Startup Development Cells to be set up in State: Minister

Surjit Kuamr Dhal, Bhubaneswar, June 27: Minister, MSME, Energy, Industries & Home Capt Dibyashankar Mishra on Wednesday reiterated that development of startup eco-system remains the top priority of government and in the next phase it will be expanded to districts by setting up of Startup Development Cells.

During an interaction with start-up entrepreneurs here, he said all possible support will be given to startups to scale up their ventures.

          Speaking on the occasion, ACS, MSME LN Gupta informed that in the last 26 months, 433 startups have registered with the Startup Odisha, out of which 138 are women-led startups.

He informed that 84 grants have been awarded to the recognised startups and incubators.

Besides, 12 Incubators and 13 Nodal Agencies are working to assist the startups recognised with the Startup Odisha, he added.

          On this occasion, Startup Companies namely, Phoenix Robotix (IOT), SakRobotix (Robotics Education), Aether Innovations (FoodTech), Epsum Labs (IOT), Udiyate Technologies (AI), One World Healthcare, MedTel (Healthcare), and Novolutions Food & Beverages demonstrated their innovative products to the Minister who appreciated their innovations.

 Director, Industries P Nath and Evangelist P Biswal said that there is a plan to organize a National Level Startup Conclave-cum-Grand Challenge this year.

On the request of the startups, it was decided to organize a ‘Startup Job Mela’ to connect the Startups as recruiters and talent available from different technical institutions.

It was also decided to organize demonstration of Emergency Communication System and Urban Flood Monitoring System developed by startups to OSDMA.