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Devesh Chawla, Founder & CEO of Chatur Ideas, is an ingenious strategist, a mentor, an investor, TEDx Speaker, an efficient leader and to sum it all, an all-rounder! A highly sought after speaker and yet a very good listener. He is known and highly regarded for his brisk planning and execution. He is deeply committed to add value to the start-up ecosystem and revolutionize the entrepreneurship picture in India. ‘Chatur Ideas’ is his heartfelt and sincere effort to create a ONE STOP solution for start-ups and entrepreneurs which he has successfully done.

He has worked with hundreds of startups including Catapooolt, Strike, Orbit Marketplace, Maax Market, Hubilo, Market Pulse and many more. He also runs entrepreneurship programs across colleges and startups along with joint certification courses with IIT-B, Spinta Global Accelerator, USA, etc. with his trainers present across the country.

He has been felicitated with the "Youth Leadership Award" by the Trade Commissioner of Canada He has been awarded the “Mahatma Gandhi Samman Award” which is given to only 25 Indians all over the world. He has also been awarded "Entrepreneur of the Year 2018". He has also been felicitated as "CEO of the Year 2019" He has been invited as Guest of Honour, Speaker, Panelist and Jury at various startup events across India including some of the following;

- Jury at Start AP (in collaboration with Andhra Pradesh Government) - Keynote Speaker at WhatNEXT2018 along with Sanjeev Sanyal (Economic Advisor, Govt. of India) & Ritesh Agarwal (Founder, OYO Rooms) - Speaker and Jury at Startup Networkz (Singapore Company) India tour at Nagpur, Hyderabad and Kolkata - Part of The Think Tank Series on ‘National IPR Policy', supported by MSME- Ministry of India - Jury at Eureka! – Asia’s largest business plan competition held at IIT – Bombay - Investor at the 10 Minute Million Investor Pitch by E-Cell, IIT Bombay - Guest of Honour and Jury Member at ‘The August Fest’ – Asia’s largest startup conference - Speaker at e-tailing India Expo 2017 which is the largest eCommerce, retail & mobile show in the Industry at The Lalit, Mumbai