IIT Bombay · DSSE
What is IITB INV.ENT?
IITB INV.ENT is an entrepreneurship research and practice conference conducted by the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay. People meet, network, attend sessions, workshops, and events, get exposure to research across the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and hear talks on entrepreneurship in practice and venture building. The 2027 edition is on 30-31 January at the DSSE Building, Powai, Mumbai.
“Entrepreneurship is studied, and entrepreneurship is practised, and the two almost never sit in the same room.”
What IITB INV.ENT is for
IITB INV.ENT exists so ideas do not die in labs. It is an entrepreneurship research and practice conference where students, faculty, founders, investors, and operators meet, network, attend sessions, workshops, and events, see research from the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and hear talks on entrepreneurship in practice and venture building.
Who it is for
Student and faculty founders. Researchers working on lab-to-market. Alumni who mentor. Investors and operators who open doors. Anyone building something India needs, and willing to meet the people doing the same on the IIT Bombay campus.
The school
On 31 January 2014, IIT Bombay's Board of Governors approved what became DSSE. IITB INV.ENT is conducted by the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship at IIT Bombay, where entrepreneurship research meets venture practice.
IITB INV.ENT 2027
The current edition is IITB INV.ENT 2027, on 30-31 January 2027 at the DSSE Building, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, with sessions from about 9:00 to 19:30 IST. Log in, submit a paper or poster abstract, and complete your profile. An account is not a ticket.
The stack
From campus
to company
IITB INV.ENT sits inside a pipeline that already runs: student clubs, research labs, the school, the incubator, and the companies that come out of it.
- E-CELL
- RESEARCH LABS
- DSSE
- IDEAS / WIE / GROWW INV.ENT
- SINE
- STARTUPS
- MARKET
Some of our ventures
