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    Ola acquires IIT Madras incubated payments startup Qarth to strengthen Ola Money

    Ola Launches standalone Ola Money appOla promises ride as soon you step outOla buys minority stake in payment-tech firm ZipCashOla completes two years in Chennai, registers 40% m-o-m growthOla Micro spearheads company’s fight against Uber App-based taxi hailing service Ola has acquired Chennai-based payments solution Qarth Technologies, which was incubated out of IIT Madras, to […]

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    Budget 2016 sets stage for hike in IIT, varsity tuition fees

    Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Fees for students studying in publicly funded higher education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and central universities could more than double, with budget 2016 proposing a new funding pattern for the elite schools. The budget proposed setting up a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA), a quasi-sovereign body which […]

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    Govin Capital signs agreement with IIT Madras Incubation Cell

    Chennai: Singapore-based Govin Capital signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Technology Madras Incubation Cell to offer Bio-Entrepreneurial education and accelerate Med-tech and Life-Sciences start-ups from the wider IITM community. Govin Capital is focused on early-stage medtech and technology startups in Singapore and India will also be mentoring start-ups at IITM’s bio-incubator and medtech Incubator […]