Launchpad 2021

The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and IIT Kanpur’s Start-Up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) together held Launchpad Competition 2021 today on April 23 to fortify their recent shared goals of education and entrepreneurship development.
 
The event had His Excellency Mr P Kumaran, India’s High Commissioner to Singapore as the Guest of Honour. “Startups are a catalyst for radical innovation and have emerged as key enablers for employment generation and wealth creation, aiding economic development in general”, he had said during his opening address.
 
“With SIIC, we plan to provide a well-deserved launchpad to our start-ups and those in India to create well-established global brands that thrive on excellence, innovation, and ingenuity,” Dr T Chandroo, Chairman, SICCI, said.
 
Vice Chairman of SICCI, Mr Maneesh Tripathi steered this partnership and the event which ended with a closing remark from CEO of SICCI, Mr Johnson Paul.
 
The purpose of the launchpad was to encourage start-ups to take advantage of the Singapore-India trade and technology corridor.
 
The start-up pitch competition was held virtually involving nine qualifying contestants – five from Singapore and four from India who each presented their ideas to the judges.
 
The winners were Movel AI from Singapore, represented by Mr Abhishek Gupta, and Kritsnam Technology from India, represented by Mr K Sri Harsha.
 
The Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) and IIT Kanpur’s Start-Up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) would like to congratulate all our participants who took part.
 
Read the press article about the event from Mediacorp here:
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