Nirvaan, the Annual Entrepreneurship Event at IIM Lucknow would be conducted conducted by Abhiyan in August/September 2006. It  is an initiative guided towards fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship among the younger generation of India. Nirvaan showcases the best of India’s entrepreneurs, allows the participants get a chance to interact closely with them, to understand what goes into making India’s top entrepreneurs. Our guest at Nirvaan 2005 included Raman Roy, widely regarded as the pioneer and guru of the IT-enabled services business in India; Sanjeev Bikhchandani is the CEO and co-founder of Naukri.com; Sanjay Bhargava, Founder Paypal and an IIM Ahmedabad Gold medalist, who has been pioneering the concept of social entrepreneurship through ventures like SuVyapar. 

    Nirvaan would be having representatives from Venture Capitalist firms a well as a team of investors. Last year, Indiaco Venture capital  and Band of angels were our Partners. Indiaco is an organization that funds startups in the field of nanotechnology from the start up stage. The Band of Angels, on the other hand, is a group of entrepreneurs who have taken it upon themselves to fund startups from the seed stage in order to help budding entrepreneurs. The eminent evaluation team comprised of angel investors like Sanjay Bhargava (Founder Paypal), Alok Mittal, and Nihal Nevki who is a Venture Capitalist from Indiaco.