File photo of director Soundarya Rajinikanth (l) and her dad, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, in London during the promotion of the film “Kochadaiyaan.” (Miguel Medina\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
An international start-up conference from Sep. 3 will see 12,000 participants attending workshops and deliberating on a wide range of issues related to emerging companies in Hyderabad. \u2013 @Siliconeer, #Siliconeer, #StartupIndia, #DigitalIndia, #StartupHyderabad, #Rajinikanth, #SoundaryaRajinikanth #AugustFest<\/p>\n
The fourth edition of the conference, `August Fest,’ is being supported by the Telangana Government.<\/p>\n
The two-day event is being organized by Eat, Sleep, Drink (ESD) start-up with support from the State Government, T-Hub and Indian school of Business (ISB), said Kiran Maverick, founder of August Fest.<\/p>\n
“This year 107 speakers and 12,000 participants will take part in the event, where there will be 125 start-up pitches and 20 workshops,” he said.<\/p>\n
For the first time, non start-ups and members of general public have been allowed to participate, he said.<\/p>\n
“Since last year we are working on measurable growth for start-ups. Last year, we picked up five start-ups that have seen exponential growth. This year we are picking up to 10 start-ups in different sectors and add value in terms of mentorship and guidance for funding and build success stories right here in Hyderabad,” Kiran said.<\/p>\n
Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranajan said “August Fest has contributed immensely in developing start-up ecosystem in the city. The Government’s focus is not just on T-Hub (a startup incubation initiative of the Telangana Government) alone.<\/p>\n
“I am on the board of T-Hub, which recently decided that start-ups outside the ambit of T-Hub, too, should get the same benefits as those in the T-Hub Incubation,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We own the fest. We feel proud of the fact that it has scaled up so fast,” Jayesh said.<\/p>\n
Among the key speakers would be Carman Chan from Hong Kong, Ernest Sanchez from Spain and Soundarya Rajinikanth (Rajinikanth’s younger daughter), Kiran added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
File photo of director Soundarya Rajinikanth (l) and her dad, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, in London during the promotion of the film “Kochadaiyaan.” (Miguel Medina\/AFP\/Getty Images) An international start-up conference from Sep. 3 will see 12,000 participants attending workshops and deliberating on a wide range of issues related to emerging companies in Hyderabad. \u2013 @Siliconeer, #Siliconeer,…<\/p>\n