Ever wondered how real businesses are valued beyond formulas and textbook definitions? How investors, founders, and finance professionals actually decide what a company is worth?

The Entrepreneurship Initiative IITGN (EII) invites you to an interactive, case-based workshop designed to bridge the gap between theory and real-world financial decision-making.

📌 Workshop: Understanding Valuation – A Real Business Case

📅 Date: 14th February 2026

⏰ Time: 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

📍 Venue: AB 1/102

This session will be conducted by Mr. Prakash Udeshi, a seasoned corporate finance professional with over 22 years of industry experience across valuation, fundraising, mergers & acquisitions, and strategic finance. Through a hands-on business case, the workshop will walk you through how valuation, cash flows, and financial structuring come together in actual decision-making scenarios.

Whether you are interested in finance, consulting, entrepreneurship, strategy roles, or simply want to understand how real businesses operate behind the scenes, this workshop will offer insights that go far beyond classrooms and exams.

This is a great opportunity to:

• Learn how valuation works in real businesses

• Understand practical financial decision-making

• Gain exposure to industry-level thinking and frameworks

• Interact with an experienced professional from the field

The workshop is open to all students, and we strongly encourage you to attend and make the most of this learning opportunity.

The Entrepreneurship Initiative, IIT Gandhinagar (EII) is pleased to announce The SkyFrontier Challenge — a week-long, hands-on drone firmware and autonomous systems hackathon, in collaboration with NOT Drones Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

With the rapid rise of drone and robotics startups across defence, aerospace, logistics, and autonomous systems, EII aims to provide students with deep, real-world exposure to embedded systems, control logic, and research-driven engineering — while fostering entrepreneurial thinking.

Event Structure

Day 1 (3rd January | 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM): Mandatory Hardware & Firmware Workshop

Days 2–6: Drone firmware development, debugging, and mentored hacking

Day 7 (10th January): Final field demonstrations and presentations

Participant Selection

Participation in the one-week challenge will be strictly based on performance in a technical task assigned during the Day 1 workshop.

Attendance at the workshop is mandatory to be eligible for selection into the full challenge.

Why Participate

• Work directly on custom drone hardware and firmware

• Gain exposure to sensor fusion, control systems, and autonomous navigation

• Interact closely with an industry drone R&D team

• Compete for cash prizes, hardware kits, internships, and certificates

Detailed information about the challenge format, evaluation criteria, and rewards is available in the attached proposal.

We strongly encourage students interested in drones, robotics, embedded systems, and entrepreneurship to apply.

Entrepreneurship Initiative (EII) IIT Gandhinagar, in collaboration with upGrad, is hosting CodeEd 2025 – a 24-hour AI Hackathon.

📌 Event Details

📅 Date: 6th–7th September 2025

⏰ Time: 9:00 AM (6th Sept) – 9:00 AM (7th Sept)

📍 Venue: AB 10 – Room No. 103, 201, 202

🎯 Theme: AI for Education – Building the Future of Learning

🌟 Why join CodeEd 2025?

✈️ Top 20 teams nationwide will earn a fully sponsored visit to Mumbai for incubation support and exclusive personal interactions with the founders of upGrad.

🎤 Live pitching to a jury of industry leaders and entrepreneurs, with opportunities for recognition and mentorship.

💰 Attractive cash prizes, incubation opportunities, and potential career pathways with upGrad.

📚 A focused AI-for-education challenge that allows you to create solutions with real societal impact.

📢 The problem statements will be released on the evening of 5th September 2025.

Unlike other hackathons, CodeEd 2025 is more than a competition – it is your gateway to industry exposure, entrepreneurial mentorship, and the chance to build scalable solutions that can shape the future of learning.

✨ We encourage all students to register and be part of IITGN’s flagship AI innovation challenge!

🍕 Also, there will be free pizzas for participants 😉

We’re excited to announce the launch of Inside Industry, a new initiative by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative (EII) aimed at bridging the gap between classroom learning and real-world entrepreneurship.

For our very first visit, we’ll be heading to DevX (Dev Accelerator Ltd) — one of India’s leading platforms supporting the startup ecosystem.

📅 Date: October 25, 2025

📍 Venue: DevX, Ahmedabad

This visit comes at a special time for DevX, as the company was recently listed on both the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Students will also have the opportunity to interact with Mr. Parth Shah, Co-founder of DevX, and gain insights on:

• The journey from a startup concept to a listed company

• Building scalable operations and a strong organizational culture

• How co-working ecosystems foster collaboration and innovation

Master the art of AI communication in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to craft effective prompts for ChatGPT and other LLMs.

We’re delighted to invite you to Connect and Convince: The Essentials of Networking and Pitching, an interactive workshop organized by the Entrepreneurship Initiative, IIT Gandhinagar (EII). The session aims to equip participants with practical strategies to communicate ideas persuasively and build meaningful professional relationships — key skills for aspiring entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators.

🎙 Speaker: Mr. Jaydip Parikh, Growth Strategist, TEDx Speaker, and Marketing Expert with over two decades of experience in scaling startups and B2B ventures globally.

📅 Date: Monday, October 27, 2025

🕣 Time: 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM

📍 Venue: AB 1 / 102

In today’s competitive entrepreneurial ecosystem, pitching an idea effectively and forming strong professional networks go hand in hand. Through real-world case studies, live pitch exercises, and strategic insights, this session will provide a comprehensive understanding of storytelling, communication ethics, and network-building practices that drive collaboration and success.

Don’t miss this opportunity to interact with an industry leader and gain actionable insights into transforming conversations into opportunities for growth and innovation.