Mission: Build innovative communities and startup culture to transform future of UK-India Vision: Bridging gap between UK and Indian startup communities by providing platform to connect, collaborate, innovate and grow together Objectives: 1. To provide a platform for UK and India start-ups to pitch ideas, solve problems and set up business in UK and India 2. To connect start-up ecosystems of UK and India 3. To connect startups in UK and India to collaborate, innovate and grow together 4. To provide access to funds, angels investors, VCs from UK and India to startups in both countries 5. To provide seamless access to UK and India market for startups to test and launch products and services

1. UK-India Startup Corridor
“Our mission is to build a seamless connection with UK and India startup ecosystem. India
being a fast-growing economy and London being the best Startup ecosystem will help
transform future of UK-India”
Author-Rahul Ithape, Founder/CEO-Nakshi

2. Index
1. Mission, Vision and Objectives of UKISC
2. Introduction and brief Nakshi Journey
3. Real Challenges of New India
4. How to overcome challenges
5. How we can Transform India with
innovative mindset and startup culture
6. Brief about what is Startup India Standup
India – Government Initiative

3. Why UKISC ?
“With India having best of talent & worlds biggest market in internet penetration of users and Uk
with best of the startup ecosystem & Financial hub, startups in both countries explore synergies
together for the mutual benefit and grow together more strongly than ever.
This collaboration of startup communities and ecosystem as a whole will enable the exchange of
Ideas and talent, Access to Funds, Access to Market for doing business and Sharing of infarstrure can
lead to a massive push for startup in both countries to grow together.
Purpose of formation of this community group is to facilitate that exchange of cultures, talent,
resources, ideas, capital and infarstrure through directly connecting these communities together
creating open, transparent and collaborative culture and environment helping to innovate & grow
together “

4. Mission & Vision of UKISC
Mission
Build innovative communities and startup culture to transform
future of UK-India
Vision
Bridging gap between UK and Indian startup communities by
providing platform to connect, collaborate, innovate and grow
together

5. Objectives of UKISC
1. To provide a platform for UK and India start-ups to pitch ideas, solve problems and set
up business in UK and India
2. To connect start-up ecosystems of UK and India
3. To connect startups in UK and India to collaborate, innovate and grow together
4. To provide access to funds, angels investors, VCs from UK and India to startups in both
countries
5. To provide seamless access to UK and India market for startups to test and launch
products and services

6. Who Can Join
UK/Europe Startups looking to pilot their products in India
UK/Europe Startups looking for technology collaborations with Indian startups
UK/Europe Startups who want to start a business in India
UK/Europe Startups who want legal assistance in starting & doing business in India
UK/Europe Startups who want to market, distribute their products in India
UK/Europe Startups who want to hire technology resources, CTOs from India
UK/Europe Startups looking to pitch in front of Indian Angel Investors
UK/Europe Startups looking to raise venture funding with Indian VCs

7. Who Can Join
Indian Start-ups looking to pilot their products in the UK
Indian Start-ups looking for technology collaborations with UK startups
Indian Start-ups who want to start a business in the UK
Indian Start-ups who want legal assistance in starting & doing business in UK
Indian Start-ups who want to market, distribute their products in the UK
Indian Start-ups who want to hire technology resources, CTOs from the UK
Indian Start-ups looking to pitch in front of Indian Angel Investors
Indian Start-ups looking to raise venture funding with UK VCs

8. Startup Culture & Innovative Mindset
• Startup culture will help steer and channelize youth energy to solve day today problems
• Innovative mindset will change peoples perception of looking at problems and it can be encouraged with
Skill building, Technology Infrastructure and recognition of talent.
• Replacing outdated subjects in school curriculums with innovative technologies such as AI, Machine
Learning, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Blockchain, Internet of things, Natural Language processing,
will enable students to solve problems in real life.
• Building startup ecosystems with more incubation centers and accelerators in tier 2-3-4 cities or even
villages to encourage idea generation and converting it in to viable commercial business models will help
generate employments and solve big problems

9. My Entrepreneurship
Journey
• Humble beginning, Social Values, Schooling
& Fun in village
• Life changing -Time with Tata in India
• Self Discovery and finding purpose of life
• Impact of Startup India launch by Prime
Minister in India
• Eureka Moment, challenges and birth of
Nakshi
• Social Empowerment with Nakshi
• Learnings from my Entrepreneurial Journey

10. Problems to solve in India
Unemployment
Draughts &
availability of
Clean Drinking
Water
Violence
against Women
Illiteracy &
lack of skilled
workforce
Farmers
Suicides &
Agricultural
issues
Poor
Healthcare
1. Outdated Education System –Factories of Producing
Degree holders but very small % are employable
2. Unplanned and Unmanaged Agriculture (Food Scarcity
and Food wastage in same country)
3. Rate of unemployment, lack of education leading to social
issues & violence against women
4. Lack of affordable healthcare and poor quality in health
care services in government hospitals
5. Unavailability of Clean Drinking Water
Population

11. How to Convert challenges to opportunities
Transform Worlds
Largest Young
Population in to
Skilled Workforce
Penetration of
Education, Skill
oriented syllabus
and use of
technology to
overcome
infrastructure issues
Empowering women
with education,
participation and
ecosystem
Building
Infrastructure to
promote Agriculture
export to boost
rural economy
More Predictive and
planned Agriculture
–Demand -Supply
Affordable Health
care with Generic
drugs & Technology
1. Make largest youth population in India (65%)
a largest skilled workforce for world
2. Transform our engineer producing factories in to
Innovation hubs to solve real life problems
3. Transform large population of women's in villages in
to homebased entrepreneurs with ecosystem &
infrastructure
4. Use technology and innovation to make healthcare
affordable
Covert
Problems in
Opportunities

12. Innovative Ideas to Transform India
Agriculture
• Can we build central database of Soil Testing of each piece of agricultural land so that Farmers
can get most of it from their piece of land
• Can we predict weather and climate reasonably accurate to give crop recommendations to
Farmers
• Can we do predictive analysis of supply and demand of agricultural produce so that both
Farmers and middleclass families get benefited with commodity prices
• Can we create cost effective chain of cold storage and food processing units so that when we
produce more it will go waste and can be either stored or exported to generate good export
revenue
• Can we make International trading platform with testing and certification facility to sale
Organic Agri-Produce of farmers to International buyers and supermarkets directly

13. Innovative Ideas to Transform India
Healthcare
• Can we develop drug supply chain using Blockchain technology to overcome big problem
of counterfeit medicines...to kill black market and risk to human life
• With worlds largest mobile users and internet penetration, can make best doctors
available to remotest part of India
• Can we use Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language processing and Machine learning to
automate diagnosis increasing accuracy and reducing load on medical system
• Can we make healthcare affordable with generic drugs, use of innovative mobile apps for
diagnosis and remote system assisted consulting

14. Innovative Ideas to Transform India
Education & Skill Development
• Can we Augmented reality and virtual reality to make learning more interesting and
engaging for school going children
• Can best of teachers in cities digitally broadcast lectures to villages and remote areas
• Can we provide platform for Creative education and Skill development by connecting
schools with virtual classroom to nurture creativity in school going children
• Can we made education accessible and affordable to all with innovative technology.
• Can we build virtual incubation centers to enable participation of all schools with regular
engagement of children to nurture creativity and talent

15. Innovative Ideas to Transform India
Women Empowerment
• Can we setup network of distribution centers powered with ecommerce for all products
made by women self help groups
• Can we setup international sustainable sourcing hub for businesses in other countries to
source handmade & sustainable products from these women's directly without middlemen
• Can we make microfinancing available with Aadhar linked Peer to peer lending online
payment banks for women led home based setups
• Can we increase participation, engagement and education for women's making use of
online connected training and skill development centers

16. A India Government Initiative
“With the intention to build a strong eco-system
for nurturing innovation and Start-ups in the
country, the Hon’ble Prime Minister- Shri
Narendra Modi launched Start-up India Action
Plan on January 16, 2016 in New Delhi. The
Government through this initiative aims to
empower Start-ups to grow through innovation
and design and to accelerate spreading of the
Start-up movement”
Article written by me in Feb 2016 about Startup India –Stand up India
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/startupindia-starting-startup-
revolution-india-rahul-ithape/

17. A UK Government Initiative – SEIS/EIS
• SEIS – Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
• SEIS is an incredibly generous derivative of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and was introduced in April 2012. Its
aim is to encourage seed investment in early stage companies. Investors, including directors, can receive initial tax relief
of 50% on investments up to £100,000 and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) exemption for any gains on the SEIS shares.
• The maximum amount to be raised for each company is £150,000.
• EIS – Enterprise Investment Scheme
• The Enterprise Investment Scheme is designed to help smaller, higher-risk companies raise finance by offering tax relief on
new shares in those companies that qualify. For the investor, it’s a tax efficient way to invest in small companies.
• The EIS is aimed at the wealthier, sophisticated investors. People can invest up to £1,000,000 in any tax year and receive
30% tax relief. However, they are locked into the scheme for a minimum of three years. EIS seeks to encourage investment
into unlisted companies, just like the ones featured here.

18. Thank You
Let us connect, collaborate, innovate and grow together!
Author-Rahul Ithape, Founder/CEO-Nakshi
UK India Startup Corridor
London
Email: rahul.ithape@nakshi.com
Phone: +44 7554768950
Bangalore
Email: support@ukisc.net
Phone : +91 7024113009
Website : https://www.ukisc.net
Meetup Group link
http://meetu.ps/c/3Y4Dj/znt3q/d
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/22081
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