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This is the highest addition in three years and takes the total number of tech startups to 12,500, including 12 new unicorns.The country is now the third-largest tech startup hub in the world

Ishita Jain Ishita Jain leads design and innovation at the Autodesk Foundation. She uses her design thinking and social innovation expertise to support entrepreneurs and innovators who are using technology and design to solve some of the worlds most pressing social and environmental challenges. She has a Masters in Design for Social Innovation from the School of Visual Arts, NY and a Masters in Industrial Design from the National Institute of Design, India. Ishita is based in San Francisco, Ca...

Stories written by Amita Bhaduri

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says Sophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley immigration attorney. “Whether you’re in people ops, a founder or seeking a job in Silicon Valley, I would love to answer your questions in my next column.” Dear Soph...

Jaya Dhindaw Jaya Dhindaw is Director, Integrated Urban Planning, WRI India. Her role entails advancing goals for sustainable development in Indian cities to enable and influence knowledge building and on-ground impactful interventions through instruments such as Transit Oriented Development and Structural Reforms. She has over 16 years of global experience in Sustainable Urban Planning. Before WRI India, Jaya was a lead urban planner at the Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation...

Stories written by Anuj Puri

© Tech Startups Birdwatch - A deflection layer of Big Tech control After a tumultuous fall during which Twitter brazenly censored American news outlets, pundits, and Trump supporters, the social media platform announced a new plan to manage disinformation and misinformation on the site. Theyre calling it Birdwatch. "Introducing Birdwatch, a community-based approach to misinformation," Keith Coleman, Vice President, Product, writes on Twitters blog. Coleman writes that "Birdwatch allows people...

Stories written by Vishal Yadav

Medha Uniyal Medha Uniyal is a student of Xaviers College, Mumbai, pursuing Bachelors in Mass Media Honors. She interned with Narmada Bachao Andolan in 2013 for two months. Medha writes for GoI Monitor, a web magazine managed by a group of activists, journalists and web developers. The initiative was the result of a need to have an independent platform examining policies of the government whether at the level of Centre, state, city or a village. 15th Jun 2017

Anju Narayanan Anju Narayanan studied journalism to “change the world”. Now as a mum of two, she believes it’s all the more important to tell positive stories for the future generations. She loves reading, writing, travelling, striking conversations, and learning something new ever so often. 20th Jan 2021