Entrepreneurs, academicians, policy-makers, philanthropists and representatives of various non-governmental organisations will be participating in a two-day Development Dialogue 2026 in Hubballi starting Friday. Addressing presspersons at the Deshpande Skilling Campus in Hubballi on Wednesday, co-founder of Deshpande Foundation and entrepreneur Gururaj Deshpande said that this year, the two-day conference will feature two parallel tracks, Startup Dialogue and Skill Dialogue. The sessions will be organised simultaneously at the Deshpande Startups Campus and the Deshpande Skilling Campus on Airport Road in Hubballi. Guest speakers at the Dialogue include Vikas Sunkad of Sun Josho Ventures, Arun Raghavan of Arali Ventures, Sridevi Khambhampaty of Shilpa Biologics Pvt. However, as the model has not been scalable, the foundation has extended it to colleges to impart training after regular academic hours, he said.

Source: The Hindu February 04, 2026 13:21 UTC