The Bengaluru Entrepreneurship Conclave brought together social entrepreneurs, ecosystem leaders, funders, and investors for a high-impact, day-long convening focused on solving India’s most pressing social challenges. Through pitching sessions, skill-building workshops, and intentional networking, the conclave created a platform to catalyse innovation, unlock funding pathways, and strengthen an ecosystem of purpose-driven entrepreneurs working towards large-scale social impact.
Bengaluru Entrepreneurship Conclave
Banajyotsna Mahanta
Banajyotsna started with a simple question: what would it look like for educators to learn the way they want their Students to learn, through reflection, honest conversation, and trying things out? The Community of Practice she built became the answer in practice. The peer-reflection sessions were never meant to be formal workshops. They were spaces where teachers, many of them from government-school settings, could talk about what was actually happening in their classrooms and think through it together. The live classroom sessions followed the same spirit: the goal was simply to test ideas, see what landed, and learn from what happened. And the documentation came together not because everything had been figured out, but so that others could build on what the community was discovering.
Over time, government-school teachers, Teach For India Alumni, Students, and education practitioners became more than participants. What Banajyotsna has built is not a finished programme. It is a culture where people learn by doing, grounded in real classrooms rather than perfect ones.
"Meaningful change often begins in small, consistent spaces of trust and reflection. The Community of Practice shifted towards learning by doing, grounded in real classroom experiences, not in the pursuit of perfection."
