About a month ago in Lucknow, after flagging off the Union government’s Startup Yatrainitiative, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced a Rs 1,000-crore corpus to support emerging business through various schemes. “I believe if Uttar Pradesh takes an initiativ…
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Full fledged university for MSME sector in the offing
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector will soon have its own university, which will run all professional courses on the lines of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). The MSME Ministry has recently proposed this idea and wants to establi…
Darwinbox raises $4 m in series A from Lightspeed Ventures & existing investors
Darwinbox, a human resources software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup, has raised $4 million (about Rs 25 crore) in a series-A round of funding led by Lightspeed India Partners. The company plans to leverage the new infusion of capital for product innovation and market expansion. Founded by Roh…
India adds 40 new start-up incubators in 2016; Surpasses Israel to take-up 3rd spot in highest accelerators
Bengaluru: The government’s initiative to establish 30 incubators in educational institutions under the Startup India programme has enabled India to surpass Israel as the country with the third highest number of start-up incubators and accelerators. India now has 140 such institutions, ahea…
वुमन स्टार्टअप प्रोग्राम के तहत 15 बिजनेस आइडिया सेलेक्ट, मिलेगी 40 हजार की फेलोशिप
आईआईएम बेंगलुरु स्थिति सेंटर फॉर एंटरप्रेन्योरियल लर्निेंग (एनएसआरसीईएल) और गोल्डमैन साक्स ने रविवार को 15 बिजनेस आइडिया सेलेक्ट किए हैं। वुमन एंटरप्रेन्योर्स के इन आइडिया को अगले कुछ सालों में वुमन स्टार्टअप प्रोग्राम के तहत सपोर्ट मुहैया किया जाएगा। गोल्डमैन साक्स ने शुरू किया है ये प्र…
Entrepreneurship in India – Then & now
Start ups cannot operate in a vacuum, they need a supporting eco-system to nurture them. Entrepreneurs have been setting up businesses in India since kingdom come. It is no secret that these entrepreneurs have originated from a dominant caste. How did this community sustain entrepreneurship over …
Govt asks IIM, JNU, Harvard to review its skill development programmes
The Centre has decided to reach out to reputed academic institutions to evaluate its ambitious skill development programmes, which have faced questions over their effectiveness. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is in talks with IIM- Bangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Harvard…
NASSCOM’s Thrive30 is here to boost the start-up scene in Eastern India
NASSCOM has launched East India’s biggest start-up showcase programme, to scale up investments in the eastern region. The programme is called ‘Thrive30’ and aims at aim at recognizing and rewarding top 5 startups amongst the identified top 30 so that they get the fame, exposure and support to gro…
फ्लिपकार्ट में इस साल होंगी 1200 नौकरियों के लिए भर्तियां, स्टॉर्टअप सेक्टर में आया नया विश्वास
भारत की सबसे बड़ी ई-कॉमर्स वेबसाइट नौकरियों के बाजार में फिर से लौट कर आ रही है। कंपनी की इस साल 1200 लोगों को नौकरिया देने की योजना है। भारत में ईकॉमर्स कंपनियों की हालत अभी खराब चल रही है। स्नैपडील ने हाल ही में कई लोगों को नौकरी से निकाला था। इसके अलावा कंपनी […]
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‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ | Boosting entrepreneurs at grass-root level
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, on Sunday a full action plan of the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ programme, aimed at providing fresh impetus to entrepreneurship at the grass-root level, will be announced on January 16. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio programme, Modi said, “A structure …