XLRI presents 9th National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship during 27-29 Jan 2017
Jamshedpur: XLRI- Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur hosts the 9th National Conference on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ on 27 to 29 January, 2017. Around 150-170 social entrepreneurs, development sector professionals, policy makers, academics and management students are expected to assemble. The theme of this year conference is “Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Planet” at the 3-day conference to […]
Read More →Global Entrepreneurship Summit “Xavion 2017” held at XIMB
Bhubaneswar: “Xavion 2017”, the Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit organized by X-SEED, the Idea and Initiative cell of XIMB, XUB concluded successfully. The event, from 20 January to 22 January aimed strengthening the entrepreneurship skills of people. The first day of the event started with a panel discussion on “Social Entrepreneurship with esteemed speakers like Mr […]
Read More →Key perspectives on innovation dominate the Wharton India Economic Forum 2017
Mumbai: The two-day 21st Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) 2017 summit concluded successfully. The WIFE 2017 saw some trend setting perspectives on innovation in the Indian business environment led by influential business tycoons, such as Mr Adi Godrej, Mr Adil Zainulbhai, Prof. Kartik Hosanagar, Ms Shaheen Mistri, Mr Sandeep Singhal, Mr Zorawar Kalra, Mr Kunal […]
Read More →Commerce and Industry Minister meets incubators and accelerators of startup ecosystem
New Delhi: The Commerce and Industry Minister, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman, held a meeting with various incubators and accelerators to receive feedback, understand their concerns and address key challenges faced by them in the startup ecosystem. This is in line with her previous initiative to reach out to various stakeholders of the ecosystem. In the meeting, […]
Read More →First ever China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship international contest launched in India
Bengaluru: Both China and India are considered as the hubs of start-up movement in Asia. To attract the best ideas and talent in innovation and entrepreneurship, both countries are making efforts to collaborate in the start-up ecosystem. Now, the City Government of Shenzhen, China has introduced the first ever China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International […]
Read More →More start-ups co-founded by SPJIMR Alumni receive funding
Mumbai: Two start-ups co-founded by SPJIMR alumni have successfully raised around Rs 450 million in funding, strengthening the Institute’s support and efforts for promoting entrepreneurship among alumni and participants of its various management programmes. These start-ups are TYGR, a game-changing transport and logistics app platform, and Bezahlt, an invoice financing venture in Europe. The institute […]
Read More →Pragun Jindal Khaitan, MD of JAL, bets big on Artificial Intelligence (AI) based startup
Mumbai: Artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest buzzword in the start-up space in India. The AI-based start-up movement in India is at ascent stage. Now, Pragun Jindal Khaitan, MD of Jindal Aluminium Ltd (JAL), the largest aluminium extruder in India, has spelt out plans to invest in Artificial intelligence (AI) focused start-ups. Following the growing […]
Read More →New funding and incubation support opportunities for social enterprises in 8 low-income states
New Delhi: It is golden chance for social enterprises in eight low-income states to raise their scale. Innovative Ventures and Technologies for Development (INVENT), launched by Technology Development Board (TDB) with support from Department for International Development (DFID), will support more than 150 early-stage social enterprises over three years and make at least 50 of […]
Read More →Co-working spaces set to expand multifold in 2017
Mumbai: Co-working spaces or shared working spaces is one of the most popular trends, supported by start-ups, real-estate and corporate circles. However, the overall co-working spaces’ market is still in nascent stages and is expected to rise by 40-50% in the next year, thereby making the segment as one of the most lucrative industries. As […]
Read More →IIM Bangalore’s three EPGP students bag national-level start-up challenge The Enterprisers’ Inc
Bengaluru: A three-member team of Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) students from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, ‘Concept Crew’, comprising Abhinav Gupta, Anshul Arora and Kumar Parimal, has brought laurels for the institute as they won the national-level prestigious start-up contest The Enterprisers’ Inc. Abhinav Gupta, Anshul Arora and Kumar Parimal of EPGP win […]
Read More →Party planning, coaching and education, lessons and tuitions, fitness and wellness are the top four service categories that have seen massive growth online local services
Chennai: Sulekha, India’s largest local services fulfilment platform, unveiled a study indicating the key trends and changing dynamics of the Local Services industry in India through 2016. This report is an analysis of the searches that have been done on the Sulekha platform from January to December 2016 across 25 cities in India. Among the […]
Read More →Innovations in cloud, wireless, big data, and mobile technologies will escalate India’s global position, finds Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision team
Mumbai: Communication technology is acting as a backbone for the digitization process in India. Government initiatives and the involvement of research and development, academia, start-ups and enterprises are driving an innovation boom in areas such as cloud, wireless and wired broadband, while data acquisition technologies and analytics are set to transform the country by providing […]
Read More →Nominations invited for National Entrepreneurship Awards Scheme 2016
New Delhi: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE) Government of India has instituted the annual National Entrepreneurship Awards to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship across the country. These premier awards seek to recognise and honour entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship ecosystem builders for their outstanding efforts. A total of 19 awards will be presented to […]
Read More →Delhi top performer in city-states, Tamil Nadu stands out in innovation driven economies, Sikkim No 1 among north eastern economies
New Delhi: Delhi emerges as the top performer in city-states while Tamil Nadu is the top performer in innovation driven economies as per the 8th edition of the India State Competitiveness Report 2016, released by the Institute for Competitiveness, an International think tank. Among transition economies, Karnataka remains at the top performer while Rajasthan emerges […]
Read More →100 business agreements signed at the DST-Lockheed Martin IIGP at Tirupati Technology Expo
Tirupathi: A record 100 domestic and international business agreements were signed at the DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme Tirupati Technology Expo. Chakr Innovations signed multiple agreements with industry partners. The technology aimed at reducing carbon footprint is a device which can be coupled with the exhaust of diesel engines, and absorbs the particulate matter […]
Read More →Over 100 alumni-entrepreneurs meet on SPJIMR campus to celebrate GYB, SYB journey
Mumbai: SPJIMR’s Start Your Business (SYB) and Grow Your Business (GYB), the twin entrepreneurship programmes run by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, have received enthusiastic endorsements from a wide range of alumni who reconnected recently at an alumni meet and awards night. The meet on the SPJIMR campus was the second such celebration exclusively for the […]
Read More →EdTech Vidyartha launches ‘Best in Game Talent Hunt’ initiative across 500 schools in South India
Bengaluru: Vidyartha, an edtech company and first of its kind data-driven learning guidance platform, has launched a ‘Best in Game Talent Hunt’ initiative across 500 schools in South India with The Hindu as its execution partner. The ‘Best in Game Talent Hunt’ is among one of the high impact initiatives by Vidyartha to engage with […]
Read More →GoDaddy launches WordPress powered websites to help small businesses build professional websites smoothly
Gurgaon: GoDaddy, the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, announced the launch of WordPress Websites for the India market. The new offering from GoDaddy is the easiest way to build a professional online presence easily and affordably using WordPress. It features an exclusive WordPress Quick Start Wizard that simplifies the website creation […]
Read More →OIL signs MoU with IIT Guwahati and ONGC with IIT Bombay for their start up initiatives during PETROTECH 2016
New Delhi: Oil India Limited (OIL) has signed MoU with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati for the company’s start up initiatives. Also, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed MoU with IIT Bombay for ONGC Start Up initiative. These MoU along with other nine MoUs have been signed today (07 December 2016) during […]
Read More →Oil & Gas PSUs are looking to tie up with IITs and IIITs for incubation facilities
New Delhi: The PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (Oil & Gas ) are on a mission to facilitate or create an Innovation ecosystem and promote Start Ups in their respective fields through various means, including setting up of incubation centres. The Oil & Gas PSUs have taken up the responsibility and […]
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