AIC - IIITH Foundation

Social Tech Selection Day: An intense day of pitches for the 5th Akash Acceleration Program for Social Tech Startups.! From 100+ national applicants, we hosted 8 Social Tech Startups finalists at the AIC-IIITH Foundation for their final evaluation.

These innovators presented research-backed solutions across: Health Care | Sustainability | Sustainable Agri | Circularity |

Selection Focus: Tech Innovation, Scalability, and Social Impact.

A huge thank you to our Jury Our selection process was guided by experts from IIIT Hyderabad, and Corporates and and startup ecosystem partners:

1. Investor: Smita Pawar from Hyderabad Angels and Nemika Sahni from SucSEED Ventures

2. IIIT Hyderabad: Raja Poladi ( Centre for Digital Tech. in Healthcare (CDiTH), IIITH) and Satish Kathirisetti.

3. Corporates: Ranodeep Sen from Micron Technology

4. Social Entrepreneur and Ecosystem Leaders: Chandrakant Komaragiri and Anusha Rayanaveni of United Way of Hyderabad; Ramjee Pallela of EY; Shivam Gupta of The Affordable Organic Store; Srinivas Aluri; Rennis Joseph of Ignis Careers & Ram Chaitanya of Ecowiser.

🏆 Final results coming soon! Stay tuned to see which innovators will join our next cohort.

Atal Innovation Mission | NITI Aayog | CIE at IIIT Hyderabad | Ramesh Loganathan |

We are thrilled to share a deep dive into the journey of BioReform, published by our parent institute, IIIT Hyderabad . Feature details how BioReform is revolutionizing the sustainable packaging industry with compostable alternatives to plastic highlighting their achievements:
- A global award
- A UN case study
- Presence in 8 Indian metros, 4 countries,
- 15 million plastic bags saved
- Speed tracked for foreign government collaboration.

Bioreform is a proud part of the EPAM India ESIIP Program for GreenTech startups—a collaboration that is helping them accelerate their mission for a greener planet.

Thank you Deepa Shailendra for the brilliant write-up! You’ve captured the technical grit and the environmental heart of Bioreform perfectly.
Read the full feature here: https://blogs.iiit.ac.in/bioreform/

Atal Innovation Mission | NITI Aayog | CIE at IIIT Hyderabad | EPAM Global | Ramesh Loganathan |

IIIT-H incubated startup BioReform bags global award for ditching plastic - A global award, a UN case study, presence in 8 Indian metros, 4 countries, 15 million plastic bags saved and speed tracked for foreign government collaboration. What makes the AIC-IIITH incubated startup BioReform, a great newsmaker is that it was also founded by a 21-year-old entrepreneur, with a f...