# Universities Cultivating Regional Entrepreneurship

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Decision: Alumni should actively return to TIET to teach and mentor to catalyze institutional change and strengthen the startup ecosystem. (Quote: "How many this happens when you alma mater comes to you and says that they need to change and as an alum you need to teach them.")

Decision: VCs and angel investors should reach out to the Thapar Innovate team (led by Rahul Sharma, Aneesh Gopalakrishnan, and Mandeep Singh) to explore high‑potential curated startups. (Quote: "Message for VCs and angels - Don't hesitate to connect with Thapar Innovate team lead by Rahul Sharma Aneesh Gopalakrishnan Mandeep Singh and more.")

- Notable TIET‑originated ventures: Minus Zero, Flynovate, Labellerr, Wendor – Smart Vending Solutions (and many more unnamed).

I attended the Innovation Mission Punjab event on 2025-01-17 14:14 UTC and was impressed by the energy of young innovators and the depth of mentor support.

Kudos to the incredible efforts by Innovation Mission Punjab and team Dhaval Kaku Somveer Anand Shagun Madaan Adiraj Ahluwalia Ashish Mehta in empowering school students to develop market-ready innovations!

You can see Arush Chopra Anubhi Khandelwal Somveer Anand and Vishal Vinayak

A standout moment was when a student from a Ludhiana school inquired about the importance of prioritizing customer experience while acquiring new customers—a remarkable insight at such a young age.

I even met Sameer Sharma and got a chance to discuss his way of managing 2 companies in more depth.

At Labellerr, we’re proud to be accelerating computer vision AI development globally, and we’re equally excited about our journey to become leaders in the Indian market with top Indian unicorns as our customers.

I noted on 2025-07-19 that Innovation Mission Punjab, led by Ashutosh Dhingra, is running multiple initiatives to inspire college‑age individuals to pursue entrepreneurship.

Leader: Ashutosh Dhingra.

Goal: inspire college students to consider entrepreneurship as a career path.

I am launching a bimonthly “Building Ritual” for engineers in the Mohali‑Ludhiana corridor to solve complex problems in unstructured data, leveraging the talent at key Punjab institutions.

- Target institutions: Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar; PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh; Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology; Punjab Agricultural University; SVIET Chandigarh; UIET Panjab University; Indian School of Business; IISER Mohali.

The Mohali‑Ludhiana corridor has the infra and grit to build global‑scale tech.

Goal: a bimonthly 9‑to‑5 “Building Ritual” for engineers to solve complex problems in unstructured data (Video, Voice, LiDAR, GPT‑4o).

Founding Volunteers include Senior Developers, Mentors, and Freshers.

No need to move out to make an impact; let’s build for the world from home.

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