TiE Rajasthan is a

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

chapter of the non-profit community

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(TiE). Headquartered in

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, TiE Rajasthan is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, incubating, and funding new

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History

In 2001, few entrepreneurs of IT Industry were called upon by Naren Bakshi, where he provided the guests with an introduction about

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, the nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. They decided to formulate a group, and initiate activities aimed towards fulfilling the norms for an independent chapter of TiE. As a result, an ad-hoc working committee of 6 members was formed, titled as Rajasthan IT Entrepreneurs Group (RITEG) consisting of

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, Rajesh Moondra, Keshav Sharma, Hemant Gupta etc. All members committed Rs. 50000/- towards formation of the group. On 11 January 2002 TiE Rajasthan chapter was launched with a ceremony, attended by the then Chief Minister

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, along with various other businesspeople from Silicon Valley like

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, Kailash Joshi, Vipin Shah,

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and Raj Desai among others.

Presidents

* Yogendra Durlabhji - 2002-2004 *

- 2004-2006 * Rajesh Moondra- 2006-2008 * Mahavir Sharma 2008-2010 * Atul Kapoor - 2010-2012 * Manuj Goel - 2012-2014 * Rajneesh Bhandari - 2014-2016 * Rajesh Moondra - 2016-2017 * Siddharth Agrawal - 2017- 2018 * Chirag Patel - 2019- 2020 * Ravi Modani 2021 - 2023 * Sheenu Jhawar 2023- current

Programs

"TiECON", TiE's premier annual event, is held by TiE Rajasthan at regular intervals. Besides this, several other events are also organized and sponsored by TiE Rajasthan. Some of the notable events were: * "Rajasthanan IT Destination" - An IT Seminar, jointly organised by

NASSCOM The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group, focused mainly on the technology industry of India. Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit organis ...

and TiE Rajasthan on 17 August 2005 in Jaipur. * "TiEcon Rajasthan 2009" - Held on 17 December 2009 at B.M. Birla Auditorium and Convention Centre, Statue Circle,

, the event was attended by a number of TiE Global Charter Members. * "TiE Smashup 2014" - Held on 7 November 2014 in

, Smashup serves as a platform for startups to pitch their ideas, raise funds, and find new investors and partners. * "TiEcon Rajasthan 2015" - Held on 25 July 2015 at Hotel ITC Rajputana,

, the event was attended and addressed by several notable entrepreneurs as well as political leaders. The Chief Guest of the event, Smt.

Vasundhara Raje Vasundhara Raje Scindia (born 8 March 1953) is an Indian politician, who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Micro, ...

, the

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, made an announcement about new policy aimed at strengthening the facilities for setting up of startups in

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tie Non-profit organisations based in India Think tanks based in India Entrepreneurship in India