Three Indian startups among 19 selected for Commonwealth Startup Fellowship
Three Indian startups selected for the six-month Commonwealth Startup Fellowship, a flagship Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) programme funded by the UK government, pitched their ideas to top investors at the Capstone Showcase in London on Tuesday.
The three startupsGhaziabad-based lifeandlimb.ai, Jaipur-based Hexpressions, and Maharashtra-based agritech startup AgrowSurewere chosen from more than 1,400 companies across 44 countries, said Stephen Johns, International Communications Manager, Imperial College London, which is partnering with the UK government through its Imperial Enterprise Lab to facilitate the fellowship.
Nishant Agarwal, CEO and founder of lifeandlimb.ai, said when he won the President’s Award for Best Outgoing Thesis at IIT Kanpur for his MS thesis on using myo-sensor technology for prosthetics in 2015, he realised he could take the project forward.