India-Israel Innovation Center launched in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: The third edition of IoT India Congress that concluded on Wednesday witnessed the launch of India’s first India-Israel Innovation Centre (IIIC), an entrepreneurial tech hub in Bengaluru. The IIIC, launched by Ramanan Ramanathan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Government of India, will help teams and individuals to grow their technologies and businesses, and work collaboratively in both the countries.

Moshe Porat, Founder & CEO Mesh Labs, Ariel Seidman, Deputy Consul General of Israel and Varad Krishna, Founding Partner, IIIC participated in the launch of IIIC.

The IIIC, organisers said, is a significant step towards facilitating penetration of Israeli companies in India and aims to bring local partnerships and joint ventures between the companies from the two countries. “Startups that are part of IIIC will be given mentorship and guidance and opportunities to participate at all IIIC’s Global events and experience networking avenues with potential customers.”


As a part of this year’s focus, the IOT India Congress offered Live experience zones, Speed Dating, Pop+91 stage, Argonaut session along with the key tracks - Manufacturing, Healthcare, Smart Cities, Digital Communication, Media and Edutainment and IoT Standards.