How to build a winning start-up? Make IITs, IIMs join forces, say experts

For India’s start-ups to thrive, the start-up ecosystem at institutions like the top technology and management ones needs to evolve, mainly through collaborations with students from other disciplines, and industry guidance, suggest experts. There should also be proper systems to appreciate the faculty members involved in start-up mentoring when it comes to recognition for their work, they say.

Many start-up ideas at technology institutions face a roadblock when it comes to the go-to-market stage due to their founders’ lack of experience in the market. This has been a challenge at institutions like the premiere Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian