ISRO and Microsoft collaborate to help space-tech start-ups in India
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BENGALURU: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to gas the expansion of area expertise start-ups in India.
The MoU seeks to empower area tech start-ups throughout the nation with expertise instruments and platforms, go-to-market help and mentoring to assist them scale and turn out to be enterprise-ready.
This collaboration has come at a time when Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella is within the metropolis to participate in Microsoft Future Ready Technology Summit.
The collaboration seeks to strengthen ISRO’s imaginative and prescient of harnessing the market potential of probably the most promising area tech innovators and entrepreneurs in India, Microsoft mentioned in a launch.
Through this tie-up, the area tech start-ups recognized by ISRO will likely be onboarded onto the ‘Microsoft for Start-ups Founders Hub platform’, which helps start-ups at each stage of their journey from thought to the unicorn, it mentioned.
Noting that via the hub, space-tech start-up founders in India could have free entry to the tech instruments and sources they should construct and run their enterprise, the discharge additional mentioned, this consists of technical help to construct and scale on Azure, best-in-class developer and productiveness instruments together with GitHub Enterprise, Visual Studio Enterprise and Microsoft 365 and entry to sensible analytics with Power BI and Dynamics 365.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath mentioned the area company’s collaboration with Microsoft will significantly profit area tech start-ups of their evaluation and processing of huge quantities of satellite tv for pc knowledge for numerous purposes, utilizing cutting-edge strategies like AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
“The Microsoft for Start-ups Founders Hub is a useful platform for bringing together start-ups and providers of technology solutions to support the national space technology ecosystem. We are pleased to work together to assist and support entrepreneurs, to, in turn, benefit the Indian economy as a whole,” he mentioned.
Beyond entry to expertise, Microsoft will present mentoring help to area tech entrepreneurs in areas starting from area engineering to cloud applied sciences, product and design, fund-raising and gross sales and advertising.
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In addition, founders could have entry to Microsoft Learn for tailor-made start-up-centric coaching content material and programmes to assist them construct connections with the trade and potential clients.
“Space tech start-ups in India are taking part in a major position in advancing the nation’s area capabilities with the ability of expertise.
We are happy to collaborate with ISRO to speed up this transformation of what is potential in area.
Through our expertise instruments, platforms and mentorship alternatives, we’re deeply dedicated to empowering area tech start-ups within the nation to drive cutting-edge innovation and speed up scientific discovery,” Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari mentioned.
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Microsoft and ISRO may even collectively organise knowledge-sharing and thought management periods for the start-ups with area trade specialists.
In addition, the collaboration will help founders with go-to-market methods, technical help and alternatives to promote their options by way of Microsoft channels and market, the discharge mentioned.
BENGALURU: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to gas the expansion of area expertise start-ups in India.
The MoU seeks to empower area tech start-ups throughout the nation with expertise instruments and platforms, go-to-market help and mentoring to assist them scale and turn out to be enterprise-ready.
This collaboration has come at a time when Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella is within the metropolis to participate in Microsoft Future Ready Technology Summit.
The collaboration seeks to strengthen ISRO’s imaginative and prescient of harnessing the market potential of probably the most promising area tech innovators and entrepreneurs in India, Microsoft mentioned in a launch.
Through this tie-up, the area tech start-ups recognized by ISRO will likely be onboarded onto the ‘Microsoft for Start-ups Founders Hub platform’, which helps start-ups at each stage of their journey from thought to the unicorn, it mentioned.
Noting that via the hub, space-tech start-up founders in India could have free entry to the tech instruments and sources they should construct and run their enterprise, the discharge additional mentioned, this consists of technical help to construct and scale on Azure, best-in-class developer and productiveness instruments together with GitHub Enterprise, Visual Studio Enterprise and Microsoft 365 and entry to sensible analytics with Power BI and Dynamics 365.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath mentioned the area company’s collaboration with Microsoft will significantly profit area tech start-ups of their evaluation and processing of huge quantities of satellite tv for pc knowledge for numerous purposes, utilizing cutting-edge strategies like AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
“The Microsoft for Start-ups Founders Hub is a useful platform for bringing together start-ups and providers of technology solutions to support the national space technology ecosystem. We are pleased to work together to assist and support entrepreneurs, to, in turn, benefit the Indian economy as a whole,” he mentioned.
Beyond entry to expertise, Microsoft will present mentoring help to area tech entrepreneurs in areas starting from area engineering to cloud applied sciences, product and design, fund-raising and gross sales and advertising.
ALSO READ | Space-tech start-up GalaxEye Space raises USD 3.5 million
In addition, founders could have entry to Microsoft Learn for tailor-made start-up-centric coaching content material and programmes to assist them construct connections with the trade and potential clients.
“Space tech start-ups in India are taking part in a major position in advancing the nation’s area capabilities with the ability of expertise.
We are happy to collaborate with ISRO to speed up this transformation of what is potential in area.
Through our expertise instruments, platforms and mentorship alternatives, we’re deeply dedicated to empowering area tech start-ups within the nation to drive cutting-edge innovation and speed up scientific discovery,” Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari mentioned.
ALSO READ | Accenture invests in space-tech start-up Pixxel
Microsoft and ISRO may even collectively organise knowledge-sharing and thought management periods for the start-ups with area trade specialists.
In addition, the collaboration will help founders with go-to-market methods, technical help and alternatives to promote their options by way of Microsoft channels and market, the discharge mentioned.
