India's 30 Inspiring Teachers Honored at HICC Hyderabad - iB Hubs Super 30

• 30 extraordinary teachers selected from 30000 nominations. 


• A tribute to all the great teachers who are creating an impact in the society. 


• Teachers from 19 states across India were felicitated 

30 inspiring teachers from across the country who are making valuable contributions in diverse fields, were honoured under the initiative of iB Hubs Super 30. The call for nominating extraordinary teachers from across India was given by the film Super 30 and iB Hubs, a Global Hub for Industry 4.0 Technologies

The felicitation event took place at Hyderabad International Convention Centre on the evening of 19th October. Teachers from all across India flew to Hyderabad for their grand felicitation ceremony.

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‘Super 30’ movie along with iB Hubs, have come forward with an initiative called ‘iB Hubs Super 30’ to recognize and celebrate many such inspiring teachers across India. This initiative received an overwhelming response of 30,000+ nominations ranging from school teachers, professors, deans, IAS trainers, coaches to singers and dance masters across the country.

Those teachers who are transforming education in rural areas and who are walking the extra mile to shape the lives of their students have been selected in iB Hubs Super 30 from across the nation.

“India is full of amazing teachers who relentlessly work towards nurturing the students and developing the country. Often, their stories remain unsung. We strongly believe that the valuable contributions of teachers who build the nation deserve to be known to the world. With this in mind, we joined hands with Super 30; to honour the inspiring teachers of our country” said Kavya Dommeti, CEO of iB Hubs.

“The 30 super teachers we selected are a representation of thousands of their likes. iB Hubs is coming up with initiatives, which will include all such teachers in India, to magnify their impact and bring a phase-shift in the country.” Kavya Dommeti said.

Along with providing end-to-end assistance to startups, iB Hubs is striding towards democratizing the high-quality education in advanced technologies. Together with teachers across India, iB Hubs aims to bring a phase shift in the educational sector and transform the country.

Some of the inspiring stories being : 

1. Prof K Uma Maheshwara Rao 

Mr. K Uma Maheswara Rao is the Director of NITK Suratkal, Karnataka. He is one of the few professors who does not see academics as the only path to scale heights in life. Mr. Rao is known for his unparalleled empathy towards his students. As the head of the department of Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur, he elevated the standards to a whole new level. He is a prolific researcher with technical prowess and we are glad that Mr. Rao is a part of iB Hubs Super 30.

2. Nurul Islam 

Mr. M. Nurul Islam, General Secretary, Al-Ameen Mission, West Bengal has dedicated his life to building the future of underprivileged kids. He started his journey in 1976 when he set up a madrasa while he was just studying his 10th standard. In 1986, he established Al-Ameen Mission with seven poor students, which grew into 17,000 resident students today. Al-Ameen has 23,000 Alumni including 3000 doctors and 2800 engineers. Mr. Islam supports his students like a father and, motivates them like a visionary. 

3. Bijal Damani 

Ms. Bijal Damani, Educator, The Galaxy Education System, Gujarat has always strived for the betterment of the education of underpreviliged girls. Through a social entrepreneurship project called the 'Galaxy Bazaar,' she has transformed the way commerce is taught by bringing the market place right to the students. Galaxy Bazaar is a Social Entrepreneurship Project with proceeds of around One Crore and Thirty Lakhs which has been donated for supporting education of nearly 5200 Young Girls for free across 12 years. We are glad to have Ms.Bijal as a part of iB Hubs Super 30. 

iB Hubs, a Global Hub for Industry 4.0 Technologies, is focused on fostering and enabling the adoption of Industry 4.0 among individuals, companies, and countries with its global presence across India, USA, UK, Australia, Singapore, Dubai(UAE), South Africa. By creating powerful workforce and carrying out application R&D in Industry 4.0 technologies, iB Hubs enables the development of world-class products and global startups.

iB Hubs announced its World’s Largest Upskilling Centre in Santa Clara County, California, USA. Spread across 1130 acres, the campus will play a key role in further boosting iB Hubs efforts in creating an ecosystem for Industry 4.0.

iB Hubs has a strong full-time team of 250+ members, a majority of them being alumni of IITs, IIMs, NITs, etc., and corporate alumni of major MNCs like Amazon, Microsoft, Intel, etc. Till date, iB Hubs has supported more than 140 startups through its various initiatives.

16 Student Startups Graduate from iB Hubs Startup School'19 Lucknow

The increase in number of startups and innovations makes way for the country to progress rapidly. Despite the increasing startup trend in India, only a few startups manage to thrive. To reshape this scenario and bring out more successful startups, iB Hubs, a PAN India Startup Hub, has come up with a novel initiative called iB Hubs Startup School that nurtures budding student startups. This 4-week zero-fee & zero-equity student acceleration program has taken in the 8th batch of young founders at Lucknow from mid-June.

The year, iB Hubs Startup School graduated 9 startups from Hyderabad, and currently, Lucknow cohort is nurturing 16 more. Through out-and-out learnings and experimentation, and great exposure to the real-world scenarios, the program presents an in-depth perspective on the dynamics and workings of the startup world.



Alumni of iB Hubs Startup School ‘17 and ‘18 have also joined the 2019 program to guide their juniors, throughout this program and after, with their experiences and learnings from running their startups.

Over 3 years, the program has empowered 140+ student entrepreneurs helping them carve their success stories and creating role models in the student startup ecosystem. The 2019 edition received applications from 800+ aspiring entrepreneurs from 200+ universities across 25 states in India.



The cohort contains startups from diverse domains like IoT, agritech, health tech, social media, green tech, and more. Few of the startups this year are, Oxyheal - a health tech startup that builds oxygen-enabled medical devices to cure chronic wounds, Novzo - a platform for readers to connect with people of their interests, EF Polymers - a startup that produces biodegradable polymers which enhance soil fertility and crop production, Infiability - sports-based startup that designs and delivers performance-enhancing sports equipment for international sportsmen, etc.

During the program, the student entrepreneurs conduct on-ground interviews with potential customers, strategize business models, master lean startup methods, learn basic financial and legal aspects, develop pitch decks, and understand the intricacies of the startup world.

The young founders also interacted with experts like Mr. Satish Kataria - CEO of Catapooolt, Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi - ENT Surgeon, Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow 2012, Mr. Saurabh Gupta - an executive from Digital Ocean, Mr. Sasank Parimi - SVP Business Development at ProYuga Advanced Technologies Ltd, and learnt valuable startup life lessons.

The growing number of young entrepreneurs in India backed by the initiatives like iB Hubs Startup School would bring out more successful startups from the country.

Entrepreneurs master Financial Intelligence at iB Hubs Startup School

iB Hubs Startup School, a 4-week zero-fee & zero-equity student acceleration program is running into its 3rd week in full vigour. While the student entrepreneurs focused on customer centricity in the first week, they dived deeper into the concepts of Finance and Business Model Innovation after that.

The entrepreneurs explored the essential skills of financial intelligence to understand and take wise decisions for building their startup books. Startups learnt the fundamentals of balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, different ratios, best practices for building a financially intelligent company, etc.

This learning was deeply enhanced by expert talks from seasoned entrepreneurs. Mr. Satish Kataria, Founder at Catapooolt, a crowdfunding platform detailed the students on crowdfunding. The students also gained rich insights on the life of a serial entrepreneur from Mr. Prashant Lingam, co-founder of Bamboo House India. The entrepreneurs were greatly inspired by the talk from Ms. Meghana Dabbara, founder of Make The World Wonderful, on her vision and the steps they are taking towards building a harmonious culture in the society.

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The entrepreneurs learnt about Business Models Innovation. They understood the different business models and their forms of innovation with case studies on new business models that have emerged in the recent times. They also explored some of the best project management tools to help them manage work effectively.

Kritika Singh from Startup India explained how initiatives from the Government of India act as a bridge between startups and other prominent players in the startup ecosystem and how entrepreneurs can avail different benefits of Startup India.

An unexpected off-beat session was conducted where the students got to experience the immersive iB Cricket. The student entrepreneurs formed teams and played a cricket tournament in virtual reality. The session gave them hands-on lessons on the importance of team building and leadership.

iB Hubs Startup School Selects 27 Emerging Student Startups from 25 States across India

iB Hubs Startup School, a 4-week zero-fee & zero-equity student acceleration program has taken in the 7th batch of young entrepreneurs. This program equips student entrepreneurs with startup life-lessons and essential skills to get a head-start in their entrepreneurial journey and successfully navigate the dynamic startup world.

The first cohort of iB Hubs Startup School ‘19 started on 13th May in Hyderabad, and the Lucknow cohort starts from June 13th. Each cohort will have four weeks of intensive learning and experimentation. The program is hosting 27 young startups from a diverse range of domains like IoT, agritech, medicine, green tech, social media and more.



Few of the startups are ‘Mars’ - IoT-based enabled devices that promote zero budget natural farming, ‘Cardia Care Technologies’ - cost-effective solutions to detect heart-related issues, ‘Engineers Hub’ - a platform for college students to accelerate their learning, ‘Wricks’ - promotes safer environment by building eco-friendly solutions like bricks, tiles, etc. with plastic waste.

“The core idea of initiating this program is to nurture student entrepreneurs and create role models in the student community which further fosters the entrepreneurial culture. E-Cells of top universities of India including IITs, NITs, etc. have joined hands to take this initiative across the country. This year, more than 800+ aspiring entrepreneurs from 200+ universities across 25 states in India have applied for the program, which reflects the rise in the entrepreneurial spirit in the country.” says Kavya Dommeti, CEO of iB Hubs.

During the first week, the student entrepreneurs learnt the importance of customer centricity, figured out their value propositions and customer segments, conducted on-ground interviews with their prospective customers, helping them get closer to product/market fit.



In the coming weeks, experts like Vineet Khurana, VP - Chandigarh Angels Network, Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi, ENT Surgeon, Stanford-India Biodesign Fellow 2012, Sivareena S L, Co-Founder & COO, PregBuddy, etc. would be addressing the startups. The founders would master the lean startup methods, strategize business models, develop pitch decks, learn basic financial and legal aspects. They would also lay the foundations for strong team culture and would set out to start their journey with a six months execution plan in hand.

Alumni of iB Hubs Startup School ‘17 and ‘18 have joined the 2019 program to guide their juniors, throughout this program and after, with their experiences and learnings from running the startups for over a year. Along with advising the young founders, the seniors also will work towards the growth and expansion of their own startups under the guidance of program mentors. With a robust ecosystem like this, iB Hubs Startup School is a sustainable mutual growth model, where every stakeholder benefits and adds value to each other.

AI-Enabled Fashion Startup Fabulyst Raises 1.4 Crore from Ibhubs.Co

Bengaluru based Fabulyst, a deep technology enabled virtual stylist, has raised Rs 1.4 crore in seed round from iBHubs.co, a pan India startup hub. Fabulyst was founded in June 2016 by the co-founders of Doctl.com Komal Prajapati, Vikas Jethnani, Vishal Chitravanshi along with Raj Parakh, co-founder of lakecitytutors.com.

Fabulyst is an AI that enables styling theory assisted shopping at fashion e-commerce stores. The whole idea is to address natural user intents and queries in shopping workflow and hence increase conversion rate. The system uses proprietary algorithms (patents under progress) that combine proprietary deep learning and 40000+ styling rules to work in tandem.

As per a study by Baymard Institute, 84% of fashion e-commerce websites have poor/mediocre filter experience. Fabulyst co-founder Komal Prajapati says "Consumers shop only what they understand and feel confident about. When it comes to fashion, the biggest doubt for consumers is to understand how any style shown on a model would work for them. In stores there are salespeople and friends, to help with purchase decisions. Imitating the offline shopping experience with an online virtual stylist, can lead to increased sales for web-based retailers."

'A recent survey by Nuance revealed that most consumers (89% to be exact) want to engage in conversation with virtual assistants to quickly find information instead of searching through web pages or apps on their own'.

While the Indian market is still emerging, mature western markets have shown good reception to third party tech-enabled solutions like Trufit.com, metail.com etc in this space. These solutions exist in a similar space but do not compete or interfere with Fabulyst’s enabled user scenarios. The global fashion e-commerce market is estimated to be at $80 Bn in revenue. Fabulyst, being the world’s first B2B player to enable users’ body type, trends, occasion based user queries over a plain e-commerce inventory, aims at it’s directly addressable market of $32 Bn.

The startup plans to use the raised funds in improving its existing technology and acquiring global e-commerce clients. Part of the funds will be used to upgrade the consumer interfaces for global demographics.

Talking about the funding, iB Hubs CFO Mr. Rambabu said, “What excites me about Fabulyst is a passionate team that can operate lean and with ruthless prioritizations to build things that matter to the end user. With a unique combination of both product pedigree and technical capability, they are solving a hard but very real problem with AI in consumer shopping journey. It’s a classic example of innovation by the use of deep tech.”

Get To Know 5 Promising Student Startups from Lucknow Chapter of iB Hubs Startup School

iB Hubs Startup School, Lucknow is giving a major boost to student entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country. It is a specially designed 4-week acceleration program for student entrepreneurs that charges zero fees and zero equity.

Many students have startup ideas. However, they are lost somewhere between the thought and the execution. iB Hubs Startup School facilitates students cross over this bridge of uncertainty with its Getting-Things-Done philosophy, unique hands-on learning approach, and personalized mentoring. The Lean Startup Principles and Design Thinking approaches are enabling the startups to build customer-centric and sustainable solutions. Startups are getting exposed to trainings and advice of industry leaders, seasoned entrepreneurs and are acquiring new customers too.

Here are the profiles of startups from Startup School Lucknow:

Addressing the society, sustainable leaders in the making

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Prolog, one of the student startups, aims to curb down the power wastage in India from its current value at 24.62% (2016) to around 12-13% by working with various stakeholders. They believe that solutions based on advanced technologies like IoT, AI, and Machine Learning will enable efficient usage and distribution of electricity. They are currently developing solutions for real time monitoring, power theft detection, and remote disconnection.

Greenrock is on the path of tackling a global issue, ‘Plastic Pollution’. It is exploring applications of used plastics to develop solutions in the construction industry. Greenrock has come up with an eco-friendly brick model with plastic as one of the key ingredients.

Whirl wash provides reliable and convenient laundry services which are accessible to all at affordable prices. They are working with unemployed women, local dhobis and shop-fronts in an on-demand mechanized laundry/dry cleaning model creating employment opportunities locally and increasing revenues.

MandiSoft, is a unique solution for Sabji Mandis which caters to their accounting and business planning needs. Ravinder, founder of MandiSoft started up when he worked at his father's Sabji Mandi business for 6 months and recognized the severe need for personalized accounting and data analysis solution.

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Prosol believes that "the best thing to do with an advice is to pass it on” and to pass it on we provide a platform for Working/Business professionals and experts where they can mentor, share and connect with each other.

Let’s wish these student entrepreneurs the very best in their pursuit of startup wisdom and hope they become trendsetters/role models in their communities!!

To know more about iB Hubs Startup School, visit: http://ibhubs.co/startupschool/

How iB Hubs Startup School is Empowering Student Startups, the Next Powerhouses of Entrepreneurial Energy!

iB Hubs, a PAN-India startup hub believes students are the creators of next wave of innovation in the society. However, it is necessary for students to instill a problem solving mindset that will lead to a proactive search for solutions. The more we inculcate the entrepreneurial attitude within students, the further they’ll go towards finding gaps that needs to be filled. iB Hubs announced iB Hubs Startup School, that works on instilling entrepreneurial mindset in youngsters, who will act as role models for their peers and the society as a whole. To ensure the best participation, this specially designed 4-week accelerator program charges zero fee and zero equity.

Becoming a buzzword of this summer break, the program has received applications from 500+ student entrepreneurs from across 23 states and 140+ institutions including the premier institutions such as IITs, NITs, BITS Pilani etc.

iB Hubs envisions to develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in every nook and corner of India. It was inaugurated by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog, on November 13, 2016. With a mission to establish 2500 centres across the country by 2019, it has already set up 35 hubs in 7 states, with nodal centers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow.

The firm has a strong team of 1000+ young people with 200+ full-time working individuals including engineers, doctors and management professionals. Most members of the team are alumni of institutions such as IITs, IIMs, ISB, NITs, IIIT Hyderabad and BITS Pilani with work experience in MNCs such as Amazon, Intel, Qualcomm, HP, Nvidia, IBM, Samsung, and Bosch.

Speaking about iB Hubs Startup School, Mr. S Vijay Kumar, Chief Mentor of iB Hubs, says,

“Developing an entrepreneurial mindset will enable youngsters to see opportunity in every problem they come across. As this influences them to start discussing about "solutions" rather than complaining about "problems", the country will see a phase shift. At iB Hubs, we’re on a mission to take the problem-solving culture as a nation-wide movement. And through iB Hubs Startup School, we are creating role models and evangelists to do it.”

Speaking about the vision behind iB Hubs Startup School, K. Radha Alekhya, CEO of iB Hubs, says,

“iB Hubs Startup School isn’t just a summer program. We’re dedicated to making role models here.That’s exactly the reason why we’re offering this program with Zero Fee and Zero Equity and continued support even after the program concludes. We’re also bringing the whole startup ecosystem together by connecting the participants with mentors, angel investors, industry experts, successful startup founders and CEOs. Furthermore, our global platform is accessible for startups who want to go global. ”

Program Details:

With two batches at Hyderabad and Lucknow (Batch-1: May - June & Batch-2: June - July), the iB Hubs Startup School program is an intense period of focused learning and rapid experimentation that enables student entrepreneurs to step out of their comfort zone to build, launch and scale their ventures.

The program helps student entrepreneurs adopt the lean startup and design thinking principles, identify and validate their target customers, master the business model canvas, build team competencies and learn the nitty gritty of fundraising.

The program culminates with a Demo Day where top promising startups get an opportunity to pitch their ventures in front of renowned angel investors and venture capitalists.

Key highlights of the program include the

• one-on-one mentoring for the startups with industry veterans


• specially curated talks, fireside chats and panel discussions with seasoned entrepreneurs and experts, and,



• starter kits and credits from corporate partners

Let us hope that this initiative by team iB Hubs would empower student entrepreneurs as the Indian startup ecosystem matures.