CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which company launched ‘Startup School India (SSI)’ initiative? Notes: Tech Major Google announced the launch of Start-up School India (SSI) as part of the Google for Start-ups initiative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Google, has launched the Startup School India (SSI), a platform in which Google will bring together investors, successful entrepreneurs and programmers from the smaller cities. Google aims to reach out to a bare minimum of 10,000 startups with this program.

Detailed explanation-3: -Announcing Google Startup School India - to enable 10,000 startups in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. With close to 70,000 startups, India is the third largest birthing ground for startups in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Government with an intent to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country launched Startup India initiative on 16th January 2016.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over the course of nine weeks, Startup School in India aims to provide education on growth, tech, and product, covering aspects including setting OKRs, making technical hires, preparing a data pipeline, and getting started with Google products-all delivered live by Google experts, unicorn founders, and VCs.