National Entrepreneurship Network co-hosts India's second Entrepreneurship Week from Feb 2-9, 2008. The E-week aims to engage more people in accelerating India's economic growth.

a major boost as India's second Entrepreneurship Week takes off from Feb 2-9, 2008. E Week India (E Week), a weeklong public awareness campaign, is aimed at celebrating the opportunities in today's India and improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurship in the country. E Week 2008 builds on the resounding success of the first E Week 2007, run at the initiation of the not for profit organization, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN). 

NEN will be co-hosting E Week 2008 with over 270 member colleges from across the country along with entrepreneur support associations such as The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), India Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Indian Angel Network (IAN), Proto.in and Dare.  E Week 2008 is supported by corporate sponsors including HSBC, Himalaya and Symphony Services. As part of the weeklong celebrations, E Week India 2008 aims to bring over 2,00,000 people including students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors and other experts together through more than 1800 entrepreneurship activities across 30 cities and towns. Activities include panel discussions, entrepreneur leadership talks, live case studies, creative entrepreneurial games, film screenings, street plays, entrepreneurship bazaars etc. NEN will also be honoring the 'Champion' institutes - those that best embody the Spirit of E Week 2008.

The central theme to E Week 2008 is 'Connecting Industry & Academia', in order to bring the best value of both to India. E Week 2008 is expected to reach beyond those already engaged by bringing several others to support entrepreneurship; an effort that will result in building a good ecosystem for new and future entrepreneurs. E Week India 2008's nation-wide Pledge campaign would also be centered on the theme of industry academia partnership, bringing thousands of people to make at least ONE promise to support entrepreneurship in India. A competition - 'Cooking with constraints' , a fashion show to promote budding fashion designers, an Entrepreneurship Week Bazaar, talks by prominent entrepreneurs, panel discussions and idea generation workshops are among the many activities that will take place on Bangalore campuses.

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