TSIC launches Impact Labs

Hyderabad: Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) launched Impact Labs, an initiative that focuses on co-creation of solutions by startups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for complex social issues. TSIC is calling startups with technological and non-technological solutions in education, health and nutrition, assistive technology, old-age empowerment, women and child development, hunger, agriculture, livelihoods and community development, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) launched Impact Labs, an initiative that focuses on co-creation of solutions by startups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for complex social issues.

TSIC is calling startups with technological and non-technological solutions in education, health and nutrition, assistive technology, old-age empowerment, women and child development, hunger, agriculture, livelihoods and community development, climate change, and clean mobility to apply for the programme to co-develop solutions with NGOs and implement at the ground level.

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NGOS including ActionAid India, World Vision India, Save the Children, Greenpeace, SOPAR-Bala Vikasa, Akshaya Patra, Youngistaan Foundation, PLAN International, and HelpAge India are part of the programme. “The growing focus on social impact under the startup ecosystem should be attributed to the collaborations between various entities and in this direction Telangana has launched the Impact Labs,” said IT Principal Secretary Jayesh Ranjan.

“Impact Labs will provide a platform for both the entities to co-create a proof-of-concept from the scratch for the defined problem statements and pilot the same in Telangana,” said TSIC Chief Innovation Officer Dr Shanta Thoutam.

The startups can check the problem statements at teamtsic.telangana.gov.in/impact-labs/. The programme will be for six weeks. Startups solving sustainable development goals can be part of it. The startups can leverage Tech Support and Cloud services by AWS, access to Telangana Social Startup Network, access the funding network, and showcase opportunities to Government and CSRs.

TSIC and Bala Vikasa International Centre (BVIC), which promotes social entrepreneurship and business responsibility, signed an MoU under the Impact Labs. BVIC will facilitate incubation of a proof of concept and support with mentorship, co-creation sessions and CSR-connect.

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