NEW DELHI: India will soon have its first start-up district with incubation centres and about 20 tinkering labs for schools aimed at encouraging the creation of innovative solutions in agriculture, health and education. Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is a Rajya Sabha MP …
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Budget 2017: Start-up bodies appeal for relaxations in tax policies
Prominent startup industry bodies including Indian Angel Network, NASSCOM, Indian Venture Capital Association, TiE and Mumbai Angels have jointly appealed to the government to review taxation policies that adversely impact the startup ecosystem. “Startups have been facing practical difficul…
Here’s what will spurt growth of start-ups in India
India’s vibrant start-up ecosystem has been largely dominated by software-led companies and e-commerce firms, attracting the attention of customers and investors alike. The hardware segment, though much more inter-disciplinary—involving elements of software, electronics, semiconductor and design …
How Nasscom 10K program has been empowering India’s growing start-up ecosystem
Before co-working spaces and plug-and-play offices became the buzzword in the startup ecosystem in India, industry body Nasscom had opened one of the first such centres in India three years ago with its Startup Warehouse in Bangalore. Following the success of the 10K program aimed at fostering th…
Consolidation of start-ups to be key in 2016
Consolidation and customer experience are expected to be the buzzwords for startups this year as entrepreneurs focus on bringing in innovation across sectors like education, healthcare and financial inclusion. Consolidation is a natural progression, but one can expect more big scale consolidation…
NASSCOM, IBM launch tech startup in Delhi
In order to accelerate digital transformation at the start-up level, Nasscom, in partnership with IBM, launched the Delhi version of Techstartup.in on IBM Cloud. Techstartup.in was first launched in Bengaluru in October and the new localised Delhi version of the site, designed to help stimulate i…
NASSCOM going big on start-up warehouse
National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) will be opening four more tech start-up incubation centres in different parts of the country by March 2016. At present, the sector body is running three such centres, which it calls start-up warehouses in the country. According to …