Bihar Entrepreneurship Summit

BES 24 was organised at Gyan Bhawan, Patna. Shri Shashank Priya, Member CBIC, Govt of India (Ex Special Secretary, DPIIT), the Vice Chancellor of Bihar Agricultural University and the Vice Chancellor of Bihar Animal Science University inaugurated the summit.

• The US Ambassador and distinguished speakers from the US joined virtually; special guests Mr Harjit Singh came from New York and Mr Prashant from London.
• BEA Europe Chapter was launched during the summit.
• Cheques totalling ₹2 crore were given to 11 startups.
• Annual “Bihar Changemakers Award” given to 13 startups; Annual “Bihar Udyami Samman” given to entrepreneurs from all 38 districts.

Held at Gyan Bhawan, Patna with over 1,000 delegates from diverse backgrounds. Inaugurated by Shri Alok Mehta, Hon. Minister of Revenue & Land Reforms; Dr. Ashok Chaudhary, Hon. Minister of Building Construction; Ms. Anna Roy, Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog; Padma Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan; Shri Arun Sharma, Independent Director, Yes Bank and Ex-DGP Gujarat; Mr. Pankaj Singh, President, BEA; and Mr. Abhishek Singh, Secretary General, BEA.

• The US Consulate, Kolkata and distinguished speakers from the US joined virtually.
• ₹1.78 crore, funded by 3 ministries of the Government of India, was distributed to 11 startups.
• Annual “Bihar Change Maker Award” and “Bihar Udyami Samman” given to startups and entrepreneurs from all 38 districts.

Focusing on emerging technologies and innovation, organised by BEA and the Entrepreneurs Association of India (EAI) at Gyan Bhawan, Patna. All participants received a certificate of participation approved by ministries of the Government of India and one year of free hand-holding support.

• District Entrepreneur Award — 38 जिला उद्यमी सम्मान, one for every district.
• School Student Startup Idea Award — 50 students connected to global mentors from the US, UK, World Bank, IBM, Harvard, MIT and Oxford.
• Best Business Idea Hunt — 50 college students connected to investors and mentors.

Held online with 500+ entrepreneurs from 38 districts, with wide discussion on Making an Enterprising Bihar, women entrepreneurship, AI, ML, health-tech, ed-tech and agri-tech. BEA President Shri Pankaj Singh presented a memento to Hon. Minister of Agriculture Shri Amrendra Pratap Singh.

At the World Bio Fuel Summit 2021, BEA was honoured to be wished by Deputy Chief Minister Shri Tarkishore Prasad on its 10th anniversary.

A carnival of entrepreneurs and a tribute to new ventures, startups and young minds — a platform for experts, consultants, academicians and investors.

Launch of the “Coffee Table Book 2019” featuring 25 change makers of Bihar by three senior ministers of Bihar — the Hon. Ministers of Labour, Building Construction and Urban Development — and the Ambassador of Costa Rica. The DGP of Bihar addressed the summit as Guest of Honour. The theme was Grassroot to Global, and the District Entrepreneur Award was introduced.

Held at Gyan Bhawan, Patna and inaugurated by His Excellency the Governor, Shri Satya Pal Malik. 1,200 selected participants out of 16,000+ registrations came from across the globe, many with new investment proposals, products and services. More than 20 speakers from India, the US and other countries. BEA has partnered with the Government of Guizhou (China), the Government of Turkey and several state governments for entrepreneurship, trade and investment.

Launch of the Bihar Start-Up Policy with 4,000 participants and a Start-Up Expo, inaugurated by the Hon. Chief Minister of Bihar at Shri Krishna Memorial, Patna.

Walk the Talk is organised every year just before BES, where co-founders and youth walk across Patna talking innovation, ideation, policies and business opportunities. Highlights included “Start-Ups which raised funds in crores”, “The Trendsetters of Bihar”, “Women Entrepreneurs (Role Models)”, a product expo and a series of workshops on the manufacturing sector.

Held at Adhiveshan Bhawan, Old Secretariat with 3,000 participants and the theme “Enterprising Bihar” and “Make in Bihar”. It gave rise to Udyog Samwad. A pre-event, BESTALK 2016, was held in 10 cities across India, the US, the UK and Singapore, and startups selected in BEA's Business Plan Competition were felicitated.

Inaugurated by the Hon. Chief Minister of Bihar with 1,000 youth and entrepreneurs. It gave Bihar its Start-Up Policy, incubation centres, an IT Park at Biscomaun, a ₹500 crore State Venture Capital Fund and the Bihar Start-Up Yatra in all districts.

A day-long event that discussed the problems faced by startups and their solutions, addressed by Mr. Naveen Kumar, Principal Secretary, Industry Department, Bihar, and attended by the Planning Commissioner, the Industry Development Commissioner and secretaries of several departments of the Government of Bihar and India.