Life lessons from India’s science startups Startups focused on scientific and technological innovation are on the uptick. It’s time private industry and money stepped up to the plate Bengaluru: Popular wisdom has it that India has always had an abundance of trained talent but has been a laggard nation when it comes to product innovation.Read more about Life lessons from India’s science startups[…]
This space entrepreneur from a small town in Rajasthan is taking on the Elon Musks of the world At 4 feet, 11 inches, Neha Satak from Beawar in Rajasthan stands tall in the crowd of young entrepreneurs today. Giving up promising prospects in the US, she returned to set up a space technology company outRead more about This space entrepreneur from a small town in Rajasthan is taking on the Elon Musks of the world[…]
Drones to space Internet, IISc incubates start-ups Most of the start-ups are based on moonshot ideas, including drones to transport organs and devices for diagnosing diseases Better known for his former role as the programme director and chief designer of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA), 75-year-old Kota Harinarayana is the founder-chairman of General Aeronautics,Read more about drones-to-space-internet-iisc-incubates-start-ups[…]
How IISc is using its knowledge to incubate core tech products with a societal impact Fathima Benazir and Alex Paul used to be friends at school in Ooty, but then lost touch. Benazir studied biochemistry, while Paul took the engineering route to become director of IT service management at Zoho, where he spent close toRead more about How IISc is using its knowledge to incubate core tech products with a societal impact[…]
With medical simulators, Mimyk is helping doctors in precision surgeries This startup has developed simulators for surgeries to help doctors understand how a procedure is done without having to experiment on the patient. At a Glance Startup: Mimyk Founders: Shanthanu Chakravarthy, Balaji Gopal, Nithin Shivashankar, and Raghu Menon Year it was founded: 2016 Where itRead more about With medical simulators, Mimyk is helping doctors in precision surgeries[…]
IISc gets research park, will aid start-ups BENGALURU: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), will be among the six premier institutes in the country to host a research park under the start-up initiative of the Centre, with the proposal also beingpresented in the union budget (2018-19). According to the budget, the Centre has earmarked aRead more about IISc gets research park, will aid start-ups[…]
Start-ups and science Many of the start-ups at Society for Innovation and Development, based at IISc, have a longer investment horizon than today’s venture capitalists want to bother with Towards the end of his career, Albert Einstein said: “One thing I have learned in a long life: That all our science, measured against reality, isRead more about Start-ups and science[…]
From the Point of View of Entrepreneurs– Problems faced while Raising Capital for Ventures Undoubtedly, raising funds for business ventures is a herculean task given the fact that the entire process requires adaptation of lateral, unconventional approaches, to connect rightly with investors to get them to believe in the entrepreneurial models of startups. Startup ownersRead more about From the Point of View of Entrepreneurs– Problems faced while Raising Capital for Ventures[…]
The science of tapping talent IISc’s Society for Innovation & Development incubates technology start-ups In 1991, the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, set up Society for Innovation and Development to promote collaboration with industry. In 2005, the society set up Indian Scientific Innovation Company, a not-for-profit outfit, to incubate start-ups. The incubator has about 6,000Read more about The science of tapping talent[…]
How allowing professors to start companies triggered red-hot startup labs Things started moving about 10 years ago, when the Department of Electronics and Information Technology provided up to Rs 2 crore to academic institutions to promote entrepreneurship. Some of the big universities were already in the game on their own. At IIT Madras, electrical engineeringRead more about How allowing professors to start companies triggered red-hot startup labs[…]
