Bengaluru awaits Bangalore Nano

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Department of IT, BT and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka and JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research) announced on Monday that they have scheduled the YESSS & RICH programme as part of Bangalore Nano 2008, on the December 13, 2008 at the Grand Ashok Hotel, Bangalore.

A platform to showcase technology and meet investors. YESSS & RICH would be one of the main highlights of the 2nd edition of this annual event.

The YESSS & RICH programme is being done in association with Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), said a press release.

This would also be the second edition of Research Industry Collaboration Hub (RICH) – a platform to showcase innovative and novel research ideas to seek partnership and commercialization opportunities to investor and industry professionals.

The YESSS Programme (Young Entrepreneurs Startups in Soaring Spirits) – a special segment to encourage budding entrepreneurs with business ideas to meet industry professionals and VCs face-to-face for business interactions, it added.

Start-ups and incubating companies can present their business plans to scale up their operations by forging alliances with people who see value in the same. Both the programs are aimed at giving fillip to nanotech-based industry in India, the release added.