CEO of Urban Company, CII,
SoftBank India, Ola, Byju’s, others
to advise govt on promoting
startup ecosystem
The DPIIT had constituted the council on
January 21, 2020, to suggest the
government various steps required “to
build a strong ecosystem for nurturing
innovation and startups in the country to
drive sustainable economic growth and
generate large scale employment
opportunities".
A year after setting up the National Startup Advisory Council involving non-official
members to promote the startup ecosystem in the country, the Commerce Ministry has
finally nominated the names of its members. The council will have 28 non-official
members including Byju’s Byju Raveendran, Abhiraj Bhal from Urban
Company, Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl, Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, Sanjeev Bikhchandani
from Info Edge India, SoftBank India’s Manoj Kohli, Sequoia Capital India’s Rajan
Anandan, Nasscom President Debjani Ghosh, CII President Uday Kotak, and other
representatives from multiple startups and investment firms, IIT Kanpur, IIM
Ahmeda