Babson India Symposium

The Babson India Symposium is a premier conference organized by students, staff, and faculty across different departments at Babson College, #1 school for Entrepreneurship for 26 years. Babson over the years has emerged as an entrepreneurial powerhouse by producing the largest number of startups in the world and we want Babson India Symposium to be a platform for aspiring leaders from around the world to learn from the experience of Indian businessmen and the grit they possess to make it big in the fastest growing economy in the world. The conference promotes Babson and India by engaging and interacting with Indian leaders from various disciplines. The conference aims at reflecting on what unique factors have allowed India to thrive in the competitive global landscape. We aim to learn and communicate how India, the fastest growing economy in the world is gearing up for the future. A growing interest in India all over the world, including the student community at Babson, encouraged us to create a platform to showcase around the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India. Speakers of past events include: Anupam Kher, a renowned actor, VG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day, Abhinav Bindra, Olympic Gold Medalist, Laxman Narsimhan, CEO Pepsico Latin America, Malini Agarwal from MissMalini.com, Anurag Kashyap, Director and Producer, Gururaj Deshpande, Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur, and Deepak Ohri, CEO Lebua Hotels, among others. The 5th Babson India symposium will be held on Feb 29th, 2020 at the Sorenson Theatre, Babson College, Wellesley, Boston. The theme of this year's event is 'India's Road to a $5 trillion economy". The event will be composed of sessions - with keynotes and panel discussions focusing over various genres - Economy, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Social Media, Retail, Finance, Real Estate, and Sustainability among others.