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Around 200 IIM graduates take up entrepreneurship every year while around 1,600 IIT students annually turn entrepreneurs.

Running into its third generation, Punjab-based 20 member family business that still resides together in their ancestral 40-year-old home.

Traditional educational toys, games, charts and books are now giving way to a handful of start-ups offering game-based kids' learning & development products.

Investors and start-ups meeting online isn't a completely new phenomenon in India. Platforms like Venturefund.com and UK's Venture Giant have been facilitating this matchmaking since last few years. However, LetsVenture, ah! Ventures, TermSheet, Applyifi and Equity Crest are taking that one step ahead in helping start-ups raise angel investments.

When Kingfisher Airlines collapsed in 2012, online travel space saw an abrupt halt to its growth like never before, leading to hundreds of employees’ lay off and huge revenue loss. The incident gave a clear learning to companies like Yatra.com on managing talent in rough weather. Talking to Entrepreneur, Dhruv Shringi, Co-founder and CEO, Yatra.com, […]

Thanks to fierce competition for rapidly scaling up businesses in the Indian technology ecosystem, acquiring start-ups primarily for its tech talent rather than the product is gradually becoming a rage in the country. That's acqui-hiring for you.

Indian gaming industry has really come of age. Having genesis in late 90s when companies like Dhruva Interactive and Indiagames started developing and publishing games, today India has more than 250 gaming companies, mostly start-ups aiming to develop the next Flappy Bird or Candy Crush.

New evolved travellers are diving deep to understand the unique cultural and social fabric of the place they visit. At their disposal are a chunk of start-ups that are ready to serve them with guided hyperlocal tours and local attractions.