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Startup India Innovation Week 2024 will take place from January 10–18, 2024, thanks to DPIIT.


By Kajal Sharma - 31 Jan 2024 05:54 PM
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is organizing the Startup India Innovation Week 2024 from January 10 to January 18, 2024, to celebrate the Indian Startup Ecosystem and the National Startup Day (16th January 2024). The purpose of this event is to bring together the nation's startups, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders. The Tenth Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on January 11, 2024, will host the Startup Seminar, "Startups Unlocking Infinite Potential," with Secretary, DPIIT, Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, giving the inaugural address. The goal of the seminar is to provide a global forum for business networking, knowledge sharing, and inclusive socio-economic development.The announcement and awarding ceremony for the National Startup Awards 2023 and the fourth iteration of the States' Startup Ranking Framework—two of Startup India's flagship projects—will be held by DPIIT on January 16, 2024, in conjunction with National Startup Day celebrations. Incubators are also organizing physical events throughout the nation to commemorate the breakthroughs that Indian entrepreneurs are creating in various districts. These gatherings include, among other things, panel discussions, stakeholder round tables, mentorship sessions, and workshops specifically designed for startups.
In order to increase the ecosystem's capacity, eight virtual Ask Me Anything (AMA) live sessions are scheduled to take place from January 10 to January 17, 2024, with startup ecosystem enablers such as incubators and accelerators, investors, mentors, unicorns, corporates, startups, academics, and the government.Additionally, it is intended to hold five full-day mentorship sessions on "How to Start Up" with the goal of enhancing the capacity of aspiring and student entrepreneurs in areas including comprehending company structures, incorporating an entity, and creating a business plan. On January 16, 2016, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced the commencement of the Startup India program, which aims to create a robust environment for fostering innovation, accelerating companies, and promoting investments in the nation's startup sector. The Prime Minister of 2022 proclaimed January 16th as National Startup Day in an effort to highlight and encourage acknowledgment of businesses that contribute to socioeconomic progress, nation-building, and self-reliance. On January 16, 2024, Startup India would have been launched for eight amazing years. From roughlyThe National Startup Awards are an effort to identify and honor exceptional entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders who are creating scalable businesses, novel products or solutions, and a high potential for creating jobs or wealth creation while exhibiting quantifiable social impact.
The States’ Startup Ranking is a recurring capacity-building initiative created and disseminated by DPIIT, which assesses States and UTs on their endeavors to establish an ecosystem supportive of startup expansion. The main goals of the ranking process are to help States and UTs find, adopt, and replace best practices; to emphasize the role that States and UTs play in policy intervention to support the startup ecosystem and increase state competitiveness. Additionally, DPIIT and the Department of Youth Affairs are working together to advance Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat).