Dear Reader,
First, on behalf of IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), I wish all a happy and prosperous New Year 2018. I believe this year, will see a big boost in the startup activities in India, catalysed by a more supportive ecosystem.
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Steps to Ensure Success of a Start-Up Idea
R. Ramraj - Serial Entrepreneur & InvestorThe world definitely doesn’t lack good ideas. What the world lacks is a Reality check-strategy, planning, market validation, execution and follow-through that converts ideas to investment worthy businesses.
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Truck Hall
Truck Hall- Ms. Manisha SarafTruckHall is an IIMCIP incubated start up operating in the road transportation and logistics industry. TruckHall envisions simplifying goods movement in India and making spot procurement for logistics a reality in India. Their goal is that irrespective of what we want to move, what is the mode of transport, we should be able to find a reliable vendor the same day and transact with them without any anxiety.
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MEDI 360
Amar Jamadia, FounderThe founders of Medi360 have worked together for the last 5 years. During that period, they have been discussing the need for developing meaningful technology for semi-urban/rural population of India.
Amar and his team realized that access to Healthcare is one of the key areas of improvement in India, as population to doctor ratio hovering between 1700 to 29000 against the recommended WHO standard of 1000.
BRICKCELLS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Sunandan Mukherjee , FounderFisheries and aquaculture play, either directly or indirectly, an essential role in the livelihoods of millions of people around the world. Being born in an urban environment, BRICKCELLS TECHNOLOGIES team had very remote idea of rural economy which is primarily based on the rural farmers in my district as well as the state as a whole.
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The winners of the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2017-18 (TSEC), a joint initiative of the Tata group and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), were announced during the grand finale held on January 6, 2018, at the IIM Calcutta campus. The challenge endeavours to find India’s most promising early-stage social enterprises, and create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship – encouraging sustainable, scalable and measurable social impact.
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1. Smart Fifty Boot Camp
2. North East Accelerator Program
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