Dhanbad, May 15 -- IIT (ISM) Dhanbad has signed a strategic co-incubation agreement with IKN Innovation Foundation to strengthen the startup and innovation ecosystem across Eastern and North-Eastern India.

The agreement was signed between the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Foundation and IKN Innovation Foundation to jointly support innovation, entrepreneurship and startup development in the region.

Prof Alok Kumar Das, Dean (Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship), IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, said the collaboration would help create a stronger and more inclusive startup ecosystem by combining technological and research strengths with business acceleration capabilities.

"Such partnerships are ...