With an intention to encourage startups working in the areas of technology, for the planned development and growth of Indore smart city, a seminar was organized by the Atal Incubation Center-Prestige Inspire Foundation at its campus located on the premises of the Prestige Institute of Engineering Management and Research.
While gracing the event, MP Shankar Lalwani gave suggestions to the startups and mentioned about the state government's commitment to make Indore a great startup destination. Abhishek Bardia, Executive Head, MP Startup Center, Government of Madhya Pradesh, said that the State Government is deeply committed to support the startups with technology, funding grants, and providing the world's best ecosystem to the startups. He said that with the new MP Startup Policy, Madhya Pradesh is sure to become a national leader in startups.
Rishav Gupta, IAS and CEO, Indore Smart City gave his vision on the requirements of various technologies and solutions for Indore Smart City. He assured the startups for all the support in taking their startups for implementation in Indore Smart City. Gupta also gave various tips and suggestions to the startups.
Dr. Davish Jain, Chairman, Prestige Education Foundation, said that the youth today are given the best opportunity to leverage their talent and skills and convert it into a huge business. He said that Prestige has been and will continue to provide quality education and support the youth in every way.
Sanjeev Patni, CEO, AIC-Prestige said that they have 45+ active startups and all of them are doing good work. These startups are supported with technology, funding, marketing, etc. to make them successful. Patni said the AIC-Prestige is a unique incubation center deeply committed to ensure that the startups in Central India are successful and make a mark on the national level.
`Startups can avail fund support from AIC-Prestige which has been sanctioned to them under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme', Patni added.
During the programme, several startups presented themselves and talked about their journey, vision, challenges and the way forwards.
The dignitaries met various incubated startups, gave guidance and promised full support in taking these startups to the next level. PK Chande, Director SGSITS, Abhishek Sanghvi (Ecosystem Ventures), Ritvik Garg (TiE MP), Mayur Sethi (Invest Indore) were among prominent dignitaries present on the occasion. The seminar was attended by about 100 startups from the city.