In this episode we talk with Chairman of the IIMCIP, Ajay Jain, who has been through forty years of entrepreneurship and is now paying it forward as a professor and startup mentor. He talks about how the North-East part of India is going to attract several startups in the years to come and why IIMCIP is playing a vital role in its growth.  @iimcalcutta  

00:00 - Introduction to the podcast
01:21 - Learning from the Corporate world
05:20 - Career in Kuwait and the stepping stone to business.
08:44 - Why Institutions will create social impact going forward.
14:33 - The balance to create innovation that makes impact.
18:11 - Academia/Corporate partnership - will it become mainstream.
23:12 - Carrying empathy to build a business.
29:00 - Supporting the North-East Corridor to become a startup centre.
33:03 - Why North East supports some great opportunities.
35:55 - The North East will change going forward.
41:03 - Role of government, going beyond grants.
49:00 - What does it take for innovation to work in the future
54:42 - Building future leaders.

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