IIT-Bombay E-Cell has developed 160 entrepreneurship cells in 80 cities & distributed Rs 2m to develop start-up ecosystem across colleges pan-India
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Is GlobalLinker next step in Jet Airways’ digital journey?
By offering an online marketplace to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Jet Airways hopes to get business from SME executives who want to fly with it
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SME lending platform Capital Float raises $45 m from VC firm Ribbit Capital, others
The company will use the fund in enhancing its geographic footprint, improve customer experience and launch a new set of credit products for SMEs across India.
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Indian e-Commerce witnesses consolidation; Smaller players face likely wipeout
With wary VCs drastically cutting their investments in cash-burning start-ups, top two players in many categories are standing out from the herd
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KVIC initiates ‘Honey Mission’, distributes 10k honey bottles to school children
The KVIC distributed 10,000 bottles of honey to the school children across the country. Out of which, 250 bottles were distributed to special children of President Estate, 1,200 bottles to the Dr Rajendra Prasad Vidyalaya of President Estate, and 1,200 bottles to NPCo Education Sr Secondary Schoo…
IISER to set up industry cell to boost students’ & teachers’ entrepreneurship potential
The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, is planning to set up an academia industry cell which will help students and teachers in giving a boost to their entrepreneurship potential. “The process of setting up an incubation cell for promoting entrepreneurial potenti…
Building company a marathon, not a sprint: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: Values and perseverance, ambition and vision are attributes that entrepreneurs must possess in plenty, according to a galaxy of stalwarts who gathered to celebrate the spirit of enterprise at India’s de facto startup summit in Bengaluru on August 18. Even as they lauded the role …
GST input tax credit form to be available from August 21
The form for claiming transitional input tax credit will be available on the GSTN website from August 21, reported a leading business daily. The transitional credit is the carried forward input tax credit from the earlier central excise and service tax regime. Taxpayers who wish to claim the cred…
Gujarat honours 51 MSMEs for economic development of state
Total 51 beneficiaries will be honoured including 25 MSME industrialists to whom cheques will be distributed as a gesture of encouragement
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Encouraging signs of more domestic capital in the start-up ecosystem: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: At a time when foreign capital primarily continues to fund India’s startup ecosystem, Nandan Nilekani, former chief executive of Infosys Technologies, pointed out that there were signs that domestic investors were beginning to weigh in as well. The architect of Aad…