Completed · 28 September 2026
APEX
Accelerating Potential, Evolution, eXpansion
One founder, ninety minutes, and a room full of questions.
APEX by the numbers
- Students registered
- 215
- Departments represented
- 7
- Average rating
- 4.5/5
- Would recommend it
- 94%
24 joined on the day
64 gave five stars
from 110 responses
Who was in the room
- 1st year64(30%)
- 2nd year73(34%)
- 3rd year54(25%)
- Founder conversation
- 90 min
- Conversation chapters
- 3
About the event
APEX brought founder Arunachalam S to campus for a candid conversation on building while studying, personal branding, setbacks and the decisions behind a venture. The founder story opened into a practical panel and an audience Q&A, with students putting their own questions directly to the room.
APEX put a working founder in front of the room and asked for the honest version: the decisions, the setbacks and what they cost.
Arunachalam S told his story first, then joined the E-Cell team on stage for a panel on building while you study, before the floor opened for questions. Certificates and a group photo closed the ninety minutes.
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Time
- 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
- Where
- SCSVMV Central Library - Second Floor
Who spoke
Arunachalam S
Serial Entrepreneur & Personal Branding Strategist · Social Sculpt
Chennai-based founder helping founders, doctors, and executives build authority on LinkedIn. He leads Social Sculpt, co-founded Nebula Startup School, built PostAutopsy, runs Social Sculpt Academy, and hosts the Sculptors Podcast. He is also on a 1,000-day public writing streak.
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How the ninety minutes ran
2:30
Doors open, QR pass check-in
2:40
Welcome and introductions
2:45
The founder's story
3:30
Panel: building while you study
3:50
Open questions from the floor
3:57
Certificates and a group photo
4:00
Close
What students took away
01
Setbacks as strength
The point students came back to most: the struggles he faced became the strengths behind his companies.
02
How a startup begins
From a first idea to marketing a product, from someone running several ventures at once.
03
Building while you study
A panel on making room for a venture alongside attendance, exams and a degree.
04
Your story, told well
Personal branding from someone who builds it for founders, doctors and executives.
From the day
Moments from the day.
In their words
What students said.
4.5 out of 5 from the feedback form
The knowledge shared about entrepreneurship by him was very useful. The struggles he faced in his life had turned into his strength
Student at APEX
After this session I get a clear idea about how to be an entrepreneur and how to market a product.
Student at APEX
Session was very useful,and then I'm really inspired by his speech and resilience
Student at APEX
It encouraged me to start my own start up
Student at APEX
What came next
They asked us for more.
23 students also asked to hear about joining the E-Cell team.
- Hands-on startup workshops
- Idea-pitching sessions
- Mentoring from founders
- Networking sessions
- More tech-led sessions