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India needs to do more for entrepreneurship: CEO of top science body in US

India has great talent, but it needs to do more to nurture and build an ecosystem for entrepreneurship, the CEO of a top science body in the US has said. Indian-American Maya Ajmera, who is president and CEO of Society for Science, and the publisher of its award-winning magazine, Science News, made these comments on Wednesday after five Indian-American teenagers featured among 40 finalists of a prestigious science and maths competition for high school seniors in the US. Ajmera said that while India has great talent, it needs to do more to nurture and build an ecosystem for entrepreneurship. What has been interesting for me is the number of young South Asian Americans or Indian-Americans, applying and doing extraordinary research, but also being in our top 40 (of the finals of the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search), Ajmera told PTI in an interview. The finalists of this competition were chosen based on their projects' scientific rigour and their potential to become ...

India needs to do more for entrepreneurship: CEO of top science body in US
Updated On : 26 Jan 2023 | 8:59 AM IST

Never let the fear of failure stymie you

The cost of failure was the wages lost for the period the start-up was running, stacked on the other side were the benefits success would bring

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Updated On : 01 Jan 2023 | 10:15 PM IST

Rajasthan govt's new scheme gives a boost to businesses of Dalits

Provisions for subsidies for eligible people

Rajasthan govt's new scheme gives a boost to businesses of Dalits
Updated On : 24 Nov 2022 | 9:45 PM IST

Amazon sets up grant for Indian entrepreneurs to build logistics business

Programme will help women, persons with disability, and people from the LGBTQIA+ community

Amazon sets up grant for Indian entrepreneurs to build logistics business
Updated On : 09 Aug 2022 | 3:21 PM IST

'Bihar govt making efforts to give opportunities to budding entrepreneurs'

Bihar Industries Minister Syed Shahnawaz on Friday said the state government is making all efforts to provide opportunities to young and budding entrepreneurs

'Bihar govt making efforts to give opportunities to budding entrepreneurs'
Updated On : 30 Jul 2022 | 10:57 AM IST

India's small towns hotbeds of entrepreneurship: OYO chief Ritesh Agarwal

"The new young India that is building their businesses, is aspiring to build sizable world champions in the consumer segments that they operate," Agarwal said

India's small towns hotbeds of entrepreneurship: OYO chief Ritesh Agarwal
Updated On : 28 Apr 2022 | 12:11 PM IST

Coronavirus outbreak: Start-up entrepreneurs call for lockdown across India

The group claims that India could have between 600-2,500 positive coronavirus cases as compared to the current 137 reported in the country

Coronavirus outbreak: Start-up entrepreneurs call for lockdown across India
Updated On : 17 Mar 2020 | 10:50 PM IST

India's rising entrepreneurship culture

A proof of social acceptance of entrepreneurship would be when parents are delighted to have a start-up son-in-law

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Updated On : 13 Apr 2018 | 6:00 AM IST