Lakshmi Balachandra of Boston College and Ishani Tewari of Brown University were among 15 exceptional doctoral students honored by the Kauffman Foundation with its annual Dissertation Fellowship. Each of them will get $20,000 to support their dissertation research in the area of entrepreneurship.
According to a recent study by Kauffman Foundation, based on a sample survey, about 33.2 per cent of the co-founders of engineering and technology companies incorporated in the US during the last six years were Indians.
More and more skilled people from countries like India and China are increasingly returning home from the US, which has led to an 'entrepreneurship boom' in the two Asian countries, a new report said on Thursday.
Although the tech industry is dominated by men, but some women are revolutionising the tech world.
Although the tech industry is dominated by men, but some women are revolutionising the tech world.
Legal and judicial reforms are required for the development of financial systems and to create a favourable environment for growth of entrepreneurship, says the initial recommendations of an Indo-American joint working group deliberating on how to drive entrepreneurial growth in India.
The Kauffman Foundation study released on Wednesday indicates that lessening the number of foreign national students in US jobs may be detrimental to the economic health of the country by accelerating the return of talented immigrant students to their home countries.
We need to make start-ups, instead of small businesses, part of the priority sector, says Shubhashis Gangopadhyay.
Perhaps, the most misunderstood aspect is the role of the state.
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