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2 days ago
Honoured to be part of the Global Startup Summit Kolkata 2026 as a speaker and a judge for the startup pitch sessions.![]()
It was a privilege to interact with passionate founders, evaluate promising ideas, and contribute to conversations shaping the future of entrepreneurship in Bengal.![]()
A special highlight was being interviewed by Suryasis Sarcar from Rashtriya Prasar Bangla during their coverage of the summit. We discussed the evolving startup ecosystem in Bengal, the opportunities ahead, and the growing expectations from Gen Z as founders, professionals, consumers, and changemakers.![]()
Events like this show the energy, ambition, and entrepreneurial potential emerging from Kolkata and the wider Bengal startup community. Thanks a lot Mohit Sureka, Som Sekhar Sen Sarma, Tapas Chakraborty FIII and the entire team at Global Startups Club for organizning and inviting me to be a part of this amazing event.![]()
Grateful to the organisers, fellow speakers, founders, and everyone who made the summit meaningful.![]()
Watch a short snippet from the coverage and my interview here along with Arnab Basu. The complete video links are available in the comments.
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1 week ago
Can we rethink the way India conducts public examinations?![]()
Every time a question paper is leaked, we respond by strengthening security around the paper with more surveillance, tighter logistics, stricter controls.![]()
But what if the real problem isn't the security? What if it's the architecture itself?![]()
Today's examination system fundamentally depends on protecting a single predetermined question paper. If that one asset is compromised before the examination, the integrity of the entire examination can be called into question.![]()
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a concept that approaches this challenge differently.![]()
The National Dynamic Assessment Platform (NDAP) proposes a shift from defensive security to architectural resilience.![]()
Instead of protecting one confidential paper, NDAP proposes dynamically assembled, psychometrically equivalent assessments, ensuring that no individual question paper carries sufficient strategic value to compromise the examination as a whole.![]()
The concept is presented as a Discussion Draft, not a finished proposal. It is intended to encourage constructive dialogue among policymakers, examination authorities, educators, psychometricians, cybersecurity experts, technologists, legal experts, and everyone interested in strengthening India's public examination ecosystem.![]()
I have attached a 2-page Policy Brief that summarizes the concept.![]()
I would genuinely appreciate thoughtful feedback, constructive criticism, and alternative perspectives. Good public policy is strengthened through discussion.![]()
If the idea has merit, I hope it contributes to the ongoing conversation on making India's public examinations more secure, fair, resilient, and future-ready.![]()
Policy Proposal Brief: www.arnabarray.com/national-dynamic-asNarendra ModifoDharmendra Pradhan The Times of IndiaraRepublic TNDTV oABP News RCNBClPalki S Upadhyayws, CNBC
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#PublicPolicy #Education #DigitalPublicInfrastructure #Assessment #Examinations #GovTech #CyberSecurity #NITIAayog #DigitalIndia #Innovation
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Arnab Ray
is at Jadavpur University.
2 weeks ago
Looking forward to joining INFLEXTION'26 at the Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University as a judge for I'm Out!!, their Shark Tank style startup pitching competition.![]()
Always a pleasure to interact with young entrepreneurs, listen to new ideas, ask tough questions, and share practical feedback from the startup ecosystem.![]()
Looking forward to meeting the participants. Wishing all the teams the ve#inflextion26F#arrayventuresa#startupindiaa#entrepreneurshipr#StartupEcosystemp#startupmentorr#startupfoundert#PitchCompetitiono#innovationInnovation
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Arnab Ray
is at Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata.
3 weeks ago
Looking forward to joining the Global Startup Summit 2026 in Kolkata on July 25 as a panel speaker and an Investor Jury member for the Startup Pitch Battle at Kenilworth Hotel, Kolkata.![]()
I will be part of a conversation that matters deeply to founders right now - The new rules of fundraising: What it takes to raise capital in 2026?![]()
I look forward to sharing some practical insights into the startup investment landscape and interacting with some exciting startups.![]()
Thank you to the Global Startup Summit team for the invitation.![]()
Looking forward to meeting founders, investors, ecosystem leaders, and fellow speakers in Kolkata.![]()
See you on July 25.![]()
#GlobalStartupSummit #fundraising #StartupFunding #venturecapital #angelinvesting #Startups #entrepreneurship #founders #StartupEcosystem #kolkata
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3 weeks ago
Why hasn’t India focused more on innovation?![]()
That was one of the questions I was asked during a recent podcast. My answer went back to something we all learned in school. Necessity is the mother of invention.![]()
Why would a country automate when labour is abundant and affordable?![]()
Why would I invent a tool to pluck a mango if I can reach it with my hand? I pick the ones I can reach first. Then I use a stick. Only when those are gone do I start figuring out how to reach the mangoes at the very top.![]()
I think innovation works in much the same way.![]()
We often compare India with the US and China and ask why we have fewer deep-tech companies, less automation and fewer global technology breakthroughs.![]()
But countries have a hierarchy of needs too. India spent decades solving for access, affordability, financial inclusion, digital adoption, mobility, commerce and basic infrastructure. Those were our mangoes within reach.![]()
As an economy evolves, its problems change. And when the problems change, the innovation changes too.![]()
So perhaps India has not failed to innovate. Perhaps we have been innovating according to the problems we needed to solve.![]()
A short clip from my conversation with Dynt along with Arnab Basu.![]()
What do you think? Do countries have their own Maslow’s hierarchy of innovation?![]()
#innovations #startups #indian
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3 weeks ago
For close to two decades, we have been in the business of creating business plans for startups.![]()
And we were quite good at it.![]()
Through BPlan Experts - Business Planning Experts - Business Plan Writers, we became one of the leading business planning firms globally, helping more than 2,200 startups with their business plans and pitch decks.![]()
There was a time when creating a detailed business plan took us three to four weeks of dedicated work. It was quite a task.![]()
Then we did something that may prove commercially questionable. ![]()
We took all that experience, knowledge, and the frameworks we had developed over the years and put them into an AI engine.![]()
The result is BPlanWiz.![]()
A small MVP prototype that takes your business idea and a few inputs, turning them into a detailed business plan.
- Market research.
- Competition analysis.
- Business strategy.
- Financial projections.
And more.![]()
Something that took us weeks of dedicated work can now be done in just 90 seconds. That's crazy.![]()
Is it as good as a business plan created by an experienced professional consultant? Not yet.![]()
And that is exactly why we are opening it up to early users. We want you to try it. Test it. Challenge it. Tell us where it gets things wrong.![]()
We are giving away free access codes to people who would like to try it.![]()
All I ask in return is your feedback. Help a brother out.![]()
Comment WIZ or DM me, and I will send you an access code.![]()
Now I am trying to figure out whether we built our next business...
or killed our old o#StartupSuccessc#startupa#entrepreneure#entrepreneurshipr#businessplans#businessplanningn#startupplanpplan
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