- We Need More Women In Startups, Regulations Must Change: Suresh Prabhu With the government leading the Digital India programme “with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy”, Union minister Suresh Prabhu recently decided to leverage digital technology to reach out to people across India and address questions from them on Startup India, a government campaign that aims to build a […]
- Intellectual Property Portfolio Can Be A Game-Changer For Startups Protecting their Intellectual Property (IP) is usually not the most important aspect in the list of budding business – the startups. Energies are usually high but resources could be low. Prioritising becomes important. Many a time IP is not present in their ideas or even worse is that it is present but not recognized. Neither […]
- Union Minister Suresh Prabhu Launches Goa Startup Policy In continuation of Startup India push, Goa has today launched its startup policy and portal on Goa startup Day. The Startup Policy envisions making Goa one of the most preferred startup destinations of India and featuring in the top 25 startup destinations in Asia by 2025. Launched by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and […]
- VC Industry To Submit White Paper On Issues Faced By Startups And Fund Managers The country’s venture capital industry is working on a white paper containing policy recommendations for regulators. As per sources, in the paper, the VC community is looking to raise a number of concerns pertaining to taxation, availability of capital, among other things. The decision to submit a white paper was reportedly made after a roundtable […]
- Govt’s Major Push To Promote Startups In India, FFS Funds 109 Startups In an attempt to boost entrepreneurship, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has already disbursed $79.7 Mn (INR 517.92 Cr) under its Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) initiative to more than 100 startups of India, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry CR Chaudhary reportedly said in a written reply to the […]
- AICTE Counts On Support From Bihar To Work On Student Startup Policy In State Run Universities More than a year after AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) launched national student startup policy, the organisation has now got the support from Bihar to enhance student startup movement in state-run universities and higher educational institutions. Taking continuous efforts to put student startup policy in action, the AICTE startup policy implementation unit has […]
- Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Launches Innovate Karnataka For Technology Revolution In State In a step forward to make Karnataka a global choice for innovation, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has unveiled Innovate Karnataka. It will act as an umbrella brand for technology innovation in the state. The vision of Innovate Karnataka is to see Karnataka as a global first choice of innovation and technology by adopting policies which […]
- With Aadhaar, $8 Bn Worth Of Data Leakages Have Been Plugged: PM Modi Holding technology in high esteem, PM Modi, while delivering his keynote address at the inauguration of the sixth World Gov Summit in Dubai, stated that technology-implementation has to be in sync with nature and should not repugn our nature. Giving GST and Aadhaar as the greatest examples of a seamless marriage between technology and e-governance, […]
- RBL Bank Joins Hands With Startup India, Invest India Under InFinIT20 Taking Startup India initiative further, RBL Bank has collaborated with Startup India and Invest India to mentor and provide funds to the startups under their initiative- InFinIT20. InFinIT20 is a three-month intensive programme where RBL Bank will provide funding and mentorship opportunity to 20 promising startups for their early stage hurdles. The initiative aims to […]
- 7 Pillars With 38 Pointers: DIPP Announces State Startup Ranking Framework The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, DIPP has finally announced the launch of the much-awaited State startup ranking framework. In a press conference held earlier today, DIPP shared the objective behind ranking the Indian states’ startup ecosystem as well as revealed seven pillars with 38 pointers based on which each state will be ranked […]
- Let’s Zoom In On Union Budget 2018 For Tech Startups Addressing the parliament during his much awaited Union Budget 2018 session, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had turned to Swami Vivekananda’s teachings to appease the lower-middle class segment of the country. I, however, writing for startups, would like to invoke Author Randy Thurman, who said, “A penny saved is worth two pennies earned . . . […]
- Odisha Takes Forward Startup India Initiative With Startup India-Odisha Yatra Taking the Startup India Initiative to grassroot level, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched Startup India-Odisha Yatra on Tuesday. According to a report in a leading daily, CM Patnaik said that the Yatra van would travel to 60 educational institutions across the 16 districts of the state. The ideas selected will be put through three days […]