Israels Pears foundation to hold bination hackathon
The Dollar Business Bureau Pears Foundation of Israel is hosting a bination hackathon focusing on affordable healthcare across four cities – Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Tel Aviv (Israel). The 36-hour hackathon in Hyderabad will be conducted by India's largest incubator for startups T-Hub in association with its Israel counterpart. The bination hackathon is the first outcome of T-Hub’s international partnership with StarTau, Israel. This hackathon will build bridges between the innovation ecosystems of Israel and India by providing a platform for entrepreneurs and industry experts from both the countries to work together to pioneer affordable healthcare solutions, T-Hub said in a statement. Winners of the hackathon will receive a minimum cash prize of Rs.1 lakh for each sponsored challenge and a fully paid ...
Telangana IT/ITeS exports up 13.26% at Rs.75000 cr
Sharath Chowdary Information technology (IT) and Information technology enabled services (ITES) exports from Telangana have recorded a healthy growth of 13.26% at Rs.75,070 crore in FY 2016 when compared to Rs.66,276 crore in FY 2015. This is better than the overall India’s IT/ITeS exports growth rate at 12.33% in FY 2016. Telangana is moving decisively towards achieving the set target of doubling the IT/ITeS exports by 2019, the state IT Secretary, Jayesh Ranjan told the Dollar Business Bureau. "Telangana has created employment opportunities to 35,611 people in the IT sector in the previous fiscal with the total number of IT professionals in the state increasing to 4,07,385 in FY 2016 against 3,71,774 in FY 2015," he said. After launching the ICT (information ...
T-Hub incubated firm raises $150,000 from Europe
The Dollar Business Bureau Hyderabad based Life Circle Health Services has raised an amount of $150,000 as funding from European senior healthcare service provider GROUPE SOS. Life Circle is a home nursing service start-up being incubated at T-Hub, an incubation centre initiated by the Telangana government. With these funds, the company plans to expand its services in the Hyderabad market. Very soon the company would launch its services in New Delhi - NCR markets. It has set a target to reach 20 cities in India by 2020. Along with the investment, GROUPE SOS would also share its technical knowledge and global practices with Life Circle. GROUPE SOS’ Founder and President Jean-Marc Borello said that the European firm has over 30 years of experience. ...
Ratan Tata to inaugurate IT incubation centre in Hyderabad
The Dollar Business Bureau Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan announcing details of Inspiring Indian Innovation Awards 2015 in Hyderabad on Thursday. In a bid to encourage innovations in the technology space and young entrepreneurs, the Telangana state government has developed a technology incubation centre, T-Hub at Hyderabad. Spread over an area of 60,000 sqft, the center will be inaugurated by Ratan Tata on September 7. The T-Hub can accommodate around 800 start-ups and it is one of the efforts of the state government in preparation for the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT). Notably, the Telangana government in January had announced that the State will host the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in 2018. In the backdrop of announcing ...
