The event was inaugurated with a welcome address by Ms. Payal S. Kanwar, Director General, IFCCI and the opening remarks by IFCCI’s President Mr. Sumeet Anand, the Vice President Elisa Khetty followed by a Special Address by the Chief Guest Dr. Marjorie Vanbaelinghem, Consul General of France to Bangalore,  Mr Rakesh Singh, Additional Chief Secretary in Government and Mr Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary at Government of Karnataka. Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Managing Director and CEO of the Elior in India and also Platinum Sponsor of the event spoke about his experiences with the guests succeeding which the lucky draw ceremony took place.