mr. Dhiraj Agnihotri and Ms. Nidhi Arora (Bitcoin Specialist) on 3rd February 2018.

SACC in association with Sebiz Infotech Private Limited organized the first official Chandigarh Magento Meetup on 17th March 2018 for people who want to grow with the changing technologies.

On 19th April 2018, Team Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce sensitized youth on entrepreneurship and self- employment at Narwana, Haryana catering to 3 government college.

On 27th April 2018, Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce in association with Sebiz Infotech organized an Advance Excel Training Workshop. This workshop was an extraordinary session which led to increase in the productivity to make better reports/ excel files.

On 9th May 2018, Start-up-Accelerator Chamber of Commerce conducted START-UP AWARENESS PROGRAMME for the students of Government Polytechnic Loharu (Haryana), IAS Devender Singh ji Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana was the Chief Guest at the Program.

On 17th may 2018, Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce Conducted a startup awareness program for the students of Industrial training Institute, Assandh at Jaisinghpura, Haryana, Advocate Ekant Aggarwal, Executive Director SACC and Mr. Pradeep Prem CEO Skill Development were the main speakers of the event. Approved by Mr. Ekant.

3rd Mentoring Clinic at the Startup Incubator cum center of excellence, sector 1 Panchkula , was conducted by Team SACC on 25th of May 2018, The key takeaways from this session for the budding students entrepreneurs were Leadership Skills like : Confidence building , Eradication the fear culture , leadership by example “actions speak louder than words”. Students were enlightened on remarkable leadership tips and the importance of stepping up as a leader.

On 30th March 2018, a mentoring session was conducted at the Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence on legal compliance and legalities involved to open a new startup.

On 6th June 2018, our Honorable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi addressed/ interacted with beneficiaries of various Startup India initiatives such as Atal Innovation Mission, Startup India Yatra, Patent Facilitation. This interactive session was played at the Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, Sector 1, Panchkula so that the students can take benefit out of these latest policies.

SACC organized a half day session on Communication skills, IELTS and Language learning in association with Beavers Language Academy on 19th June 2018 at Sebiz Square auditorium in which 150 students participated.

On 13th June 2018, Students enrolled with Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence were taken to Sebiz Square, Plot No. C6, Sector 67, Mohali for an Industrial Tour. In the tour students interacted with more than 10 entrepreneurs and CEOs of different companies which gave them high end exposure on How an enterprise works and what are the real aspects of being an entrepreneur.

On 22nd June 2018, Team Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence hosted its 4th My Story Session with Mr. Deepak Bansal, Founder & CEO DeCoders Hub. He shared his journey of entrepreneurship which started earlier than anyone else i.e. in third year of engineering itself, today Mr. Deepak has just completed 8 months after education but owns a company, team of 5 people and a Renault Duster car which is actually the result of his hard work and passion (www.decodershub.com).
Listening to his story the students were awestruck and a zeal to become entrepreneur while studying was ignited in their heart.

We're excited to partner with @zonestartupsindia, #NBI2018, a unique contest for Indian startups to win a 2-week market access program and soft-landing in Canada. They're coming to #Chandigarh for the official launch and to meet innovative tech startups. #RSVP your attendance now - (http://bit.ly/register_nbi2018).

Startup in a box takes care of their startups as no one does , to give mega energy to the startups at Startup in a box – we tied up with the best energy drink company – Red bull and distributed Free redbull to the entire family of Startup in a box….

Launching of NextBIGIdea Contest 2018: 6th Edition was done by SACC in its incubator, where students of all the four colleges took part in the contest. The participants will be scrutinized by the NBI Team and winners will be taken to Canada for 2 week market program. This event was blessed by the presence of Mr. Gurbans Sobti, Trade Commissioner, Consultant General of Canada, Government of Canada; Mr. Kunal Nandwani, CEO uTrade and Mr. Rohit Bansal, Trade Commissioner, British Columbia, Consulate General of Canada.

On 27th July 2018, Team Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence hosted its 5th My Story Session with Ms. Sunali Aggarwal, Founder Trabug – one of the best Mobile Travel Company. Ms. Sunali is a serial entrepreneur, design practitioner and an eternal learner. She believes in design led innovation and businesses which are more customer centric and offer sustainability. Ms. Sunali shared her entrepreneurial journey with the students and made them aware about the importance of reasoning in an entrepreneur’s life.

On 20th August 2018, Team Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence hosted its 6th My Story Session with Mr. Arjun Singh Kalra, Managing Director 49 Web Street. Mr. Arjun is a dynamic multi-faceted professional with over 12 years of rich experience in Shipping Industry, IT Services, Software Products, B2B & B2C Platforms, Online Marketing, Operations, Crisis Management, Personnel Administration, Trainings and social activities. In his interaction with students, he shared his entrepreneurial journey and made the students aware about the importance of generating sales at an early stage of the startup.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence in association with P.G. Government College, Sector 1, Panchkula provided yet another opportunity to Ms. Yashbindu to take her passion at a next level. With the help of the incubator team, she organized Handmade Rakhi Sale at Women Empowerment Event held in the college premises wherein she earned over Rs. 3000. Her product was highly appreciated by the audience and the chief guest of the event, Ms. Charu Bali - Police Commissioner of Panchkula turned out to be one of her customer.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence celebrated the festival of Rakhi by organizing a handmade Rakhi Sale at the incubator. Ms. Yashbindu, Bachelors of Arts student who has a passion for handicraft items was given an opportunity to showcase her product and take her passion forward.

On 31st August 2018, Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), Government of Punjab, STPI, Ministry of Science and Technology with SACC as knowledge partners organized Punjab Startup Summit, one of the biggest Startup Summit of Punjab. In the summit there was a pre pitching session which took place at STPI building in Mohali on 24th August 2018. After scrutinizing and preparing budding entrepreneurs from Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, Mr. Anshul Dhiman, B.Com 1st year student at Government P.G. College, Sector 1, Panchkula was selected to pitch for funds in the above said pre pitching event of 24th August 2018. This pre pitch session gave him an immense exposure on how to pitch for funds and also gave him networking opportunity wherein he connected with Angel Investors, Mentors and Industry Leaders.

Punjab Start-Up Summit 2018, organized by Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), revealed number of initiatives of the Punjab government to boost entrepreneurship and provide infrastructure to support the growth of startups in the entire state. With young entrepreneurs preferring Mohali to setup the infrastructure for their startup, out of the five incubators in the state, three are located in Mohali. SACC being the knowledge partner of PCCI, it will foster the development of an ecosystem for new ventures and work in close tandem with government of Punjab and to make concerted efforts to plug the gaps in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. To read what Vini Mahajan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce, GoP and Manipal Dhariwal, Chairman Start-Ups/Entrepreneurship & IT & ITeS Committee, PCCI, Co-founder & CEO at Netsmartz, and President, Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce (SACC) said in the event, visit here:https://bit.ly/2NolaZe

It’s time to ripe the untouched potential spread across the smaller towns of Punjab. With this motto, Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) will facilitate 1000 startups in the next 5 years and setup 10 incubation centers. As of now, total 141 startups are registered with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), out of which 40 are located in Mohali, 18 in Ludhiana, 14 in Jalandhar and 12 in Bhatinda. To know more about the takeaways of Punjab Start-up Summit, 2018, visit here:https://bit.ly/2NolaZe

On 31st August 2018, Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), Government of Punjab, STPI, Ministry of Science and Technology with SACC as knowledge partners organized Punjab Startup Summit, one of the biggest Startup Summit of Punjab. In the summit 15 students from Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence were selected and taken by Team SACC without any cost to the students. Also apart from knowledge, networking takeaways, they were given an opportunity to meet investors face to face making them aware on how to raise funds for business ventures.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence on 13th September 2018 launched its first Healthcare Startup “MediCove Healthguard India Pvt. Ltd.”. MediCove Healthguard India Pvt. Ltd. is a women startup as approach to One Health system platform to assist/cater healthcare sector for their regulatory requirement. They will also be present on an E-commerce platform which will comprise of all the healthcare sector connectivity with the patient like tele- medicine, diagnostics, doctor appointment (locate your doctor). Moving further, they will also launch MediTaxi services with their Aviation associate and rooftop Helipad Design and Development on major healthcare unit in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, HP,J&K.

The event was graced by Dr. Archana Mishra, Principal Govt. P.G. College, Sector 1, Panchkula along with five HoDs of the college, Executive Director of SACC and other startups of Startup Incubator.

On 18th September 2018, 5th Mentoring Session was organized at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence wherein Mr. Vidur Pratap Singh, Founder Workcave Coworking was invited as the Guest Speaker of the session.

Mr. Vidur interacted with the students and shared his journey of entrepreneurship with them. Furthermore, he suggested various ways of boosting sales and taking the product further in the market.

7th My Story session of startup incubator cum centre of excellence was held on 25th September 2018, the Guest Speaker of this session was Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Director of Altruist Technology, a Mobile Value Added Services Company , running businesses in 45 countries. During his session, Mr. Anuj educated the students on the pros and cons of taking the first movers advantage, apart from other benefits of being an entrepreneur.

On 4th October 2018, Ms. Yashbindu and Mr. Tarun founders of Y&T Art organized an exhibition on handicraft and artistic material made by them (a buzzing startup based out of

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, Panchkula).

My Story session is an interactive close door discussion that involves a candid conversation with senior entrepreneur often facilitated by a moderator. The conversation revolves around the speaker's entrepreneurial journey and often touches the personal side of the speaker. The rationale of hosting these sessions is to inspire the participants by exposing them to as many entrepreneurial stories or focus on a particular topic/domain.
Glimpse of Success Story Session with Mr. Manipal Dhariwal (Co-Founder & CEO at Netsmartz | Chapter President of SACC | Serial Entrepreneur | Philanthropist | Global Keynote Speaker)

After 7th My Story Session while promoting Haryana HSIDC IT Park and calling Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Director of Altruist Technology, Department of Higher Education and Startup Incubator invited Mr. Param Kalra from DHL Square HSIDC IT Park, Owner of Starthub Nation on 9th October 2018 for a My Story Session. His session enlightened the students on myths around being an entrepreneur and motivated them to break all the shackles and consider entrepreneurship as a career option.

On 16th October 2018, a special mentoring session with two mentors was organized to give students learning of both South and North. Ms. Ritu Agarwal from Bengaluru, GE Energy came all the way to guide the students and Mr. Chetan, CEO of Alliance Ecommerce guided the students on importance of staying updated on latest market trends.

On 23rd October 2018, Startup Incubator in association with Medicove Healthguard India Pvt. Ltd. and City Special, startups at Startup Incubator organized a session on Stress Management at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, Sector 1, Panchkula wherein the speaker of the session was Mr. Bhupender Sharma, Founder City Special. With this session, students were educated on how to have a positive and confident outlook towards every challenge life throws.

Launch of SIB Mentor connect series at Startup in a box, Our first Mentor Mr. JD Ghai owner/founder of santabanta.com mentored around 7 startups and sorted their entrepreneurial queries.
Date : 12th October 2018
Venue : Startup in a box, Mohali.

SIB My Story of Ms. Mini Singh on 12th October 2018

SIB My story of Mr. Rajpal Ghai on 19th October 2018

Start-up in a box in association with Start-up Accelerator Chamber of Commerce organised Start-up Mantra Series 2 , with Gautam Senegal , startup coach Awarded by Forbes. 25 start-ups took part in the mind boggling session and learned how to Monetize their startups.

Start-up in a box, only co-working space of Tri-city with 97% occupancy had one of the best Mentors for their Companies working under HR Domain. Mr. Sanjay Sachdeva, founder People management solutions and former Director CII guided the HR Start-up on how to scale , sorted their problems and also extended his hand holding to them.

On 27th August 2018, 4th Mentoring Session was organized as Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence wherein Mr. Maninder Singh Tuli, Founder Xlantic Solutions was invited as the Guest Speaker of the session.
Mr. Maninder Singh shared his journey of entrepreneurship with the students so that they have a better understanding of business and also provided students with vital tips to take their ideas forward.

SIB My Story of Mr. Arjun Singh Kalra .

Day 2 of Startup Exhibition at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence was received very well by all the staff member and students at the college. Through this Pre-Diwali Exhibition students were not only able to sell their products and generate revenue but also got an exposure of customer handling.

Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce in association with Software Technology Parks of India organized live webcast of our honorable Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi on IT and ITes. 27 Entrepreneur and more than 40 IT professionals attended the session, This session was webcasted at Sebiz Infotech Auditorium Sector 67, Mohali.

Startup in a box always take care of their entrepreneurs, to give them wings of doing business a free distribution of Red Bull was done in the entire SIB community of more than 180 professionals, This Distribution exercise was taken up on Monday 22nd October 2018, Thanks to Team Red Bull for Making it happen.

On 31st October 2018, a mentoring session was held at Startup Incubator by Ms. Sheenam Gautam, Co-Founder EngyinLabs. Ms. Sheenam has competed her master’s degree from Germany and is currently working with startups in taking their entrepreneurial journey forward. She interacted with students at the incubator and guided them through the process of Entrepreneurship.

On 2nd November 2018, Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence in association with Govt. P.G. College, Sector 1, Panchkula, organized a Diwali Festival for students to showcase their products and generate revenue.

Diwali Exhibition, Day 2 at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence was a big hit wherein startups like Y&T Art (Handicrafts) and Triya’s Homemade Chocolates received a great response and their collection was more than Rs. 10, 000.

9th My Story Session was held on 16th November 2018 at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, Sector 1, Panchkula.
In this My Story Session, the Guest Speaker/ mentor was someone who started his company while being a student of Engineering at his college. Mr. Vivek Gaula, Ceo & Founder of KvixoDigital shared his journey of being a student entrepreneur to a professional businessman and motivated our students on the same, which was really inspiring for the students because they could relate to his story.

Mr. Inderpreet Singh Chadha : 16th November 2018.
SIB Mentor Connect November 2018 was much appreciated by Starups at Start-up in a box, Mentor - Mr. IPS Chadha, CEO of Chadha Realtors Pvt. Ltd gave them great insights & tips on how to scale and also told them the importance of real estate in life.... overall the session was very well received.

Mr. Sahil Arora : 29th November 2018.
Start-up in a box this time called Mr. Sahil Arora from New York ( Global startup investor) to guide start-ups on funding , tips to scale and most probably will also be investing in one of our Start-ups at Start-up in a box.

On 4th December 2018, an international mentoring session was conducted at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence. The guest speaker for the session was Ms. Supriya, Associate Director, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development.
This interactive session educated the students on various opportunities available for business expansion and also sensitized them on how to map their expansion strategy in initial phase of the business.

On 19th December 2018, Shri. A. Sreenivas, IAS Director Higher Education, Haryana visited Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence, P.G. Government College, Sector 1, Panchkula. He inspected the incubator and appreciated the work done by Team SACC towards fostering entrepreneurship amongst the college students.

07th December 2018.
SIB Mentor Connect this December hosted a seasoned Startup Mentor, Public Relations Veteran – Mr. C.J. Singh (One of the Founding members of SACC and advisor), He guided start-ups with his extensive experience of 30+ years and was much appreciated by the Start-ups.

Triya Homemade Chocolates in association with Kidzee Preschool organized a Chocolate Exhibition on the eve of Christmas Celebration.
This two day long exhibition held on 21st and 22nd December 18 was very well received by the students and their parents attending the carnival.

Cheema Medical Complex being one the partners to provide medical facilities to the students of Start-up Incubator organized free Health Check up Camp from 21st December 2018 till 23rd Dec 2018. This camp was well received by the students of Start-up Incubator.

On 1st January 2019, Sai Seva organized Sai Samelan, in Sector 5, Panchkula wherein Medicove India Pvt. Ltd., a startup at Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence marked its presence and enlighted the people about their startup. Having an audience of over 1 lakh people, this event gave Medicove Team a golden opportunity to reach out to masses thereby leading to potential future tie-ups.

Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce in association with Unites States Embassy organized a Round Table Conference emphasizing on Gender Equality, Women Empowerment through Technology wherein the speaker of the session was Ms. Cynthia Hellen, CEO SMPLCT Lab from New York, also the event was graced with the presence of Ms. Catherin Fisher, Public Diplomacy Officer, United States; Ms. Ayesha Gideon, Program Manager- Cultural Affairs, United States Embassy in India apart from Team SACC and rising entrepreneurs of the region.

On 26th July 2018, SACC Executive Director, Mr. Ekant Agarwal sensitized students of new batch 2018 on entrepreneurship and the facility which Department of Higher Education, Haryana has created for them (Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence catering to four colleges namely Govt. P.G. College, Sector 1, Panchkula; Government Post Graduate College for Women, Sector 14, Panchkula; Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali Government PG College, Kalka and Government College, Barwala). During the session, Mr. Ekant threw light on why to choose entrepreneurship as a career option and also made students realize that it is time to become job providers than to be job seekers.

Startup Incubator cum Centre of Excellence celebrated Teej with budding entrepreneurs of Startup Incubator where one of the budding entrepreneurs, a designer and mehndi artist was given an opportunity to apply Hena on the hands of other students. This event of Teej celebration was perceived very well by all the students at the incubator.

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Mentoring day with Deepali Nangia-SACC Mentor from London

Celebrating International Women Day

SACC Organizes an Investor connect with Jaarwis Accelerator, Hong Kong.

Event with Canadian Trade High Comm: interaction with Brad Loiselle

Interaction with Sameer Sharma- Trideal @ Startup in a Box

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