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Government of Karnataka in pact with 3M for mentoring start-ups in state

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3M signed a MoU with the Government of Karnataka at the ongoing three-day Bengaluru Technology Summit.

As per the MoU, 3M will provide a ‘Booster Service Kit’ and conduct, on a ‘pro-bono’ basis, mentoring sessions to start-ups in the areas of commercialization process, stage gate discipline, building a business case and accelerating product launch, competitive and pricing analysis, and differential value and options analysis. This will be conducted as per the program and schedule mutually agreed by the parties involved.

Mr Krish Sridhar, Head R&D, 3M with Honorable Minister Priyank Kharge, ITBT & Tourism, Government of Karnataka, Gaurav Gupta, Karnataka Principal Secretary, Dept.of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology and, Salma Fahim, MD, KBITS and Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, IT & BT Department.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Priyank Kharge, the State Minister for IT, BT and Tourism, said

We are pleased to announce a partnership with global conglomerate 3M. It is our hope that start-ups in the State will benefit from the wide range of mentoring sessions by industry specialists from 3M in the areas of commercialization, stage gate discipline, building business cases, competitive pricing analysis and differential value analysis.

3M is a multinational conglomerate corporation that transforms technology into solutions. It supplies an array of innovative products across applications such as electronics, healthcare, industrial, safety and security.