{"id":224035,"date":"2023-01-28T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T13:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=224035"},"modified":"2023-02-25T11:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:26:18","slug":"meity-startup-hub-and-meta-shortlists-120-startups-and-innovators-for-the-xr-startup-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meity-startup-hub-and-meta-shortlists-120-startups-and-innovators-for-the-xr-startup-program\/","title":{"rendered":"MeitY Startup Hub and Meta shortlists 120 Startups and Innovators for the XR Startup Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The post is based on the articl<\/span>e<b> \u201c<\/b><b>MeitY Startup Hub and Meta shortlists 120 Startups and Innovators for the XR Startup Program<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on <b>27th January 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MeitY Startup Hub(MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology (MeitY) and Meta have announced the list of 120 startups and innovators for the XR Startup Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is an XR Startup Program?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Launched in: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Launched by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MeitY Startup Hub(MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology (MeitY) and Meta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To discover, nurture, and accelerate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meity-startup-hub-and-meta-collaborate-to-accelerate-xr-technology-startups-in-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extended Reality (XR)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> technology startups and innovators across India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes two segments namely:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Accelerator Challenge: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Accelerator will nurture and foster 40 early-stage startups working with XR technologies through a well-designed 6-month program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Each startup will get access to many benefits, including a grant of \u20b9 20 lakhs, mentorship by industry experts and researchers, access to a network of potential strategic partners and investors and opportunities to participate and present at relevant industry events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Grand Challenge: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will encourage early-stage innovators in sectors like Education, Learning and Skills, Healthcare, Gaming and Entertainment, Agritech &amp; Climate Action and Tourism &amp; Sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The innovators will be provided support to upscale from the R&amp;D phase to developing workable products and services.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cMeitY Startup Hub and Meta shortlists 120 Startups and Innovators for the XR Startup Program\u201d published in PIB on 27th January 2023 What is the News? MeitY Startup Hub(MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics &amp; Information Technology (MeitY) and Meta have announced the list of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/meity-startup-hub-and-meta-shortlists-120-startups-and-innovators-for-the-xr-startup-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MeitY Startup Hub and Meta shortlists 120 Startups and Innovators for the XR Startup Program<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-224035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700230348},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}