NSRCEL celebrates silver jubilee with ‘SummitUp 2025’

In November, NSRCEL hosted SummitUp 2025, which brought together founders, investors, policymakers and ecosystem enablers to explore what it means to build, innovate and lead in today’s dynamic environment.

From deep tech to social impact, this year’s edition dove deep into the trends shaping India’s entrepreneurial future, with over 500 founders, ecosystem enablers and changemakers coming together to tap into conversations that go beyond business to address real-world change.

This year’s edition also celebrated 25 years of NSRCEL. From 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟵 to 𝟳,𝟰𝟰𝟱-plus 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, over 𝟯𝟱,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, SummitUp brought forth how NSRCEL has always worked towards being at the heart of India’s innovation landscape, a place where ideas are nurtured with ambition, discipline and purpose.

The day also featured the launch of ‘𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀’ by N S Raghavan, who had set the foundation for NSRCEL. The handbook brings together sharp entrepreneurial fundamentals, practitioner-friendly insights and the Indian context that shapes how ventures truly begin.

Some of the notable speakers at SummitUp 2025 were Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel India; Karan Virwani, MD & CEO, WeWork India; Dr. Padmini Srinivasan, Chairperson, Executive Education Programmes and Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability, and faculty of the Finance & Accounting area, IIM Bangalore; Rasika Prashanth, CMO, Tata Soulfull; Ankit Mehta, Founder & CEO, ideaForge; B.G. Mahesh, CEO, Sahamati; Viraj Tyagi, CEO, eGov Foundation; Dr. R Srinivasan, Chairperson, Center for Digital Public Goods, and faculty of the Strategy area, IIM Bangalore; Sudhir Sethi, Founder and Chairman, Chiratae Ventures; Ankkush Agarwal, Head – Corporate Operations, Zeta and Mentor, NSRCEL; Nishchay Ag, Co-founder & CEO, Jar; Raffic Aslam, ex-Creative Director, Zoho; Sukhada Chaudhary, VP – Community & Content, Rang De; Suryanarayanan A, Angel Investor and Mentor, NSRCEL; Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Professor In-charge, New Campus, and faculty of the Strategy area, IIM Bangalore; Dr. Dalhia Mani, Chairperson and faculty of the Entrepreneurship area, IIM Bangalore; Prof. Sundararajan Selvaganapathy, former faculty of the Finance area, IIM Bangalore; Jeetendra Lalwani, Co-founder, Dial4242 Ambulances; Divya Hegde, Founder, Baeru Collective: Community-led Climate Action, and Baskar Subramanian, Co-founder, Amagi.