Department of Commerce(Accounting & Finance), S.A College of Arts & Science has, in association with SACAS Association of Accounting & Finance Professionals and SACAS’IANS FinTech club, successfully organized the guest lecture on 09.04.2026
The Department of Commerce(Accounting & Finance), S.A College of Arts & Science has, in association with SACAS Association of Accounting & Finance Professionals and SACAS’IANS FinTech club, successfully organized the guest lecture on “Startup India & Student Entrepreneurs: Unlocking Seed Fund Opportunities” at 10.00 a.m to 11.00 a.m on 9 th April 2026 at SACAS auditorium. The lecture aimed at enhancing the knowledge of the students on the burgeoning field of the Indian start up arena and its available seed funding facilities for young and aspiring entrepreneurs. The session received a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and interest from the student fraternity for innovation, entrepreneurship and startup development.
The guest speaker for the session was Dr. E. Baskaran, Joint Director, Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission. With a wide array of experience and vast knowledge on the development and nurture of innovation based startups throughout the state, the speaker, in his address. Dr.E Baskaran shared useful and practical tips on the entire Start up India framework and its relevance to state innovation and nurturing young entrepreneurship at S.A College. He enlightened the importance of innovation and stressed on ways to convert their dreams and innovations into a business. The speaker stressed on the various scheme provisions in the start up India initiatives, seed funding assistance, various incubating facilities, mentorship avenues available for student entrepreneurship, and also detailed on the various steps to gain start up recognition and to avail fund. The session also presented real-time case studies and success stories which were a great motivation for the students to be entrepreneurs. The interaction session with the students addressed all their doubts on fund acquisition, validating ideas, registration processes of their business, among other things. The program ended with high spirits and motivation for students.
