As part of National Start-Up Day & Student Entrepreneurship Day celebrations, to celebrate the spirit of innovation, resilience, and entrepreneurial courage that drives India’s start-up movement Innovation Cell, Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH), Manipal in collaboration with Manipal-GoK Bioincubator, MAHE, Manipal organised an event "From Spark to Scale: National Start-Up & Student Entrepreneurship Day” on January 24, 2026 (15:30 to 16:30 hours IST) in the Lectuere Hall 4A, MMMC Building, MAHE, Manipal.

The speakers for the event were:

Dr Manesh Thomas (CEO – Manipal-GoK Bioincubator, MAHE, Manipal) who delivered a talk on “Nurturing Innovation: The Incubator’s Role in Startup Success”.

Dr Shruthi Acharya (Co-Founder – Eikona X Innovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd) who delivered a talk on “Teaching & Building: The Dual Role of a Founder-Faculty”.