GUWAHATI: A team from Microsoft had met with the Assam Industries and Commerce Department on 4 February and had expressed their desire to actively collaborate with the Government of Assam top support the startup ecosystem of the state.
The team, led by Lathika S Pai, country head for Microsoft for Startups, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and SAARC along with Jeeva Reddy, director of Global Entreprenuership Network (GEN)Weomen India, interacted with Commissioner Dr K K Dwivedi and Secretary Manjula Saikia at Janata Bhawan.
Microsoft submitted a proposal that it would facilitate its know how on advanced technological system, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to the startup incubates for national and international exposure.
Microsoft would be organizing a Startup Summit among all the stakeholders in Guwahati in April, in association with the State Government and also conduct reach-out programmes to encourage the entrepreneur community of the State.
The team was highly impressed with the state-owned marquee incubation centre,‘The Nest' at Ambari and interacted with the Cohort 2.0 incubates who are undergoing mentoring at the incubation centre.
Dr Dwivedi said that the venture would highly benefit in creating employment and entrepreneurship among the youths and assured full support from the State Govt.
