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Whither Innovation?

Journey..
discovering Creativity, Innovation & an ecosystem that nurtures!!

Grew up amidst great minds

Then meandered down the treaded path..

Until 2000.. When I discovered HYDERABAD!

My first taste of startups startups.. ..

Not in the valley. Right here in Hyderabad!

Amazing experience, creating the First technology brand from India

BUT, the downturn took a toll on us

Transitioned to Progress..

Upclose, how products are conceived and created at MNC tech co.s And value India labs can bring!

Alongside, my second and cherished home...

IIIT-H
Engaging with students , alumni.. And alum startups

That.. Led me to the ecoeco-system

Therefrom, Therefrom , a national network of eco eco-systems came up

Hyderabad Kolkotta Chennai Barcamp organisers Mumbai Bangalore Delhi

Startup Saturday

In Hyderabad, since early 2008. Initially at IIIT. Then at LaMakaan Grassroots. Volunteer run. For early stage startups.

Now, A strong local ecosystem buildingnup

Student startups

barcamps

Thru all these.. came a major revelation...

IIIT-H Startup ecosystem

Engaging with other engineering colleges

Our education and society mindset hammers down any and all creativity! Especially among techies.

School
The coaching center education system creating assembly line of identical boring cubes!

Numbed! @college
Students do not think. Tips & Tricks get them ranks.

Just servicies
Triggered by the very services centric IT industry

And, Colleges just campus-job factories

Dont want to think; Dont know HOW to think

Very low innovation.

And industry, an assembly line of verylow-thought-needing jobs

Are very happy with mundane jobs.. So long as MNC and Money

No drive. No ownership

No easy solutions. But a highly network-effect amplified ecosystem in Hyderabad pitching in

Seeding the idea

Hyderabad4Innovation NEN Innovation Centers IIIT-H Launchpad

Incubation CIE@IIIT IIT, BITS College Incubators

Co-creation

Pramati SMSCountry InstillMotion

Multiple dimensio ns
TiE Uthista IIIT, ISB, ++
Seedfund Co-working

TiE iKeva

Acceleration

IIIT-H Uthista

Academic incubation centers hold the key!

BITS

IIT

Hyderabad4Innovation
Engaging with students , alumni.. And alum startups

What can we do to change the young minds set?

Keenly looking for my childhood memories to reappear..

Hyderabad (& India) a hotbed for Innovation & Startups!!!

NIRVANA!

Hyderabad (& India) a hotbed for Innovation & Startups!!!

A bit about me -Middleware evangelist -Head Product dev -Adjunct Faculty at IIIT -Startups Mentor

Hyderabad the Innovation and Products hub in the making!

hyber-valley

agu e-s

products

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rameshl @progress.com http://jroller.com/rameshl

2012 Progress Software Corporation. All rights reserved.

Outline
Childhood at Sriharikota
A localised 1000 family community. Highly intellectual. Was a very different world.

Headastart: Network of ecosystems

Headstart Network. Got all barcamp organisers together

Meandered the treaded path..

Engineering and beyond; Round the world for a few years. Bay areas. Singapore

Startup Saturday
Students/Alum startups seeking advice
IIIT association

Hyderabad and first taste of startups..

A tech high creating a globally recognized brand from hyd

Strong Hyd ecosystem

Startup weekend TiE ISB

Tranistioned to Progress
A global experience. MNC products. Value from offshore. Innovation led.

Revelation.. On stumped-creativity No easy solution

A set needed

Second home- IIIT

Adjunct faculty; 13 years Exposure to students, smart ideas and alum startups

Academic incubators key

IIIT Incubator

Barcamps

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TiE Incubator
A non-academic incubator

One of first in country. And most active. Initially with IIIT and then other volunteers Google, Progress, Amazon, Pramati, Infy,.

Hyderabad4Innovation
Seed the idea of startups

2012 Progress Software Corporation. All rights reserved.