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Vishwapreneur is a national level entrepreneurial summit organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology annually since 2013.

Vision
Vishwapreneur targets at help students, aspiring entrepreneurs as well as working professionals to gain the skills and knowledge essential for surviving, and in turn, thriving in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Vishwapreneur 2017

Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology will we hosting the 5th edition of the national convention on the 11th and 12th February at the Sharad Arena of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology.

Guest Speakers list, Vishwapreneur 2017

 * Rahul Garg, India's youngest start-up mentor.
 * Rajesh Kulkarni, Managing Director, Keetronics.
 * Vikram Kotnis, Managing Director, Amura Technologies.
 * Mohit Pawar, Digital India Project, Government of India.
 * Anna Rehermann, Founder and CEO, Growth Hacking Asia.
 * Dr. A. Velumani, Founder and CEO, Thyrocare.
 * Narendra Goidani, Co-Founder, Life School.
 * Raj Sharma, Co-Founder and President, MMRSS Ltd.


 * Atul Chordia, Founder, Panchshil Reality.


 * Vikas Kumar, Co-Founder, Loantap Financial Technologies.
 * Sarang Lakare, Founder and CEO, InTouchApp.
 * Annu Grover, Managing Director, Nurturing Green.
 * Indraneel Chitale, Partner at Chitale Bandhu.

Vishwapreneur 2013
The first edition of Vishwapreneur was organized in 2013, at the Sharad Arena of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology. The convention organised B-Plan competition in the same year.

The guest speakers included Anup Tapadia Founder, TouchMagix Media, D S Kulkarni, Chairman, DSK Group of Companies, Atul Lohati, Maheshwari Vidya Pracharak Mandal, Umesh Dashrathi MD, Rucha Engineers, Vishwas Updikar, Founder Director, Wavelet Technologies and Geeta Bhansali, partner Live Safe Holistic Healing Center.

Vishwapreneur 2014
The second iteration of Vishwapreneur was held in 2014. The guest speakers included Ram Bhogale, Chairman Nirlep Appliances Ltd, Vithal Kamat, Chairman, Kamat group of Hotels, Ranjit Date, Managing Director of PARI Automation, Mrs. Darshana Parmar Jain, Joint MD of Ishwar Parmar Group, Dr. Manish Gupta, Founder and Chairman, Chrysalis and Harshit Desai, Associate Director, KPMG.

Vishwapreneur 2015
The third iteration witnessed speakers including Dr. Anil Kumar Kaza, Mr. Hanmantrao Gaikwad, Chairman and MD BVG Group, Mr. Mahesh Manjrekar, eminent Actor, Director and Founder of GME Productions, Mr. Jaideep Raje, MD, Bhate and Raje, Ms. Kiran Bhatt, MD, XEBEC Communications Pvt Ltd and Mr. Varun Aggarwal, fouder of Alma Mater.

Vishwapreneur 2016
The fourth iteration of the event was held on 10th, 11th and 12th February 2016 with the motto, "Because you need more than just inspiration". It witnessed the presence of speakers like Mr. Daniel Waples, the founder of Hedge Monkey and also a musical visionary who reinvented the hanging drum. Other speakers at the event included Ms. Barkha Dattani, MD, Barkha Brand Clinic, Mr. Anil Lamba of Lamcon Finance and Management Services Ltd, Mr. Vijay Varada, founder of Fracktal Works, Mr. Ganesh Nataranjan, Ex-Chairman of Zensar Technologies and Mr. Tausif Malik, a social entrepreneur.