Outreach | EDEC

Community • Collaboration • Impact

EDEC Outreach represents the society’s commitment to extending learning beyond campus walls by partnering with national media houses, global innovation hubs, and influential industry communities. By acting as an outreach bridge for large-scale summits, festivals, and knowledge forums, EDEC ensures that students engage with conversations that shape India’s financial, technological, and economic future.

In 2025, two landmark outreach collaborations defined EDEC’s role as a facilitator of high-impact learning and national-level engagement.

Mint Money Festival

India’s Flagship Financial Literacy Summit

EDEC served as the official Outreach Partner for the Mint Money Festival, a nationwide financial literacy movement hosted by Mint (HT Media Ltd). With some of the country’s most respected voices in investments, capital markets, taxation, insurance, and wealth management, the festival drew over 2000+ participants across India.

The event featured marquee speakers such as Harshad Patwardhan (Union AMC), Rajeev Thakkar (PPFAS), Deepak Shenoy (Capitalmind), Vidya Bala (PrimeInvestor), Pratik Dantara (Nexus Select Trust), Kailash Kulkarni (HSBC MF) and more. There were also compelling sessions on international investing, REITs, startup investing, and tax planning, concluding with cultural highlights like actor-producer Richa Chadha’s segment on money and life, and a stand-up act by Corporate Babaji.

Students participating through EDEC gained access to actionable insights on personal finance, retirement planning, global diversification, and wealth-building strategies tailored for the Indian economy. The event created a rare, empowering environment where even beginners felt confident engaging with India’s top financial experts.

Why This Outreach Matters

Positioned EDEC as a student-driven partner in a national empowerment mission

Brought India’s top financial thinkers directly into student learning spaces

Enabled students to engage with real-time economic wisdom and practical decision-making

Strengthened EDEC’s role in promoting financial inclusion and literacy nationwide

AI for ALL

Global AI Summit with BHIVE Workspace

In one of the year’s most dynamic collaborations, EDEC partnered with BHIVE Workspace as the Outreach Partner for the AI for ALL Global Summit—a multi-panel immersive event featuring 20+ global leaders across AI, venture capital, deeptech, product innovation, and digital transformation.

Speakers included leaders from Stellaris Venture Partners, Accenture, Intel, Blume Ventures, Gnani AI, Revrag AI, Lumber AI, South Park Commons, and several other trailblazing organizations. Four powerful panels anchored the summit:

Fundraising for AI Startups

Building & Implementing AI Agents and Solutions

Learning & Upskilling Pathways in AI

Women Leading AI Innovation & Investment

Students gained global exposure to cutting-edge conversations around AI, including live demos, Q&A interactions, career pathways, and actionable upskilling advice. The summit was more than an academic event—it was a window into the future of technology, leadership, and responsible innovation.

Why This Outreach Matters

Connected students with global AI leaders and ecosystem builders

Strengthened EDEC’s footprint in the international technology community

Enabled students to explore AI from investment, technical, ethical, and societal lenses

Reinforced EDEC’s mission of making world-class learning accessible, inclusive, and industry-relevant

A Year of Meaningful Engagement

Through its outreach initiatives, EDEC demonstrated its ability to act as a bridge between large-scale national platforms and the student community. These collaborations allowed students to participate in conversations that influence India’s financial future, technological landscape, and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

EDEC Outreach continues to champion events that:

Expand student perspectives

Foster national and global connections

Promote inclusive, accessible knowledge

Strengthen university–industry collaboration

It stands as a testament to EDEC’s mission—empowering students not only to learn from the world, but to engage with it meaningfully.