Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur kickstarts program review for "Startup Gateway for Garbage Free Cities" initiative at its first meeting held at the Noida Outreach Center. 

The joint initiative with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, aims to provide support to startups working at the intersection of technology and social innovation, helping to solve India's waste management challenges. 

The program review committee comprises of Shri Binay Kumar Jha, Director of Swachh Bharat Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Prof. Ankush Sharma, Professor In-Charge, SIIC IIT Kanpur; Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Co-Professor In-Charge, SIIC IIT Kanpur; Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, CEO, SIIC & AIIDE-CoE at IIT Kanpur; Mr. Piyush Mishra, COO cum CFO, SIIC, IIT Kanpur; Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Founder of Phool.co; Mr. Rajeev Asija, Ex-COO of HCL; Dr. Abhijit Sathe, Founder of Jalconserve Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; and Mr. Ankit Saxena, AVP, SIIC, IIT Kanpur. 

The program committee conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the progress made by each of the 20 startups selected for the first cohort of the program. As part of the program's offerings, these startups will receive a grant of INR 20 lakhs each to promote their technology and business development.