IITH incubator to invest more than ₹ 1 crore in six startups
The Hindu
They are working in the field of Autonomous Navigation
As part of the iTIC-TiHAN IITH incubation programme, iTIC Incubator at IIT Hyderabad recently selected six startups from across India, working in the field of Autonomous Navigation to support them via pre-incubation and incubation support. An on-boarding ceremony was organised to facilitate and give a boost to top-notch startups working in this area.
iTIC Incubator is investing up to ₹ 25 lakh each in prototype-ready startups namely UAVIO Labs, which is working on building sentient drones; Alog Tech, building an autonomous indoor logistics ecosystem for warehousing; and Aviac which is working on Ecological Monitoring using drones. iTIC is also investing up to ₹ 10 lakh each in early-stage startups namely Rovonize, which is building surveillance UAVs; Qotpars, making the finest drones for video and photo applications, and Adiabetic, working on the passive thermal cooling system for li-ion battery packs.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists