KSUM signs MoUs with Oppo, Wadhwani Foundation to support SMEs, startupsWadhwani Foundation will run acceleration programmes for SMEs, startups, entrepreneurship education and women startups.
28 Sep, 2019, 03.24 PM IST
Government ex-post facto approves MoU between NSDC and Wadhwani Operating FoundationAdditionally, it is expected to contribute significantly to entrepreneurship education and training through an open source, thereby assisti...
20 Apr, 2016, 03.50 PM IST
Wadhwani Foundation Plans to create infrastructure for mentoring startupsWadhwani is a member of the Giving Pledge, a commitment by world’s wealthiest individuals to dedicate the majority of their wealth to phila...
25 Dec, 2015, 05.43 AM IST
Government to train 40 crore people under Skill India initiativeThe initiatives were launched to mark the first-ever World Youth Skills Day, where the government set a target of skilling 40.02 crore peop...
15 Jul, 2015, 11.03 PM IST
Government plans big startup push through network of IIMs, IITs, tech parks & othersThe Ministry of skill development has planned a network for supporting startups that would include IIMs, IITs, IISc, tech parks and industr...
12 May, 2015, 05.07 PM IST
Startups find it difficult to recruit; begin to offer perks to retain talentUnlike in Silicon Valley, where working for a startup is a badge of honour, new ventures in India struggle to attract top-notch professiona...
16 Nov, 2013, 03.14 PM IST
Karnataka to launch two new venture funds to back young companiesThe Karnataka government will launch two new venture funds to back young companies and set up a network of incubators in smaller cities
24 Sep, 2013, 02.13 AM IST
Older professionals launch ventures to bring in expertise to startup ecosystemOlder professionals, typically aged 50 years or more are setting up companies in sectors ranging from alternative energy to technology serv...
16 Aug, 2013, 02.42 AM IST
Women now turn down lucrative campus placements to pursue new business venturesWomen-led startups spawned at college campuses are still rare. But a steady trickle of women are now turning down lucrative campus placemen...
12 Apr, 2013, 04.41 AM IST
ISB's new initiative 'Start Up First' aimed at entrepreneurial roleThe initiative ensures that start-up entrepreneurs have access to the right kind of talent that will help them to grow their ventures faste...
15 Nov, 2012, 03.55 PM IST
Students from IITs, IIMs and other elite colleges prefer startups over big brands for internshipsStudents from a bevy of prestigious colleges in India and overseas are lining up in increasing numbers to intern at startup firms this summ...
07 Aug, 2012, 06.53 AM IST
- Government should support startups with loan guarantees: Romesh Wadhwani
Romesh Wadhwani became one of the richest Indians in the US in 2000 when he sold his software firm Aspect Development for an all-stock deal...
06 Jun, 2012, 11.46 AM IST
- Indian American millionaire Romesh Wadwani pledges most of his wealth to philanthropy
As for his family, wife Kathy and daughter Melina, he believes that they should have only that much of wealth as is needed to keep them com...
18 May, 2012, 09.57 PM IST
- B-schools beef up seed funding to push entrepreneurial initiatives
Business schools across the country are looking to strengthen corpuses that give wing to students’ dreams, as part of their effort to push ...
29 Apr, 2011, 05.59 AM IST
- Students should prefer entrepreneurship over fat jobs: SIDBI's N K Maini
N.K. Maini, Executive Director, SIDBI, who was addressing MBA students at FORE school of Mgmt said Entrepreneurship is need of the hour. He...
05 Mar, 2010, 08.04 PM IST
- More ISB graduates join crorepati club
Global job offers have been pouring for students of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, despite fears of a global economic slowdown. Plac...
01 Apr, 2008, 04.25 PM IST
- Shaping up tomorrow's entrepreneurs
Leading business schools and educational institutions all over the country are kicking off new courses, research programmes, seminars & dis...
25 Sep, 2007, 04.22 AM IST