Weekly Bytes | NASSCOM’s ‘AI Gamechangers’ programme, Starlink orders open in India, and more
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Here s our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.
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Here s our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.
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NASSCOM launches the AI Gamechangers programme
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has launched the ‘AI Gamechangers’ programme, to promote artificial intelligence (AI) led innovation in India, with Microsoft as the ‘Innovation Partner’. The programme will serve as a platform for startups, enterprises, academia, governments, and NGOs to showcase their AI-based products and solutions. It will recognise innovators for their successful AI implementation at NASSCOM’s Xperience AI Summit. The entries will be judged on three primary aspects of
Capgemini made this announcement this week to its employees that it will cover the cost of coronavirus vaccines of all eligible employees and their dependents.
Technuter
In an effort to boost India’s tech start-up ecosystem, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), has announced Deep Tech Club (DTC) 2.0; the second edition for its DeepTech Mentoring program, an initiative to nurture and promote Indian DeepTech products solving global problems. DTC finds world-changing start-ups that are enabled by AI, ML, AR, VR, IoT, Robotics, Blockchain, NLP, and similar technologies. The central focus of the DTC program is to act as a catalyst in empowering pioneers in India-based deep technology startups and connect them with industry leaders, investors, academia, researchers, and government regulators to establish a global deep tech ecosystem impacting physical and digital transformation.
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Asia Sentinel
Flourishing sector provides bright spot in virus-crippled economy
Mar 3
By: Neeta Lal
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-criticized Make in India program, which has had desultory success, appears to be gaining traction in India’s startup ecosystem, with new avenues of growth and opportunities emerging with rapid digitalization and tech adoption providing the tailwind.
At 12,500, India has the third-largest number of startups in the world after the US and China. These enterprises’ impressive growth and the future potential of the country’s startup ventures merit focused attention in a brutally competitive economic climate worsened by the pandemic, say experts. According to the National Association of Software and Services Companies, startups received US$11.5 billion in new funding across 924 transactions, a 14 percent surge since 2019. Overall, 1,600 tech start-ups and 12 unicorns, the highest added in a single calendar year, debuted last year whil