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A learning revolution Incubated under the Women Start-up Program at NSRCEL, Tinkerama engages children in STEM subjects using hands-on projects

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Tinkerama is a venture to bring hands-on STEM (Science, Tech, Engg & Math) education to children aged between six and fifteen years. The children learn to build everything from circuits to model airplanes. A curated curriculum, kits and guidance impart skills like critical thinking. Founded by Smitha Pisupati who has a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and eleven years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Tinkerama is inspired by the Maker Movement. Smita says she experienced, first-hand, through conducting maker-oriented workshops in the Bay Area in…

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Healthy can be tasty… Founded by a nutritionist with a consideration for both health and taste, NSRCEL-incubated start-up, The Macros Bar, aims to make preservative-free nutritious snacks available to all

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Bangalore-based snack start-up, The Macros Bar, makes “clean and natural” snack items from 100% fruit pulp nuts and seeds, and organic oats. “Most importantly, our snacks are free from added sugars, added preservatives and supplements,” says the founder, Sonali Kulkarni. Sonali is a senior clinical nutritionist by profession. She has done her Master’s in Food & Nutrition and Fellowship in Oncology Nutrition from HCG. She has worked for over 12 years with hospitals like Columbia Asia and Cloud Nine. Her vision is to create 100% clean, nutritious and handmade snacks, catering to…

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“Entrepreneurship is a journey and NSRCEL’s Women Start-up Programme has been a wonderful companion” The Build ED's founder Shobha Regunathan says being incubated under WSP offered them mentorship from some of the best in the field and widened their perspective

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NSRCEL-incubated start-up The Build ED is a blended learning solution for architects, interior designers and engineers in the construction industry. The founder Shobha Regunathan says the courses offered by them enable students to better equip themselves with industry-relevant skills, giving them a deeper understanding of construction and of the profession at large. “Professionals can customize their learning journey by selecting a combination of short courses that are aligned to their growth. Our courses empower both students and experienced professionals alike with the allied business, management and technical knowledge required to…

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Mind matters… NSRCEL-incubated start-up Mindfully Sorted, with a network of over 50 qualified mental health experts, helps people with one-on-one counselling based on their demography, personal comfort, situation and affordability

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Mindfully Sorted Pvt. Ltd. is a start-up with a vision to transform the way people look at mental health, to design psychology-based innovative interventions for preventive mental care and help qualified experts reach more people. The firm’s focus is on Indian adults between the productive age of 21 and 60 years. The firm, which just completed one year in June this year, has a network of over 50 reputed and qualified mental health experts, and helps people find their match for one-on-one counselling based on their demography, personal comfort, situation…

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Towards a better start for the young ones Food start-up Hapup offering healthy snacks especially for young children, founded by second-time entrepreneur Shruti Ajmera Reddy, benefits significantly from NSRCEL’s Women Startup Programme

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The start-up firm Hapup offers 100% natural and easy-to-make porridge mixes and healthy snacks which are made using superfoods like millets, nuts and seeds. The products do not contain any preservatives, sugar or artificial flavor. The proprietary Nuti Mixes was developed in collaboration with Dr. P. Sudershan Reddy, a leading pediatrician and food scientist from the National Institute of Nutrition. The firm is also incubated at the Indian Institute of Millet Research and is the recipient of the Central Government Grant for Agri Entrepreneurship and Innovation. It has presence on…

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Coping with COVID through creative techniques Leanne Pais created The Unopened Box as an Instagram page. Since then, with support from NSRCEL, they have grown to have over 2000 organic followers and run a four-employee revenue generating organisation

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The Unopened Box is a mental health organisation that helps people heal patterns of trauma through mental healing services provided by qualified professionals that include but are not limited to therapy, workshops, training, events and community-based initiatives. The Unopened Box offers coping mechanisms to as many people as possible through creative and innovative techniques. “Our intention is to help people own, heal and reclaim their story, by pushing boundaries on self-limiting beliefs in a non-judgmental supportive space,” says Leanne Pais, a psychological therapist (Marriage and Family Therapy) with extensive work…

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Brewing a unique business model With the aim to build bridges between food and communities through innovation in existing food ecosystems, Honey launched Kombucha Brewers India and says the mentoring provided by NSRCEL at IIMB is helping her achieve business milestones

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Kombucha Brewers India is a fermentation-based food startup based in Bangalore. They are on a mission to make gut-friendly and innovative foods and beverages by harnessing the power of microbes. They believe that building bridges between food and communities through innovation in existing food ecosystems can address issues like food-waste, malnutrition, hunger and gut-health – the epicenter of human wellbeing. Honey, the founder, is a self-taught kombucha brewer and fermentation educator who has four years of experience in the fermentation space. A self-confessed microbes-lover, her expertise lies in kombucha-based product…

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In pursuit of the not so mythical unicorn

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The recent rapid emergence of unicorns in India leads Professor G. Sabarinathan1, 2to explore this phenomenon and ponder whether the obsession has gone too far Last week, CBInsights, now an almost universal go-to shop for data on startups and tech businesses, published a list of unicorns across the world. At 702, the number of unicorns surprised me although it need not have, going by the almost daily flow of news of the minting of the newest unicorn somewhere in the world. That size of 700 was significant enough for anyone…

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So, how you doin’? With a nod to the most awaited reunion of ‘Friends’, Mridul Nedungottil, from the EPGP Class of 2021-22, shares two crucial takeaways from learning during the lockdown

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Two months of this financial year came to completion, recently. Yes, bankers and financial enthusiasts prefer saying ‘financial year’ rather than just using the word ‘year’. It is boring, and as an ex-banker, I will use financial year! As many listeners have told me in the past, I feel it adds a funny layer of sophistication—something required by an MBA graduate, perhaps! Anyway, a lot has transpired in these 60 odd days. We are attending online classes in our rooms (a few of us at Ajmera and others at our…

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The Unsung Guardians To mark World Environment Day, Dr Deepti Ganapathy writes on forests and their caretakers

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This World Environment Day, I would like readers to shift their focus to the sentinels who guard our forest eco-systems. It could be the farmer staying on the fringes of a forest or Padmashree awardee Saalumarada Thimakka. India’s rich biodiversity makes it a land of plenty. Rivers originate from this thriving eco-system, irrigating the hinterland, and plants and animals flourish in these forests. The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, passes through all the states on the western peninsula, and is host to millions of organisms. It is also…

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