Students from Engineering Colleges across India to Present Futuristic Technologies in Energy Transportation at National Innovation Contest KPIT Sparkle 2018
Mumbai, 06 February 2018: KPIT Technologies, a global technology company specializing in IT consulting and product engineering, announced today that 30 teams from engineering and technology institutes from across India are shortlisted to compete in the finals of its annual national design and development innovation contest, KPIT Sparkle. It aims at fostering a culture of […]
Read More →Registrations open for Women Start-up Programme 2017-18: IIM Bangalore’s NS Raghavan Centre
Bangalore, 22 January, 2018: Registrations are open for the Women Start-up Programme (WSP), conducted by IIMB’s NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) and funded by Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank and active investor in India and the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India. The partner institutions for incubation are CIIE’s […]
Read More →IIT Madras’ RuTAG launches annual contest to develop technologies for Rural Problems
Chennai, 24 January 2018: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras’ Rural Technology Action Group- Tamil Nadu (RuTAG-TN) has launched an annual contest to encourage the development of technologies that will solve problems in rural areas of the country. ‘Rural Innovative TechnologZ’(RITZ) will be an annual event for Polytechnic Colleges in Tamil Nadu with the objective […]
Read More →Women in Management Club at IIM Bangalore hosts Women Leadership Summit 2018
Bangalore: The fourth edition of the Women Leadership Summit, organised by the student-run Women in Management Club (WIM) of IIM Bangalore, was hosted at the IIMB campus on January 13 (Saturday), 2018. The summit had eminent speakers such as Vinita Bali, former CEO and MD of Britannia Industries, and Member, Board of Governors, IIMB, who […]
Read More →Axis Bank to launch ‘Axis Start-up Social’
Mumbai: Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, is launching an exclusive networking property, Axis Start-up Social, at a ‘one-of-its-kind’ event aimed at supporting the country’s start-up ecosystem. ‘Axis Start-up Social’ will go ‘live’ recently at a gathering of the country’s leading start-up players at ‘WeWork’ a leading co-working place in Bengaluru. The objective […]
Read More →Over 60% of Indian youth consider entrepreneurship as a good prospect for earning livelihood
Hyderabad: Over 60% of students have considered entrepreneurship. There is a lot of hope for enterprise in this country. Notably, the entrepreneurship receptiveness was significantly higher among students from higher-income strata. Openness to start businesses was the highest in Madhya Pradesh (47%), followed by Gujarat (45%), Bihar (24%), Himachal Pradesh (23%) and Haryana (21%). However, […]
Read More →Dharmendra Pradhan launches start-up programmes for entrepreneurs in Oil and Gas sector
New Delhi: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan has said that it is important to develop new business models, marketing plans, technology and innovations in the sector. For the same, the oil and gas PSUs have setup venture capital funds to encourage start-ups based on innovative ideas in […]
Read More →India wins Enactus World Cup 2017 in London; the best social innovation projects created by global university teams
London: Enactus is an international non-profit dedicated to inspiring students to take entrepreneurial action to improve the lives of others. The Enactus World Cup features the best social innovation projects created by the top university and college teams from 36 countries, qualified from 1,700 campuses and 72,000 student participants around the globe. Enactus Team India, […]
Read More →The Entrepreneurship Development Centre at XLRI with XIMB-XUB, organized a road show on the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2017.
Bhubaneswar: XLRI is pleased to partner with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, for the National Entrepreneurship awards 2017. As the key institutional partner, XLRI is playing a crucial role in mobilizing, supporting and encouraging participation in the awards across Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Sikkim and North East states. Professor VishwaBallabh and […]
Read More →India is a leader in embracing the power of Agile and DevOps to unleash business benefits
Mumbai: As digital transformation continues to redefine customer experience and brand loyalty, a CA Technologies global study reveals that India is a leader in the adoption of advanced agile (53%) and advanced DevOps (59%) practices across Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). As a result, Indian decision makers are seeing up to a 63% increase in […]
Read More →Govt needs to create atmosphere where youngsters can become teachers and educate others: PM
New Delhi, 17 Aug 2017: The Prime Minister today interacted with Young Entrepreneurs at the “Champions of Change” initiative organised by NITI Aayog at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra. “We need to create an atmosphere where our youngsters want to be teachers and educate others,” said the Prime Minister. Six groups of Young Entrepreneurs made presentations before […]
Read More →India Innovation Forum 2017 brings together Industry Stalwarts for a Dialogue on ‘Build for India’
Bengaluru: The 3rd edition of India Innovation Forum (IIF) concluded successfully on 23 July 2017 witnessing the presence of prominent industry stakeholders such as Entrepreneurs, VC and PE investors, corporate leaders and academic luminaries over the two days. The participants and key speakers included dynamic personalities like Anshu Gupta, Founder, Goonj; Dr. A. Velumani, Creator […]
Read More →Top Industry and Academia come together to invest in Ed-tech company Leverage Edu
Mumbai: Education technology platform Leverage Edu has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in its seed round from a clutch of reputed global executives, Internet entrepreneurs among others. The round was led by serial entrepreneur Kashyap Deorah who also authored – The Golden Tap – the inside story of hyper-funded Indian startups, and VRL Logistics […]
Read More →Bangalore and New Delhi feature among global top 50 cities promoting Women Entrepreneurs
Bangalore: Dell partnered with IHS Markit — a leading source of insight and analytics that shape today’s business landscape — has announced findings of the 2017 Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) Index, revealing how 50 top global cities are fostering high-potential women entrepreneurs (HPWE). The Cities Ranking list is led by New York City, emerging […]
Read More →Young Entrepreneurs Academy comes to Hyderabad to ignite spirit of entrepreneurship & spur economic growth
Hyderabad: Hyderabad is pleased to bring the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) to the area to transform middle and high school students into business owners as part of a weekly entrepreneurship education class beginning this summer. YEA! is a cutting-edge program that takes students ages 11 to 18 through the process of starting and launching a […]
Read More →India’s Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship selects Inspiria Student Amit Agarwal as Top Ten Young Indian Entrepreneurs
Siliguri: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India has selected Amit Agarwal, second year BBA student of Inspiria Knowledge Campus, as one of the Top Ten Young Entrepreneurs with a vision to change India. In recognition of this rare achievement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate Amit along with the other awardees […]
Read More →SpeakEnglishGym plans to appoint pan-India ‘Start-up Style’ franchisee partners
Pune: SpeakEnglishGym, the inventors of world’s first and only ‘Spoken English Simulator’, and pioneers in ‘Theme-based English learning’ has decided to offer franchisee-partnerships on pan-India basis. This was declared by Dr.Matthew Symmonds, Chairman of Espoir Technologies, at a recent news briefing at Oxfordshire, England. After the proposed implementation in India, SpeakEnglishGym centres will be simultaneously […]
Read More →Spark10 launches its newly designed cohort for Indian Tech Startups
Bangalore: Spark 10 invested in 13 Indian startups with a collective approximate valuation of over Rs. 50crore in the past 18 months. It aims to invest in 20 Indian and 10 UK promising startups in next one and half year – resulting in 40+ investee companies in their already impressive portfolio. Spark10 accelerator has launched […]
Read More →Michael E. Porter hails improving government-business relationship in India, but concerns on low productivity coupled with low employment generation remain
New Delhi: Harvard Business School Professor and leading management thinker, Michael E. Porter addressed a gathering of government and industry leaders on his idea for India’s competitiveness. He was speaking at the National Competitiveness Forum held in Taj Palace, New Delhi by Institute for Competitiveness. Michael E. Porter delivered a keynote on “The Idea of […]
Read More →BI WORLDWIDE India wins Bronze award at the MAA Worldwide Globes
New Delhi: BI WORLDWIDE India, a global leader in delivering technology-enabled engagement and loyalty solutions, has won the Bronze award in the ‘Best Business to Business or Trade Marketing Campaign’ at the 2016 MAA WORLDWIDE GLOBES. The award was given in appreciation of a Channel Loyalty Program campaign which BI WORLDWIDE India designed and executed […]
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