Nasscom partners with govt to hold 'Startup India, Stand up India' event
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CHENNAI: Nasscom 10,000 Startup Program has partnered with department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), Government of India, along with other partners to host 'Startup India, Stand up India' event in Delhi on January 16.
The event will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Nirmala Sitharaman and DIPP secretary Amitabh Kant.
According to a Nasscom report titled 'Startup India-Momentous- Rise of the Indian Startup Ecosystem,' India has emerged as the youngest startup nation in the world with over 72% of founders being less than 35 years old. The country has more than 4,200 startups, making it the third largest startup base worldwide.
In order to foster innovation and support entrepreneurship, Nasscom has been closely partnering with the government in various entrepreneurship led initiatives.
In line with the Prime Minister's vision of making India a hub for cyber-security related research, training and products, Nasscom created a cyber security task force last year. Further, in partnership with TiE Silicon Valley and IIM Ahmedabad's CIIE India, Nasscom also hosted the first India-US Startup Konnect in Silicon Valley in September 2015.
Now, Nasscom is supporting the government's largest startup programme for the country. The aim of the initiative is to make India the largest startup hub in the world which will further help drive the country's economy towards better results.
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