google: Google, MeitY to help 100 Indian startups build high-quality apps

MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google have announced to cohort 100 Indian early to mid-stage startups and help them to build high-quality global apps and games. The initiative is part of Google’s Appscale Academy.
Google and MeitY Startup Hub will support the Indian startups and also help them grow into successful businesses as part of a growth and development program. The 100 chosen startups were selected from over 400 applications with the help of an in-depth selection process.
It will be a six-month programme which will train the 100 startups via a customised curriculum enabling them to create high-quality apps for the global market. Startups of the Appscale Academy cohort are solving for some of India’s daily, critical, and unique needs through creative homegrown solutions including BitClass (a live learning platform), Farmyng Club (a social platform for farmers to improve their livelihood), Kutuki (preschool learning app), Sunita’s Makerspace (a community to foster innovation), Stamurai (a platform offering affordable and high-quality speech therapy), LearnVern (a job-oriented skilling app offering courses in vernacular languages), Vivasayam (an app promoting organic farming), and many more. . It also includes startups supporting core communities in India through creative apps across agriculture, B2B, parenting, and more.
The startups will also receive access to virtual instructor-led webinars, self-learning material, and mentorship sessions with leading local and global industry professionals. Select startups will also get an opportunity to pitch to leading venture capitalists.
“Startups and developers are key drivers of India’s digital transformation journey. We at MeitY value our partnership with Google, and it gives me immense delight to further boost this spirit of innovation with the Appscale Academy Programme,” said Bhuvnesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, MeitY.