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The Technology Business Incubator of SRM University-AP launched its first venture cohort with 36 selected start-up business ventures on Saturday.Prof Ramesh Loganathan, head of co-innovation and cutreach at IIIT Hyderabad and Ex-Chief Innovation Officer of the Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) was present for the occasion as the special guest of honour from the industry.Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof V S Rao, said, "From the initial years onwards, SRM University-AP is focused to create entrepreneurs who can be the leaders of tomorrow. The University signed an MOU with the University of California, Berkeley, to design the curriculum to promote entrepreneurship.""The entrepreneurial journey should start with identifying the problems in the ecosystem. A great example can be the face recognition software that started with the idea of capturing student attendance in colleges. Similarly, the budding entrepreneurs should identify such similar problems, do thorough market research and then prepare the business plan. The price of the product/idea should matter the last," said Prof Loganathan while briefing about the scope and future of entrepreneurship in India and the global scenario.'Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA)' was first established as part of the strategic alliance with UC Berkeley to create an academy combining their Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Jacob Center of Design and Innovation to foster the culture of innovation, design, and entrepreneurship among the students of all streams including engineering, liberal arts and sciences, and management.Dr Prakash Jadav, Associate Professor and Head of IDEA opined, "It is exciting to see so many students submitting their business ideas in the first business cohort. I am sure that with our guidance and mentorship, they all can reach new heights in setting up their ventures in the industry."62 teams, comprising 192 students had applied for the opportunity. After rigorous screening and evaluation on various parameters like innovation, scalability, and commercialization, 36 teams/ventures were selected to be a part of the SRM TBI's first cohort.The selected ventures will be mentored and supported for a period of a minimum of 12 months where they will be facilitated with infrastructure support, mentoring and networking support, seed fund, and innovation fund support, hardware and software support, industry connectivity, learning resources, market exposure, and several others.The selected ventures will be mentored and supported for a minimum period of 12 months with all the services of a regular technology business incubator. SRM TBI will also provide an opportunity to pitch to the investors, connects with industry experts, market linkage, and a global network of mentors.The start-ups developing prototypes and MVP can apply for the Product validation track and pre-revenue/revenue stage. They can also apply for the Market validation track. Each of the 36 start-up ventures will get hands-on mentoring and guidance from the mentors and experts from their respective working areas.The start-ups will go through physical interactions through contact sessions at SRM AP and virtual interaction with mentors through online workshops during the program.Udayan Bakshi, CEO SRM TBI & Associate Director highlighted that TBI will not limit to just this batch of students or to the SRM University-AP, but shall extend its vision and activities to the entire ecosystem.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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National :Technology Business Incubator of SRM University-AP launches first start-up venture cohort

The Technology Business Incubator of SRM University-AP launched its first venture cohort with 36 selected start-up business ventures on Saturday. ...