MeitY Startup Hub, Meta to launch program to accelerate XR technology startups in India.

September 13, 2022

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub in collaboration with Meta will launch a program to support and accelerate XR technology startups across India.
This collaboration is part of the Government’s efforts for skilling in emerging and future technologies.
The world is looking towards India for supply technology, innovation and talent to cater to the greater demand for digital products.
The MeitY Startup Hub is a national platform focused on promoting technology innovation, start-ups, and the creation of intellectual properties.
Extended reality, or XR, is an emerging realm of technology that combines real and virtual environments. The term is also used to refer to human-machine interactions generated through wearables and computer technology.
The collaboration with Meta is “part of the government’s efforts for skilling in emerging and future technologies”, MeitY said.
Launched in May 2019, the MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) aims to serve as an integrating platform for startups and incubators. According to the government, it has supported more than 3,000 startups, with a vision to ramp it up to more than 10,000 in the next three to five years.