Student startups are the way to go for universities all over the world.
This article outlines 25 reasons students should think of starting up.
Author: Krishna Karedla
The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) Report of 2019 was released with much fanfare, recently. The report can be downloaded here : NIRF REPORT 2019. At the outset, the report is well designed and has been done with a lot of good intention and purpose. The biggest benefit for the…
Government of India’s Multi Pronged Strategy to Streamline Engineering Education
Posted in Engineering Education
It is election time. The time when we as citizens of this country, try and analyse the performance of the Govt, to decide on whom to vote. [My sincere request: Go out and vote. Make a statement.] As energising educational institutions is one of my areas of interest, I will…
Engineering education is at cross roads. AICTE & NIRF have recognised this and come out with a slew of measures, to revamp engineering education. Some of the measures are improved curricula, modern teaching learning process, hands on training, examination reforms, papers, patents, and startups. The NIRF report detailing 200 top…
Why Thrust Areas are a must in Medical and Engineering Institutions in Today’s world?
Posted in Host Institution
In recent times, educational institutions are under pressure from multiple sides. The first and foremost pressure point is the rapid technological changes which is happening across all fields thereby creating a ever widening gap between what is taught and the expectation of the industry. An interesting example is the possibility…
Startup Model or Rental Model
Posted in Uncategorized
Host Institutions intending to start a Incubator are faced with a question how to model their startup incubator, a TBI or STEP or a BioNest. The question is “Which Model they should choose for their Incubator?. In a broad sense, there are two models which are adopted. One is the…
Running a Top Class BioNest in India
Posted in BioNest
BioNest is a term coined by GOI, Department of Bio Technology for a business incubator recognised by the Department. It refers to a business incubator which is equipped and focused on incubating BioTech startups including, Drug discovery, Bioinformatics, Bio-agriculture and Starting a BioNest is a project which has many dimensions.…
Startup India
Posted in Startups and GOI
Startup India is one of the boldest initiatives of our country and its people. The question arises, why is it the boldest? To understand this, we should briefly look at the economy and industry of independent India. After independence, we started out as an what else, an hybrid model, propelled…
Budget 2019 and Startups
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The budget of 2019, rather the first budget of 2019, we will be getting a full budget later, is a different budget than any of the previous budgets. And, I know this is a tall conclusion. This is not a unique budget for a simple or a frivolous reason. Let…
Welcome!
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Welcome to Progic.in a website to give you insights into the science and art of profits, startups and technology business incubation. The word Progic is a portmanteau of the two words Profit and Magic, which are from the sentence “The Magic of Profits”. This sentence was conceived while discussing with…