Soft launch of OctaNE

Soft launch of OctaNE - A CoE in IoT in Agriculture at Guwahati, Animation at Shillong and Emerging Tech-AR/VR at Imphal under phase -1

Soft launch of OctaNE

New Delhi, July 20, 2020: Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) soft launched the first phase of OctaNE - A Centre of Excellence (CoE) in IoT in Agriculture at Guwahati, Animation at Shillong and Emerging Tech-AR/VR at Imphal and simultaneously launched the Open Challenge. STPIOctaNE is a ground-breaking initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and managed by STPI to transform the digital profile of North-East by providing a robust startup ecosystem to rev up innovation & entrepreneurship in emerging technology.

STPIOctaNE is poised to nurture startups in emerging tech in a collaborative model by facilitating mentoring, funding, marketing & IPR while enabling them to address the challenges of local industry & build software products. Network of 8 STPICoEs for North East will transform innovation & entrepreneurship in the region.

The services available for the beneficiaries of OctaNE shall include Physical infrastructure including 450-seater state-of-the-art incubation (200- Guwahati, 150-Shillong and Imphal-100). Along with E-Commerce facilitation and Tinkering Lab in each of the three centre, mentoring, financial support through seed funding, technical Support, marketing support, IPR/Patenting facilitation and legal, accounting & other support services will be provided to start-ups.

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