The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the global economy. As countries scurry to fight the unprecedented outbreak with complete lock downs, businesses have been stalled, global trade has been thwarted and supply chains have been disrupted. For the startups of the country, it might prove to be a bigger hit. Facing challenges and dealing with unforeseen circumstances is not new for startups. However, this situation is unprecedented and has arrived completely out of the blue.
In the next SIG Webinar Series, Entrepreneur & Startups SIG invites Manish Chowdhary: Co-Founder - WOW Skin Science, Priyanshi Choubey: Co-Founder – InstaCar, Ashish Gupta: Co-Founder – MyPetrolPump, Kartik Mishra: Head of Strategy & New Initiatives – Dunzo for an online round table discussion on “How Startups are dealing with COVID-19 situation?”.
The Webinar will cover the below questions:
Speakers:
Manish Chowdhary is the Co-Founder of Fit & Glow (WOW Skin Science & WOW Life Science). He is responsible for driving the business in India and manages the overall operations of the company. With a very hands-on approach in product innovation and day-to-day running of the business, he believes in the customer being the boss. That is why he is fastidious about listening to his consumers and delivering products that will make them happy.
Priyanshi Choubey is the Co-Founder of InstaCar. She was among the top 200 women entrepreneurs in India by NITI Aayog and was recently featured on entrepreneur spotlight at wep.gov.in government website. She has specialized in Digital Commerce and has a deep understanding of technology and market dynamics.
She has been honoured with the “Women Entrepreneur of the Year” in Travel & Hospitality, SheSparks2018, “Best Startup of Madhya Pradesh - Central India”, “Gold Medalist (1st) at WEE - IIT, Delhi” and “Women Entrepreneur 2018” by YourStory.
Ashish Gupta with his strong 10 years of global experience in the petroleum industry, founded 'www.mypetrolpump.com' to provide a safe and convenient, mobile refueling service, at doorsteps for cars, generator, fleet vehicles and other equipment’s. MyPetrolPump is well recognised by Government of India and Karnataka, and has won multiple start-ups excellence awards such as Elevate100, Wharton India Startup Challenge, Echelon100 etc.
Kartik Mishra has experience in strategy, PnL management and project/program management in industry, management consulting and startups. He has worked in the US, India and South East Asia and has collaborated with teams across Latin America and China. He currently leads, New and Strategic Initiatives at Dunzo - a horizontal delivery and task management platform. Dunzo is Google's first direct investment in India.
Prior to this he was the Chief of Staff at Practo -Sequoia, India's largest healthcare platform. He was also a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in their Detroit office, focusing on operations and strategy.
Moderator:
Jeeten Desai is an ISB Alumnus from PGP Class of '14. He is a Partner with Angaros Group.
