Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras-incubated startup has created a platform to help startups avail of the scientific and technological expertise in Indian technical higher educational institutions.
The startup YNOS Venture Engine launched the ‘Delphi’ platform to catalyse deep innovation and hi-tech startups. The platform would help the start-ups and young entrepreneurs to easily access top notch scientific expertise in higher educational institutions, a press release said.
Faculty members would be part of the YNOS platform, which would enable entrepreneurs across India, or even globally, to identify faculty member(s) they would like to work with using the tools available on the platform. Once an entrepreneur expresses interest in interacting with a faculty, YNOS would facilitate the interaction.
Launching the platform during the ‘Chennai Demo Day’ organised by IIT Madras Incubation Cell on 16 February, 2019, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor, IIT Madras, said, “YNOS Venture Engine, a startup founded by Prof Thillai Rajan, has developed a new platform for the entrepreneurs to leverage the expertise of the academic and research community in the country.”
IIT-Madras Director Bhaskar Ramamurthi lauded the YNOS team and urged them to develop more products like Delphi in the near future.
As many as 128 faculty members from across the nation have so far joined hands in this initiative.
YNOS is actively seeking to engage more faculty members from Technical Higher Educational Institutions in this initiative. Interested faculty members can express their interest to engage with startups by registering with YNOS.