3rd session at #StartupIndia 'Face to Face w/ Policy Makers' will have biggest panel of 10 secretaries n officials interact w/ @amitabhk87

— eChai Ventures (@eChaiVentures) January 16, 2016

Amitabh Kant, DIPP: Despite gov efforts, Indian startups are moving to Singapore. When will this reverse? #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Panel 2: Face to Face with Policy Makers: Revenue, HRD, DEA, Sci, BioTech, SIDBI, DEITY, MSME, SEBI, Corp Affairs #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

First question comes from @TVMohandasPai. #StartupIndia #MinistersPanel pic.twitter.com/V4tDMwjdrR

— SheThePeople (@SheThePeopleTV) January 16, 2016

@TVMohandasPai wants a policy that eases M&A and registration process for startups, encourages them to stay in India #StartupIndia

— Krithika BK (@KrithikaK_ET) January 16, 2016

Mohandas Pai: 6 out of 8 unicorns are domiciling outside India; similar for B2B. Need to improve finance laws #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

K. Shivaji: SIDBI has an India Aspiration Fund (Rs 2K Cr). We are active across startup lifecycle. #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Shaktikanta Das Secretary, DEA: India’s startup programme is a real gamechanger #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

"We have been able to launch funds with the help of #GOI & #RBI" Mr. K. Shivaji, Chairman & MD, SIDBI at #StartupIndia

— NASSCOM (@nasscom) January 16, 2016

V.S Oberoi Secretary, HRD: Startups should be promoted across India. Key lies in tech/management education and research #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

J.S Deepak Secretary, Department of Electronics and IT: Business of gov is to keep gov out of business #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

J.S Deepak: Gov is creating a fund of funds for startups in many sectors #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Anup K. Pujari Secretary, MSME: We have reduced paperwork requirements for SMEs. We are learning from startups #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Anup K. Pujari Secretary, MSME: Dear startups, please articulate your problems for us, we are not as smart as you! #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

We covered every issues related to startups in India. Will annonce today. - JS Deepak #startupindia

— pixr8 (@pixr8) January 16, 2016

Deep Karla, MakeMyTrip: We listed on NASDAQ five years ago. But difficult to dual list in India #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Prashant Saran, #SEBI: We are doing away with many of the dos which startups fill out; they are based on old business models #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Audience Q: How do startups work with Indian gov to improve civic services in urban governance? #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Feisty Q from audience: We startups don’t want to get involved in tenders and corruption #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP doing a great job of moderating the Q&A. “Ask your Q in one sentence, don’t make a PPT/speech!” #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Ashutosh Sharma, Sec, Science & Tech: We are increasing outreach to agri/farmer entrepreneurs, to school children and women #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Ashutosh Sharma: India has an anti-risk anti-failure culture. Failure tolerance in Indian gov is even less. #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Tapan Ray, Corp Affairs: We are automating rules about issues like naming companies. Tech platform is developed by Infosys #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Anup K. Pujari Secretary, MSME: We are increasing gov requirement to procure from MSMEs. But have zero defects #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Q: How to ease cumbersome regulations on sectors like alcohol? India has large potential in wine industry #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Q: Indian gov is putting lots of pressure on digital media startups to take down content. Ease off! #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Audience Q: Improve ease of filing info about funds raised from friends and family. #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Q: Improve requirements on IPR especially w.r.t. international M&A and collaboration #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Vijay Raghavan, Secretary, Biotechnology: Startups should address domestic market; keep an eye on genomics and IP #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016

Amitabh Kant, DIPP: You will never get a chance like this to ask questions to so many gov heads in one panel! #StartupIndia

— Madanmohan Rao (@MadanRao) January 16, 2016