IITs, IIMs and Bennett University look to ignite entrepreneurial sparkThis partnership with Babson Collaborative and the immersive experience will help strengthen the entrepreneurial culture being developed at...
20 Jun, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
India has more startup incubators than IsraelIndia now has 140 startup incubators, ahead of Israel's 130, says a report by IT industry body Nasscom and consulting firm Zinnov. India ad...
06 May, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
- Rajalakshmi Engineering college bags first prize at Hack2Help hackathon
Social AID, a team from IIT Madras worked on Ultrasound Wireless Power Transfer (UWPT) that can improve the battery life of Implantable Med...
10 Apr, 2017, 11.55 AM IST
The idea that one need not make money in a social venture must change: Ashok JhunjhunwalaJhunjhunwala who has been at IIT-M for 35 years, talks about the early days of the incubator and the unique challenges he faces while nurtu...
16 Oct, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
Startups use creative gamified platforms to get students interested in subjects like science, mathIt has chapter-wise games for math and environmental science for students from class I to VIII. “We are now in the process of designing gam...
05 Dec, 2014, 06.40 AM IST
Startups like LinguaNext, Uniphore Systems, Reverie Language Tech help mobile users cross language barrierSeeking to solve this problem, startups are targeting non-English speakers by building solutions that convert existing software application...
07 Jun, 2014, 04.49 AM IST
What is holding back the social entrepreneurOf the $1.6 bn invested in Indian social enterprises, 70% is in financial inclusion. And 67% of what went into other sectors went into just...
15 May, 2014, 04.41 AM IST
Chennai-based start-up makes cognitive development a child's playA startup in Chennai is hoping to do the same with children’s skills, but the other way round. It gets children to play games without reali...
09 Apr, 2014, 06.37 AM IST
Top 10 promising technology startups chosen by Nasscom's EmergeET profiles top 10 promising technology startups chosen by Nasscom's Emerge, to beshowcased at the Product Conclave 2013.
28 Oct, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
- Exim Bank-RTBI to help companies working in rural innovations
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RT...
26 Feb, 2013, 09.37 PM IST
- 12 more banks to offer IMPS by March-end
The Inter Bank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS) is expected to be extended by a dozen more banks by the end of the fiscal.
17 Mar, 2011, 12.15 PM IST
- eJeevika trains rural youth to high growth sectors
eJeevika is trying to end the social bias by training the rural folk for high-growth sectors like telecom, insurance etc.
24 Apr, 2009, 02.56 AM IST
Social entrepreneurship in IndiaWith the slowdown taking the shine off urban, higher-income target markets, organisations focusing on ‘bottom of the pyramid’ audiences hav...
20 Feb, 2009, 01.18 AM IST
- Madras IIT incubator hits rural road
TeNet, a research think-tank and technology incubator in IIT Madras, has kicked off a venture focused on generating rural entrepreneurs.
07 Sep, 2007, 03.53 AM IST