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      Prime minister
      Chief Minister
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      • Smt. Droupadi Murmu Hon'ble President of India

      In The August Presence Of

      • Shri Mohan Charan Majhi Chief Minister Odisha
      • Dr Mukesh Mahaling Minister, Health and Family welfare, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics & Information Technology Odisha
      • Shri Suryabanshi Suraj Minister, Higher Education, Sports & Youth Services, Odia Language Literature & Culture Odisha
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      Bista Jagruti

      Bista Jagruti

      Managing Director - Programs

      Startup Rèseau

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      Jagruti Bista is a startup executive with 7 years of experience in building and scaling startup programs with a divsese set of stakeholders in emerging economies. She is currently the Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Hindsight Ventures - an Africa focussed startup accelerator and entrepreneurship support organisation. Additionally, she is a Managing Director- Programs at Startup Réseau, wherein she looks after New Business Initiatives. Jagruti is a Commerce Graduate from Mumbai University. Having started her career with FingPay, a venture backed FinTech startup catering to financial access, while she was still in pursuing her graduation - Jagruti made a career switch, after recognising that her inner calling was to support entrepreneurship by being an enabler. Jagruti is an IDEX Fellow ‘22 and an alumnus of the prestigious U.S. Department of State funded Professional Fellows Program. In 2021, Jagruti was recognised for her work as Women Leader in the Entrepreneur category by “Billennium Diva’s” at the Bombay Stock Exchange.

      Speaking at

      • 2:15–2:30pmThu 5 FebShowcase StageCrystal HallOpen

        Accelerating Sector Transformation

        BharatNetra Startup Programmes: A Launchpad for India’s Next FinTech Founders

        Showcase StageCrystal HallOpen

        About this session

        This session introduces BharatNetra Startup Programmes, part of the Integrated Global Financial Technology Capability Hub (I-GFTCH) launched by the Government of Odisha in partnership with GFTN. Designed to accelerate FinTech and InsurTech innovation, the programmes offer cohort-based incubation, mentoring, industry engagement, and global ecosystem access to early-stage founders building market-ready financial solutions.
        Anchored in Bhubaneswar, BharatNetra combines startup support with world-class capability building, talent pipelines, and global connectivity to position India’s innovators for scalable growth.

      • 2:00–2:30pmFri 6 FebShowcase StageCrystal HallOpen

        Accelerating Sector Transformation

        Selling When Trust Is the Product: Mastering Enterprise Sales in Regulated Financial Systems

        Showcase StageCrystal HallOpen

        About this session

        In financial services, enterprise sales are rarely about speed—they are about credibility, compliance, and conviction. In this session, Ajay Ramasubramanian from Startup Réseau breaks down how founders can win enterprise customers in environments defined by long sales cycles, regulatory scrutiny, and high trust thresholds. Drawing from hands-on experience working with startups selling to banks, insurers, and regulated institutions, the session unpacks how to position value beyond pilots, navigate procurement and compliance bottlenecks, build internal champions, and convert early credibility into scalable enterprise revenue, without burning runway or momentum.