Modi's 2-day flagship programme 'Startup India Summit' begins in UAE today
New Delhi: A two day ‘Startup India Summit’ will begin in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Tuesday.
This is the first ‘Startup Summit’ being held in the UAE by the Consul General of India (CGI) in Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi in partnership with iSPIRIT, a nonprofit think tank and supported by TiE, Dubai.
The aim is to provide a shared platform for the Startup eco system in both India and UAE for greater collaboration, exchange of ideas, interaction with academia, investors and industry and for having access to funding from the venture capitalist in the UAE.
Elaborating on the type of Startup companies that are participating in the event, CGI in Dubai, Mr Vipul said 17 Startup companies from India in the space of Artificial Intelligence, Financial Technology or Fintech, Digi Medicine, Health care Technology, Innovative Technology and Software as Service will take part in the two day event .
Speaking to AIR/DD, Indian Ambassador to UAE Mr Navdeep Suri highlighted that ‘Startup India’ is the flagship programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is the endeavour of India as the third largest eco system in the world leading in tech innovation globally while UAE aims to be the world hub for technology in future.
