Kanara Entrepreneurs, Bangalore

Kanara Entrepreneurs (KE), is a Non Profit mutual benefit corporation chartered by individuals from the Kanara region (west coast of Karnataka) in India to encourage, support, guide and mentor potential and early stage entrepreneurs.

While fostering entrepreneurship amongst the community from the Kanara region, KE aims to expand its activities through affiliations with individuals or associations with similar objectives throughout the world.

KE has set an ambition to share knowledge, entrepreneurs skills & best practices to the community at large and also to help them to excel in their endeavours in achieving their goals.

Membership is open to Entrepreneurs, Senior Corporate Executives and Senior Professionals hailing or having their roots in the Kanara Region who have the willingness to share their strengths with others and the commitment to strive for the betterment of its members.

KE uses skill development programmes and mentoring sessions for students, entrepreneurs and professionals who want to startup or are in the need for existing businesses or careers. KE does this activity pro bono. It holds meetings for members every 2 months for discussions on initiatives, conducts skill development sessions for members themselves, and, in a few cases conduct charity sessions to help deserving catholic institutions.

KE has signed affiliations with like minded organizations such as Christian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Dimensions in Mumbai and Rachana in Mangalore to co-operate on bolstering their objectives to foster entrepreneurship within the community.

One of KE's primary objectives is helping students and deserving individuals in their startup or business journey, as Forbes estimates that 90% startups fail.[1] KE tries to address this issue for its members by 'Spotlighting' them in an online news site, Bfirst, for greater visibility. To reduce the failure rate for students and individuals in the catholic community, KE mentors students and individuals to increase their success ratio. In this regard, KE has MOU's (Memorandum of Understanding) with a number of institutions for regular hourly sessions with KE members to help their students and prevent mistakes learnt from its large pool of resources. KE has signed MOU's with Christ University, Bangalore,[2] St. Josephs Institute of Management,[3] Bangalore and St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology,[4] Mangalore. Since 2016, over 30 KE members have conducted teaching sessions in Christ University, Bangalore to help students understand the importance of real time experience, avoid mistakes and prepare them for success

KE Members with Their Eminences, Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Cardinal Telesphore Toppo on 5 February 2018, Bangalore. From Left to Right: Cyril Pais, Nishan Pereira (Representative - GenNow), Dr. Joseph Rasquinha (Past-Director Membership), Mark D'Souza, Clarence Pereira, Naveen D'Souza, Ivan Fernandes (KE Chairman), Nigel Fernandes (Director Finance), Archbishop Bernard Moras, Ajay Fernandes (Director Marketing), Anil Rego (Past President), Cardinal Gracias, Cardinal Toppo, Adrian D'Souza (KE President), Charles Gomes (President-Elect), Agnel Pereira, Roshan D'Silva (Director Membership) Lawrence Saldanha, Ivy Saldanha (Director Mentoring) and George Timothy

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bangalore inaugurating the inauguration ceremony of KE entreprenet in the presence of T.V. Mohandas Pai, former Board member of Infosys, and the Honorable J.L. Lobo, Member of the Legislature Assembly, Government of Karnataka

KE Lead Members: Clarence Pereira, Charles Gomes & Valerian Fernandes meeting the Karnataka Chief Minister, the Honorable Siddaramaiah on 2 February 2018 as part of an industry delegation to present proposals for the budget 2018 on behalf of KE

MOU signed by KE and Christ university by Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Matthew, CMI, Vice Chancellor, Christ University and Ivan Fernandes, Chairman, KE Global