Author: Priyanka Chauhan

New Delhi: Hon. PM Modi’s vision is to ensure that every Young Indian gets an opportunity to participate in India’s vibrant Startup & innovation ecosystem: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, today inaugurated a Digital India startup hub at the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centre at Davanagere, Karnataka.  Speaking on occasion, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, “The STPI, Davangere, will soon usher in new opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurship for the people in the region. It is our PM Narendra Modi Ji’s vision to ensure that every Young Indian…

New Delhi: Beanly, an early-stage consumer brand in the coffee space and an early-stage D2C startup known for innovations in the coffee category closed its seed investment from a clutch of angel investors who are marquee names in their fields.    Founded by Rahul Jain and Samayesh Khanna, Beanly has the vision of making quality coffee convenient while ensuring it tastes fresh months after its been ground and packed. Beanly is on a mission to simplify coffee for everyday consumers and, at the same time, make it fun for them! Beanly as a brand is known for its manufacturing prowess…

New Delhi: Media entrepreneur Meher Sheikh, the Founder & CEO of Nikology, a Youtube Channel with a subscriber base of 02 Million, was awarded ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’. Nikology is an initiative of Papr Network that runs its operations from Noida Film city in Uttar Pradesh. When contacted to applaud her recent achievement, the dynamic entrepreneur said, “I am elated with this recognition & I would like to thank my family & team for believing in me & my vision. I was thrilled to see so many women entrepreneurs getting recognized along with me, proving that women can multitask…

Mumbai: MediSage, in a recent announcement, said that it has been able to engage with over 2.2 lakh rural doctors online. MediSage is a digital engagement platform for doctors, disrupting the physical Medical Representative (MR) model through its scalable Digi-MR solution, providing customized, high-impact, scientific detailing to doctors. MediSage has leveraged this opportunity to become the go-to digital channel allowing doctors to access credible medical information from across 15+ specialities in one app. The Rural Connect Today, MediSage can connect with over 2.2 lakh doctors in rural India. These doctors can access the latest medical information, which helps them in patient…

Mumbai: Supporting the government’s Make in India initiative, Mumbai-based leading consumer lifestyle & premium mobile accessories brand KDM has chalked out ambitious plans, including the idea of “Make in India, Make for World”, thereby promoting self-reliance in mobile accessories. KDM is also seeking the support of local and contract manufacturers in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Delhi NCR to expand into international markets. By working with additional manufacturers based in India, KDM wants to use the “Make in India” programme that the Indian government started in 2014 to increase India’s production further to keep up with global demand. It expects to manufacture…

Chennai: NxtWave, a leading provider of job-ready training for software careers, announced that over 1000 companies hired its students in the past eighteen months.  NxtWave’s unique blend of hands-on training with real-world projects has helped its students land jobs at companies ranging from fast-growing startups to MNCs like Amazon, Google, Deloitte, Bank of America, Jio and more. Students from 520+ districts of India are upskilling with NxtWave to land their dream software careers. “We’re glad that NxtWave students have become highly sought-after professionals in the industry. This milestone demonstrates the high quality of NxtWave’s training and the employability of our students.…

Sober & Co. was founded by brother duo Sharan Kriplani and Nishant Kriplani in 2022 during the lockdown. Being a youth, these siblings realized that the monotony of drinking liquor straight up became high. Stirring up cocktails at home seemed to be time-consuming; that’s when they came up with the idea of a ‘cocktail mixer’. Although establishing something like ‘Sober & Co.’ was never their objective, they eventually realized a significant void in the market as other brands entered it with somewhat random and typical flavours. At this point, ‘Sober & Co.’ came into existence. A bottle of Sober &…

Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, business magnate, industrial designer and a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer era. He was the co-founder and first CEO of Apple Inc (now Apple Inc.). Steve was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until The Walt Disney Company bought it. Background Steven Paul Jobs was born in San Francisco, California. Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali were his unwed biological parents who put Steve for adoption. Paul and Clara Jobs then adapted him into a lower-middle-class couple. Steve grew up in a neighbourhood with engineers working on…

New Delhi: Auto-tech startup Fixigo has announced that it has raised undisclosed seed funding in a round led by Agility Ventures.   Industry veteran and Director of iGlobe Telecom, Tarun Kalra and Alienics Inc, a Canadian investment firm, also invested in the round along with a few other angel investors.  The startup plans to use the funds to expand its services in newer markets and brand-building exercises.   Founded in 2019 by industry stalwarts Sami Saik (CEO), Tarun Malhotra (CTO) and Ajay Pahwa, Fixigo started as a mobile car washing service company. However, realizing the massive potential, it pivoted to become one of…

1. Ram Chandra Agarwal, an exceptional being Ram Chandra Agarwal an inspiriting personality started his retail journey in early 1994 in Kolkata, India. Agarwal has over 30 years of entrepreneurial and business understanding. Being one of the key pioneers in India’s value retailing, Ram introduced the concept in 2001. Starting with a small photocopy shop, Agarwal went on to revolutionize the retail sector of India as to first one to introduce the Hypermarket concept in India in the form of Vishal Megamart in Delhi. In 2008 Vishal retail suffered a massive loss of Rs 750 crores and the company became…