आम जनता को शुद्ध और सस्ता पानी उपलब्ध कराने के लिये स्टार्टअप को बढ़ावा देने के उद्देश्य से आईआईटी कानपुर ने लखनऊ की डिसेंट्रिक टेक्नालोजी कंपनी को नवोन्मेषी कार्यक्रम के तहत 50 लाख रपये की धनराशि उपलब्ध कराई है। आईआईटी की ओर से जारी एक बयान में कहा गया है कि डिसेंट्रिक टेक्नालोजी कंपनी के [&hell…
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Khadi production has reached Rs. 1065 crore & employed 11.07 lakh people | Arun Kumar Jha, CEO, KVIC
Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi started a movement for Khadi in 1918 as relief programme for the poor living in the villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self-government. Ever since, Khadi has been a trademark fashion style from common people to pol…
Odisha to help set up 1,000 startups in five years
The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha on August 23 cleared a startup policy that it plans to launch later this week at an investor meeting in Bengaluru. Patnaik is hoping to get his state among the top three in the race of competitive federalism pushed by the central government. The state cabin…
Waste management startup industry to grow to over $1 billion by 2020
A growing number of angel investors are backing waste management startups in India, leading analysts to estimate the domestic industry will grow to over $1billion by 2020. Half a dozen startups in the space have raised funds in the past six months. Among them are Saahas Waste Management, which is…
Testbook raises funding from S Chand & Company
Edtech startup Testbook has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from education content provider, S Chand and Company. Founded by IIT alumni Narendra Agrawal and Ashutosh Kumar, Testbook focusses on online test preparation for competitive exams. The Mumbai-based startup aims to build a persona…
After India entry, language learning app Duolingo eyes Indonesia, Pakistan
Soon after language learning app Duolingo launched services in India with a Hindi app to teach Indians English, Luis von Ahn, Founder of Duolingo, said the US-based startup is scouting for opportunities in Indonesia, Pakistan and other emerging markets. “These are countries we have never lo…
Start-up backed by Flipkart founders, Tiger Global unveils electric scooter
Ather Energy, Bengaluru-based automotive start-up backed by Flipkart founders and Tiger Global, unveiled its first smart electric scooter S340 on February 23. The price of the scooter is yet to be decided and it will be available only through Ather’s website by the end of this year. The S340 has…
Right ecosystem needed for Start-ups | Amitabh Kant
The Make in India Week kicks off in Mumbai this weekend. A private News Channel caught up with the man of the moment, DIPP (Department Of Industrial Policy and Promotion) Secretary Amitabh Kant, on just what to expect from the mega event. Excerpts: Q : Kant, back in 2014, the PM held a day-long…
‘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 …