Announcement of Results of National Startup Awards 2020 on 6th October, 2020

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....nnouncement of Results of National Startup Awards 2020 on 6th October, 2020 <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 5-10-2020<br><BR>The Results of the first edition of National Startup Awards will be released by Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal on 6thOctober, 2020 at 3:30 PM, at the National Media Centre, New Delhi. The virtual felicitation ceremony will be held in th....

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....e august presence of Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Shri Som Parkash. The event will be webcast live on NIC, MyGov and related social media channels. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has conceived the first ever National Startup Awards to recognize and reward outstanding Startups and ecosystem enablers that are building innovative products or solutio....

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....ns and scalable enterprises, with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation, demonstrating measurable social impact. The measure of success is not only the financial gains for the investors but also the contribution to the social good. The first edition of the Awards invited applications across 12 sectors which were further sub-classified into a total of 35 categories. These 12 s....

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....ectors are Agriculture, Education, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Finance, Food, Health, Industry 4.0, Space, Security, Tourism and Urban Services. Apart from these, startups are to be selected from those which create impact in rural areas, are women-led and founded in academic campuses. The winning Startups will get cash prizes of &#8377; 5 lakh each, along with opportunities to present their so....

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....lutions to relevant public authorities and corporates, for potential pilot projects and work orders. As key building blocks of a robust Startup ecosystem, one exceptional Incubator and one Accelerator each will get a cash prize of &#8377; 15 lakh.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....