Wednesday, December 02, 2020
In an initiative to make theIndian Startup Ecosystem more inclusive, Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator (SPTBI) in collaboration with social platform LoveActually.Meand India’s largest communications consultancy Adfactors PR, has launched India’s first incubator program for differently abledpeople wanting to pursue entrepreneurship. The program comes ahead of the world celebrating International Day of Persons with Disability on December 3.
SPTBI has announced applications for the program. The deadline for the application process is December 5 2020.
The ‘Firstpreneurs’is a 12 month incubationprogram, the first four months of which will be spent in prepping up the cohort on all aspects of entrepreneurship including business, marketing, financing among others. While the program will have startup mentors to guide the incubatees, a special mentor board comprising of experts from legal, business communication, finance, sales, product development, media and marketing, is being constituted to guide and support the incubatees.
Adfactors PRhas partnered with SPTBI to be the communication mentor for the program.
The special mentor board will comprise of Rahul Jain, Vice President, Startup and New Age Business practice at Adfactors PR as communication mentor, AshutoshBurnwal, Founder of Buddy4study- largest scholarship platform in India, VeenaLala, Founder of VAL & Associates as legal mentor and DeepaqVarthak, with over 25 years of experienceas sales mentor among others.
As part of the incubation program, SPTBI will groom incubatees into entrepreneurship and also provide them with support in developing their ideas. Incubatees will also be provided with access to market, seed fund and investor pool, co-working facilities apart from stage wise nurturing.
B. N. Chaudhari, Chairperson, SPTBIsaid, “The Indian startup ecosystem gives people a chance to change the world through their ideas. We want to make this ecosystem inclusive and equal for even those who are differently abled because skill and talent has no limit. The program will encourage people with disability to test their potential and give them an equal chance in creating innovative solutions for business and society.”
Tanushree Sharma, Founder, LoveActually.Mesaid, “Our motto is to bring inclusivity through equality. As a social enterprise we conduct several online and offline activities that help differently abled individuals achieve personal and professional independence. Our partnership with SPTBI stems from the strong belief that an opportunity is needed by anyone to succeed in life and through this initiative, we are helping many aspiring individuals who are disabled to turn their dream of entrepreneurship into reality.”
About SPTBI
Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator (SPTBI) was founded in 2015 as an initiative of BharatiyaVidyaBhavan’sSardar Patel Institute of Technology and is associated with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Our goal is to encourage and promote innovation and entrepreneurship. We help entrepreneurs to establish business and ventures with advanced technology through our services. We assist and help these start-ups to grow in the future. Currently, we have virtual and physical incubation programs for tech start-ups. We also run special programs for faculties and students of SP-IT college in particular and Bhavan’s campus students in general. SPTBI supports technology start-ups from Education, Health, Energy, Agri-tech and IT services and has successfully incubated 79 start-ups and created employment for over 750 professionals. SPTBI is also venturing into supporting women entrepreneurship. The incubator’s state-of-the-art Advanced Technology Hub helps early stage ventures in developing their products and services in the sectors of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Robotics and Internet of Things (IoT).
For more details visit www.sptbi.com
About LoveActually.Me
LoveActually.Me is a social enterprise working for PWDs ((People with disabilities) and with the mission to enable them to become independent socially and professionally. They have online and offline activities to engage PWDs.LoveActually.Me is a social enterprise with the focal point of enabling and empowering people with disabilities (PWDs). Our long-term goals are “Social and Professional independence for PWDs”, “Inclusivity with Equality” and “Bringing behavioral change.” We work on the fundamental changes with a positive impact on the life of people with disabilities.
About Adfactors PR
Adfactors PR, founded in 1997, is India's largest Public Relations firm. A multi-specialist, full-service firm, we serve clients in over 25 industries across 40 cities in India. The clients include some of the largest corporations, conglomerates, financial institutions and trade bodies, as well as a host of bright, young start-ups and unicorns. We have a track-record of successfully delivering on complex and challenging PR briefs – often characterised by high stakes, urgency and a sense of uncertainty about the potential outcomes.
In 2020, PRovoke Media named Adfactors PR as the no. 3 PR Agency of the Decade in Asia-Pac and in top 7 Agencies of the Decade globally. Adfactors PR is a member of PROI Worldwide, the largest global partnership of independent public relations firms.
For more details visit https://adfactorspr.com/
