iCreate has announced that the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, Prof Ajay K Sood, has visited its campus in Ahmedabad to meet with the entrepreneurs and startups currently being incubated at the centre.
During his visit, Prof Sood interacted with the founders and offered his guidance and expertise to the startups who shared their ideas and experiences with him.
Meanwhile, he also held meetings with iCreate’s leadership, including Avinash Punekar, CEO, iCreate, to discuss ways in which technology innovation can be given an impetus in the country. He also extended his greetings to the institution’s SoC42, an open-source platform for all Indian EV tech developers, including startups, and for its plan to launch various CoEs in energy technologies, agritech, aerospace and defence.
Prof Sood noted that as India moves towards becoming a global innovation hub, it is essential to have institutes like iCreate that support the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovation.
Earlier this year, CSIR and iCreate signed an agreement to establish collaborative support to take the institute’s R&D work to the market, including Lithium-ion and Sodium-ion battery technologies.
The startup incubator currently claims to nurture about 530 startups in electric vehicles, technology, healthcare and agritech, among others.
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