The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, has agreed to act as a conduit for channelising investments in the field of Information Technology start-ups and IT projects into Haryana.
TiE will work in tandem with the Haryana Government in such areas as e-education, e-healthcare and skill development.
TiE has also evinced interest in the universities of Haryana for giving applied material research a leg-up. It has agreed in principle to engage NIT Kurukshetra for promoting research and development efforts in the field of material engineering. Materials utilized in solar, display panel and semi-conducive chips will form butt of the research and development effort.
The decisions were taken after a high level delegation of entrepreneurs and senior Government officers led by the Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal visited TiE in San Francisco, USA, on Thursday and discussed the possibilities of partnerships in various sectors.
TiE president Venkatesh Shukla, welcoming Haryana’s delegation, emphasized TiE’s focus on accelerating the success of tech companies in India. TiE’s has 61 chapters in 18 countries. Conceived in 1992, it has a base of 13,000 members. During his interaction with TiE officials, the Chief Minister said that Haryana planned to host Investor Summit in Gurgaon in January 2016. TiE has decided to participate in the summit. Shukla said that Kunwar Sachdev, a member of TiE in India, will open a chapter in Gurgaon.