SG
Srini Gurrapu
Founder, Bhuma (acq. IBM) · Dallas
WarangalTelanganaTalk confirmed
A nationwide entrepreneurship movement
The talk that matters most isthe one back home.
Our founders have spoken on stages in San Francisco, New York and London. Yet the talk many of them deeply care about is to thirty people in the town where they grew up. Standing back where they started, they are living proof it can be done.
I’m going homeLaunching 2 October 2026
Hometown Talks
140+ founders are already waiting to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs in their hometown.
Founders waiting to go home
Who’s going home, and where.
Search your hometown to see who’s speaking there and where a talk can happen. Don’t see yours yet? Be the first.
Speakers or venues
Not yet
Coming home soon · 9 speakers
DP
Dheeraj Pandey
CEO, DevRev
PatnaBiharTalk confirmed
PS
Piyush Shah
Founder, InMobi
DarjeelingWest BengalTalk confirmed
KK
Kailash Katkar
MD, Quick Heal
PuneMaharashtraTalk confirmed
PT
Pavan Thatha
Founder, ShieldSquare
PrakasamAndhra PradeshTalk confirmed
SM
Sri Maneru
Founder, Almabase
TirupatiAndhra PradeshTalk confirmed
PP
Prateek Panda
Founder, Appknox
KhordhaOdishaTalk confirmed
PS
Paramdeep Singh Anand
Co-founder, FieldAssist
ChandigarhChandigarhTalk confirmed
NS
Nemesh Singh
Founder, Appointy
BhopalMadhya PradeshTalk confirmed
How a talk comes together
01
They head home
Speakers sign up and share their travel dates. We plan around their visit.
02
A local host
An Atal Incubation Centre hosts the event. Ecosystem partners spread the word.
03
The talk
Their journey and honest Q&A with 20 to 50 local founders and students.
04
What continues
Mentors, Fellowship candidates and district partners. We track all three.
Going home in the coming year?
Let’s make it count.
Tell us your hometown and when you’ll be there. We’ll take care of the rest.
- Two hours, planned around your travel dates.
- We find the host and the room in your hometown.
- Invitations, media and follow-up, handled.
India has 800 districts. Each one has a founder who left to build.
Hometown Talks brings their story back.
I’m going homeHometown Talks is a programme of the Shifu Foundation. contact@shifufoundation.org
Founders from every district of India
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