IIT Guwahati BioNEST hosts second edition of Kickstart 2.0 industry conclave
Adarsh Srivastava | February 16, 2023 | 03:26 PM IST | 1 min read
IIT Guwahati BioNEST hosted Kickstart 2.0 Industry conclave to create a unique template in North East India to explore avenues for market creation.
NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati BioNEST hosted the second edition of Kickstart 2.0 Industry conclave on February 14 and 15, 2023. The convention was organised with the aim to create a unique template in North East India to explore avenues for market creation, technology transfer, product commercialization, thereby helping startups across India by promoting their Market Reach and Business Expansion.
As per the official release, BIRAC sponsored BioNEST at the IIT Guwahati technology innovation and development foundation of research park and free flow venture builders hosted over 80 start-ups across India, primarily from North East India who showcased their products to investors, healthcare providers and enablers.
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Speaking during the event, Professor Parameswar K Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, outlined the institute’s Incubator network and explained the cutting-edge infrastructure that can be pivoted for product development and build the generation next startup ecosystem in NE. The top performing and maximum soft committed models were recognized during the two days –
- Taare Zameen Par
- Biofly
- Paving+
- Hummsa Biotech
- Mobilabs
- Unirox
- Maskow
- HookoluPay
The models who pitched online and got the highest number of intentions were Ananthadi and Padmasita.
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During his inaugural address Dr Siddharth Singh, IAS, IHIDMS, Commissioner and Secratary, Government of Assam, stressed the need for technologies and innovations in the field of healthcare accessibility, organizing patient load at hospital OPDs and the products that can optimize efficiencies of hospital ICUs.
Sherry Lalthnagzo, IES, Economic Advisor, NEC Shillong, expressed the huge potential NE has to offer in terms of biodiversity and human resources and stressed the importance of growing a strong startup ecosystem.
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