Sagar Panaskar
Co-Founder, Spicy Mango Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
GrowthConnect · Edition 1 · Completed
AI Business Growth &
Networking Seminar
19 September 2026 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Bhau Institute, COEP Technological University, Shivajinagar, Pune · Title Sponsor: IDFC FIRST Bank
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
Your right is to the work alone, never to its fruits. Do not work only for the reward — and never settle into doing nothing.
Do the work. The results follow.
The RoomWhat happened
Every business is a Kurukshetra.
This room fought it together.
A focused three-hour growth room for Pune and Mumbai business owners. It opened with a full keynote of applied AI — real tools, live — then moved through short expert sessions on scaling a business, building marketing systems that create predictable revenue, turning credit and financing into a growth engine, using events and brand partnerships to open doors, designing customer loyalty, and social media that actually works. IDFC FIRST Bank, the Title Sponsor of the day, sat down for a fireside on business banking and growth funding. The morning closed the way it was designed to: every founder's business "ask" read to the room, and a networking round that produced allies, not business cards.
Run of ShowThe Agenda
Run of Show: The Agenda
VIP Guest Arrival & Inauguration
Registration, seating and the formal opening.
Keynote + Live AI Tool Training
M. Mahendraa — AI use-cases for small businesses, taught live and applied, not theory.
Education Slots
Seven 10-minute spotlights: the IDFC FIRST Bank fireside on business banking and growth funding, plus six expert sessions.
Referral & Gives Announcement
Every registrant's business "ask" is read to the room.
Networking + Refreshments
The conversations the asks were meant to start.
KeynoteThe Saarthi
Keynote: The Saarthi
Keynote Speaker · 45 minutes
M. Mahendraa
Founder, The Corporate Monk Venturez & ARRC Techie. One keynote leading a focused 45 minutes — AI use-cases for small businesses, taught live and applied, not theory.
About the SaarthiEducation SlotsThe Experts
Education Slots: The Experts
Title Sponsor
IDFC FIRST Bank
A direct fireside conversation on business banking and growth funding — working capital, collateral-free business loans and everyday business banking built to support expansion.
Phoenix Preeti
Phoenix Infotainment
Avirat Kulkarni
Consult Kay Digital Pvt. Ltd.
Ameet Dutt
Finasource — Business Funding & Mortgage Advisor
Mihir Dudhat
Founder, Discount Feast
Ashwini Sharad Shewale
Class Apart India — Social Media & Digital Marketing
