Sunday, 21 June 2020

Indian Central Government’s Covid Cawach plan to support start-ups tackling Covid-19 challenges yielding results


The Rs 56 crore CAWACH (Centre for Augmenting WAR with Covid-19 Health Crisis) programme of the Central Government, which seeks to identify and support start-ups and technologies tackling Covid-19 challenges, has received 826 applications from innovators in its first round of call.

54 startups have been shortlisted after a comprehensive evaluation by Department of Science and Technology (DST). The CAWACH (https://lnkd.in/gDfGxT9) initiative being implemented by the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a DST-supported technology business incubator at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

The startup DINGG was short listed so far. However, the media report covers the follwoing startups as well:-

1. Park+ - Smart parking automated solutions for malls
2. Staqu Technologies - Video analytics platform, can be used for tracing and PPE monitoring
3. Magneto CleanTech - Air filtration and purification technologies

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Tech start-ups bet on post COVID-19 innovation boom to spur business growth

CHENNAI: Start-ups expect to benefit from innovative products in a post-pandemic world. With social distancing and personal hygiene becoming the new normal, the new-age companies are coming up with solutions keeping in view the needs of customers in these unprecedented times.

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