Track 01: Unpacking the Indian Startup Story
Key Details
Host Centre: Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
Submission Requirements: Complete Papers only
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=imrc2025
Awards: Best Research Paper: INR 10,000, Best Case: INR 10,000
Call for Papers
On several parameters, the Indian startup ecosystem is recognised as the third largest in the world. What is the Indianness of India’s startup ecosystem? What are the driving and inhibiting factors? What are the lessons to guide its growth? The track invites papers in the following four tracks to answer some of these questions.
We especially invite teaching cases on Indian startups and players in the startup ecosystem.
- Regulation and Digital Public Infrastructure: Enabling or Throttling Entrepreneurship?
India’s leadership on creating digital public infrastructure is acknowledged across the world. However, the country scores poorly on the ease of doing business. What is the role of regulation and government-led DPIs in India’s entrepreneurship ecosystem? - Venture Capital and Startup Funding: What are the India Specifics?
From a thriving VC ecosystem to feeling the chills of a funding winter, Indian startup funding has seen ample change in the last few years. The funding has also not been uniform across sectors and models. What drives startup funding in India? Are there any India-specific peculiarities in startup funding? - India-Centric Tech Innovation: Can you Drive Growth and Impact?
Exploring how India’s unique technological advancements address local challenges, create scalable solutions, and position the country as a global innovation leader. - Beyond the Hustle: People and Culture in Startups
Understanding how startups navigate talent acquisition, leadership, and organizational culture to build resilient teams in the face of rapid growth and uncertainty.
● Case Track: Startup Dilemmas – Lessons for the Classroom
This track will only accept full cases (accompanied with a comprehensive teaching note) on Indian startups, investors, incubators, and other players in the startup ecosystem.