editor’s note
Today’s startups will redefine the tomorrow’s India
The dreams of billion dollar industries, trillions of jobs, and ground breaking technologies of future will
only be fulfilled by fresh ideas and not the old stagnated corporates. The more empowered startups
today mean more outcomes tomorrow.
If we as a nation can waste millions of rupees in the useless show offs, we can surely fund startups
who are putting their energies to do something good for the society. The risks taken by the new age
entrepreneurs are immense. Most of them come out of their comfort zones and struggle to survive
without support. It is not always the money that drives them to do unusual things. So, encouragement
too should be extra-ordinary beyond the bureaucratic unending paper work. The day we democratize the
system and come up with something unconventional, only then will the big touted programs achieve any
success on the ground.
A robust feedback system where all startup funding
aspirants are given a chance to put their views is
necessary. There is a need to move beyond traditional
ways of funding. Can we have a startup ministry that
is dedicated to the startup ecosystem and funding?
Why doesn’t the national government create an open
innovation fund where corporates donate money with
tax benefits to them? The existing nodal agencies for
each sector could be given more autonomy.
The current startup special edition of Biovoice
eMagazine includes the cover story, ‘The Startup
Factor’ that looks at the importance of startups
in expanding the bioscience sector. The ‘Face to
Face’ section features an exclusive interview of
Dr Taslimarif Saiyed, Director and COO, C-CAMP,
Bangalore, where he shares insights on the startup
ecosystem in India. The ‘BioChat’ has Dr Vijay Chandru of Strand Life Sciences talking about the new
innovations by his company. The Special Interview features Dr Ram Sagar Misra, the researcher who
claims to have discovered a non-GM approach to increase crop yield.
From this issue onwards, we have launched a new section, the ‘SPECIAL STARTUP SERIES’ that will
feature two fresh startup stories every month. We always welcome you to share your struggles, concerns,
stories with us. You may write to me at [email protected].
As always, I would like to thank all our readers and well-wishers!
Keep mailing us and following the BioVoice News!
RAHUL KOUL
CHIEF EDITOR
BIOVOICENEWS.COM
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