TÜV Rheinland India, a subsidiary of TÜV Rheinland Group, Germany, a worldwide leader in Testing, Training, Inspection, Consulting &Certification, has today signed an MoU with Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). As per the terms of the MoU, TÜV Rheinland India will, on subsidize…
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets EPCs to address export concerns
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry held a meeting on Februray 4 with the Chairpersons of major Export Promotion Councils to review the current trend of exports from India and to take stock of issues faced by the exporters. 11 Export Promotion Co…
Tech Mahindra’s in-house startups may raise external funds
Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of Mahindra Group, expects two of its in-house startups to raise external funds by the end of 2016 as part of its plans to turn these entities into standalone companies. “Saral Rozgar and Microgrid could raise external money by the end of this year. We have seen so…
Startup contest to be launched
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is launching a contest for startup ideas in partnership with Qualcomm in the run-up to the Make in India Week to be held in Mumbai this month. The winner will be announced at the end of the Make in India Week and will get an equity investment of […
‘Startups’ with social entrepreneurship have wider impact: Dr. Jitendra Singh
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the “School for Social Entrepreneurs” (SSE) . In his inaugural address, Dr. Jitendra Singh st…
Ontario and Punjab inks MoU for economic development of both regions
Canadian Firm ‘Kitchener’ Evinces Interest in investing 100 million dollars in IT Park Mohali. Focus on economic co-operation skill development, energy and technology. Bilateral economic co-operation between and Punjab state and province of Ontario (Canada) February 3rd got a boost when Canada ba…
Delhi-based startup MyOperator ties up with Lenskart
MyOperator, a Delhi based call management system on the cloud, has associated with Lenskart.com simplifying the latter’s daily operations at its back end with it’s in breed technology. MyOperator helps SMBs and bigger enterprises, manage their calls without any hardware or software in…
Home services startup Housejoy acquires My-Wash
Home services startup Housejoy has acquired online laundry services player My-Wash in a deal underlining further consolidation in the nascent home services market, where venture capital funding has started drying up. The deal would give Amazon backed Housejoy a foothold in “a strategic cate…
Yuvraj Singh TP fund incubators in Gurgaon, Bengaluru
The Yuvraj Singh-run seed fund company, YouWeCan Ventures, plans to start an incubator soon. The company said the first two arms of this company would be set up in Gurgaon and Bengaluru. “We want to be a 360 degree fund. Usually, you see funds taking a step up and trying to invest in larger ticke…
NID to showcase design excellence in the Make in India week
City-based premier institute, National Institute of Design (NID), will attend the Make in India week to be held in Mumbai from February 13 to 18. With its vision to empower the country through design excellence, NID will also share futuristic ideas of its students in the summit, where award-winni…