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India has potential to emerge as global hub for IP-led innovation: Accel Partner Prashanth Prakash

New Delhi: Asserting that there is “limitless headroom for entrepreneurs”, Prashanth Prakash, partner at Accel, says the venture capital firm will use its recently announced USD 650 million fund over the next two-three years to back start-ups focused on AI and tech-led industrialisation. The company is eyeing 20-25 start-up investments this year as it mounts…

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Commission at the crossroads again

The High Court’s stay on declaring Group-I recruitment results did not come as a surprise. Ever since the marks memo and GRL (General Ranking List) were announced by the TGPSC (Telangana State Public Service Commission) the air was ominous. There was palpable unease in all sections concerned with the recruitment, which gathered steam by the…

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Why Trump’s Move Resonates: Ban Political Activities in Universities

Dr Burgadda Srinadh Follow the Trump model—fund learning, not lobbying. “Universities are for education, not agitation. Politics can wait. Education can’t.” Russia, China, and Trump have one thing in common: they understand universities are meant for learning, not lobbying. India should take note. The Trump administration took a clear stance against universities becoming hubs of…

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