Published: November 3, 2026
StartupFeed Quick Take
- About 500 students, founders and investors attended Bharat Udyam Sangam 2026 at GL Bajaj, Greater Noida, on October 31.
- The one-day event ran eight formats, from a student hackathon to a startup pitch arena, with a Rs 2 lakh prize pool.
- The October 31 release names no winners and no investment, so the pitch arena result is still to come.
About 500 students, founders and investors attended Bharat Udyam Sangam 2026 at GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management in Greater Noida on October 31.
GL Bajaj Centre for Research and Incubation (GLBCRI) gave that count in its press release the same day. Organisers had planned for about 500 when registration opened in October.
Bharat Udyam Sangam carried a Rs 2 lakh prize pool for the hackathon and related contests. The theme was “From Lab to Market”.
GLBCRI ran the day with the Shrinik Club and the Hackathon Cell of GL Bajaj. The Innovation Hub of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow, backed it.
Bharat Udyam Sangam 2026 ran eight formats in one day
Bharat Udyam Sangam 2026 packed eight formats into October 31. Six had been planned in October.
- A hackathon for student teams
- A leadership and investor panel on building a venture that scales
- An IBM tech talk
- A masterclass on customer checks, business models, fundraising and go-to-market
- A startup pitch arena, where selected startups pitched to investors and mentors
- Student idea pitching before an expert jury
- Networking sessions
- A closing session with awards
The chief guest at Bharat Udyam Sangam was Surendra Nath Tripathi, a retired IAS officer and former Director General of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. Dr. Vishal Choudhary, Scientist ‘F’ in the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, also attended.
Dr. Vishal Gandhi, founder and CEO of BIORx Ventures, spoke. He also leads the Indian Healthcare Angels network. Mahip Singh, CEO of Innovation Hub, AKTU, and Jharna Saha, co-founder of Enlog, joined him.
Madhur Mohan Malik, founder of StartupNews.fyi, was on the speaker list. So were Priyanshu Krishnan and Anant Vikram Singh, senior software engineers at IBM’s ISL Lucknow.
Kartikey Agarwal, CEO of GL Bajaj Educational Institutions, said events like this give students real exposure and push them to start companies. Vice Chairman Pankaj Agarwal spoke about turning classroom ideas into products.
What the Bharat Udyam Sangam release leaves out
The October 31 release names no hackathon winner, no pitch arena winner and no rupee figure raised by any startup. A pitch arena with investors in the room should end with a number. This one has none yet.
Four speaker affiliations in the release also differ from the event page GL Bajaj put up on October 30. Uttam Kumar appears with Sojja in one and SoapX in the other.
Narendra Jha appears with EVA2 and with FPADZ. Nitish Deshwal appears with Acquaint Tech and with Acquire Bot Tech. Vivek Chadha’s company name differs too, so all four stay unverified until GLBCRI confirms them.
StartupFeed was listed as an industry partner of Bharat Udyam Sangam on that page. Dr. Mayank Raj, CEO, Incunation Global moderated a session.
What this means for you: If you run an early-stage startup in Delhi NCR or western Uttar Pradesh, GLBCRI now runs a pitch day with investors. Ask GLBCRI for this year’s pitch arena results and its next incubation intake before you apply.
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