DCB Bank and BITS Pilani are partnering to help start-ups in funding and mentoring. The bank said start-ups will be invited to an annual function where their business plans can be subjected to assessments and mentoring sessions can be held to help them find potential financiers. The mentors include Murali Natrajan, MD and CEO, J.K. Vishwanath, chief credit officer, and and Anuradha, chief internal auditor, DCB Bank, Anant Vidur, venture capitalist, Bessemer Capital and Sujoy Chaudhary, sales strategy, Practo. The 2015 session of this effort, called Conquest, saw more than 1,500 registrations, including participants from abroad