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Thanks Sreelekshmi Chandran for the appreciation. India has been one of the largest ecosystems for start-ups and entrepreneurship globally. Unfortunately, business and management research in this area has been lagging because of the absence of high qualit…lnkd.in/dg948K4h

Jasmine Banu - Glad to note that you have found the YNOS Venture Engine dataset useful for your research work. Data collection is a very tedious and overwhelming task for most researchers. Often, the lack of access to data prevents researchers to take up…lnkd.in/dbpGQDas

RENDEZVOUS WITH PAST STUDENTS It is always a delight when past students drop by. Though they would have wonderfully well and been very successful in their careers, the respect that they shower to the faculty members is very heart warming. Students have a…lnkd.in/dAK8Vq6E

On behalf of Centre for Research on Start-Ups and Risk Financing (CREST) I am happy to announce an exciting talk by Carolin Häussler, a thought leader on Innovation, Ventures, and Entrepreneurship. She is going to talk about the very important aspect of…lnkd.in/dvNa2KEg

Making entrepreneurship and start-ups gender inclusive is a key focus area for policy makers today, and rightly so. With more initiatives on the anvil, such as the recently announced "Start-up Mission for Women" by the Government o…lnkd.in/dy5JJKkH lnkd.in/d4mT9ahX

T.N. has 576 startups with all women founders and 3,654 start-ups with at least one woman founder, shows data thehindu.com/news/national/…

Participated as a panelist in "Makkal Medai" in Doordarshan Podhigai on April 19, 2023 on the topic: ஸ்டார்ட் அப் நிறுவனங்களுக்கு நிதி ; எப்படி? எங்கே? யாரால்? i.e., Funding for Start-ups: How? Where? By Whom? I shared my thoughts on the seed funding oppo…lnkd.in/d-KNUrXT

My Book is Out!! I was wondering how to start saying this. Should I say it humbly? Or is it with immense pleasure? But then I finally decided the most direct approach:) Yes, the book that I co-authored has been published by Springer Nature Technology and…lnkd.in/dv_jEjMc

INDIA'S UNICORNS!! 🚀 There have been very few topics that have captured the popular imagination as that of "Start-up Unicorns." The bard might disagree, but I believe in this case, the mythological name of "Unicorns" to an extent contributed to the all…lnkd.in/dDtfn329

An Ode to "Prof. Apte" I never knew that the moment would come so soon or so unexpectedly. Though I have never worked with Prof. Apte one-on-one, he had made a strong impression on me and shaped my academic career in more ways than one. His reputation pr…lnkd.in/dmwbWvUq

DoMS IIT Madras, in association with GAIL (India) Limited, conducted two #bootcamp recently in Vijaipur and Pata. The main objective of #GAILABHA bootcamp was to empower aspiring entrepreneurs, specifically spouses of GAIL employees, by enhancing their business skills & knowledge.

GAIL Training Institute engaged with IIT Madras Prof. Thillai Rajan, Head-Centre for Research on Start-ups for this initiative. The #bootcamp also featured an interactive session by Prof. Richa Agrawal from #IITMadras engaging in an exercise to generate business ideas.

Today, we have a vast, deep, and diversified startup innovation ecosystem in the country. Congratulations to IIT Madras for the launch of the ‘ynos’ - Investor Information and Analytics Platform, which will act as a one-stop shop for #startups, VCs, investors, policymakers,

Many thanks, Honourable Minister Shri @Rajeev_GOI. IIT Madras believes 'The India Startup - Investor Information and Analytics Platform' to be a game changer in the #Startup ecosystem.  YNOS Venture

ynos is a deeply researched & brilliantly curated database of start-ups & investors. It’s a repository that’s come out combination of academic rigour, market intelligence & Thillai Rajan A’s passion for the subject & 10 yrs+ of research & publications on PE/VC ecosystem. IIT Madras

A big honour and privilege indeed to have the YNOS Venture Investor Information and Analytics Platform supported by Digital India. YNOS is a unique platform, and I invite everyone to take a first hand look ynos.in Registration is free!

On November 26, 2024, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), represented by Shri Samuel Praveen Kumar, Joint Secretary (Extension), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras), represented by

📢IIT Madras has signed an MoU with the Startup Policy Forum to to focus on driving policy research and knowledge exchange for advocating progressive regulatory and policy frameworks. SPF will collaborate with IIT Madras’s Centre for Research on Start-Ups and Risk Financing (CREST).

IIT Madras & Startup Policy Forum Partners for Research & Innovation tice.news/tice-trending/…

A brilliant presentation on ‘ONE Innovation’ by the @IITMadras research team at CREST and their incubated startup YNOS, featuring Prof. Thillai Rajan (Thillai Rajan A) and young IITian Chinni Chaitanya (Chaitanya Chinni). An inspiring showcase of the transformative role Indian HEIs