Karantaka On A High, Dakshina Kannada To Have India’s First Startup District – WBNews

Not so popular district, that receives abundant of rainfall during monsoons will now have India’s first startup district. According to the results as per the team which was sent by ministers for commerce and industry, the decision has received approval from the department of industrial policy and promotion of the commerce ministry and the NITI Ayog. Dakshina Kannada to have country’s first startup district https://t.co/wv1lH00nER via @TOICitiesNews pic.twitter.com/mkkJAXqTSw — Times of India (@timesofindia) February 12, 2017 Although the rumour for the district bagging this title has been around for quite some time, a formal official announcement to this effect is awaited shortly. The district will get 20 tinkering laboratories in schools with state-of-the-art hardware such as 3D printers and allied software. To be named Atal Tinkering Laboratories, the programme is being taken up under Atal Innovation Mission and will also see these labs and incubation centres come up in five colleges and two institutions. Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) to ‘Cultivate 1 Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators’ to be set up in schools @rabhishek1982 — Startup India (@startupindia) January 16, 2017 Ashok Jhunjunwala, professor, department of electrical engineering from IIT, Chennai who set up the IIT Madras Research Park will handhold the exercise. This will be a three-tiered approach to fostering a culture of innovation. Hence, there are schools, colleges and professional/technical institutions lined up for this project in a bottom up pyramid structure approach with a focus on agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, manufacturing and internet of things. The…more detail