Atal Incubation Centre, an initiative supported by Atal Innovation Mission, and NITI Aayog, Government of India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Trade Centre, Mumbai, to empower young talent, develop entrepreneurial skill sets, and help start-ups to scale up their businesses through global networking, mentorship and industry-driven programmes.
The partnership between AIC-Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini and M Visvesvaraya Industrial Research and Development Centre of WTC Mumbai aims to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and global business opportunities and market access for start-ups. The objectives are identifying and supporting start-ups for international market expansion, joint development of entrepreneurship and innovation programmes, networking and trade facilitation with global business leaders, organising workshops, and training and acceleration programmes. mutual branding, visibility, and speaker engagements at events.
The MoU signing ceremony was held on Thursday at the Knowledge Excellence Centre of the RMP campus in Uttan. Aakruti Bagwe, director-operations, MVIRDC WTC Mumbai; Smita Deshmukh, head of Center of Excellence, MVIRDC WTC Mumbai; and Uday Wankawala, CEO, AIC-RMP, were present at the MoU signing.
Wankawala said, “Through this partnership, we aim to strengthen the start-up ecosystem by bridging the gap between innovation and international markets, and creating new opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs and businesses. We truly appreciate the work of WTC Mumbai and see a lot of synergy in our joint efforts towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.”
“We are thrilled to partner with AIC-RMP to empower young entrepreneurs and start-ups, providing them with global networking opportunities and industry-driven programs that will help them to scale and succeed,” stated Bagwe.
AIC-RMP’s objective is to create jobs through enterprise in agriculture, education, healthcare, and technology, thus combining business and social impact. With over 100 start-ups successfully incubated, the project has created more than 700 jobs in association with more than 50 corporate partners, around 20 academic partners, investment partners, and mentors. AIC-RMP provides guided sessions for start-up founders, foundation programmes for budding wntrepreneurs, boot camps for start-ups, and a basic entrepreneurship development course. The cohorts conducted to date include the Aarambh Cohort, Parivartan and Regular Cohorts, Vibha Cohort, and Fast Track Cohort.
