IIT Delhi To Allow Phd Students To Start A Startup Instead Of Thesis

These startups will be provided a monthly compensation “at par with the industry salary” to pursue their start-up journey along with seed capital, free mentoring, accommodation and access to IIT-Delhi labs.

In recent move to help start-ups, IIT Delhi is planning to allow it’s PhD students convert their thesis into start-ups.

IIT Delhi will give it’s students an option to start their own venture at a separate incubation centre set up by IIT. It will surely be a great boost to startup ecosystem in India and will allow researchers to start their own venture.

 As per reported by Mint,  V. Ramgopal Rao, director of IIT-Delhi said: “It will be a platform to harness deep technology from blockchain to artificial intelligence via young companies. The aim is to convert thesis to start-ups,”

Source:bizztor