The Osmania Technology Business Incubator (OTBI) and WE-Hub, the government of Telangana, organized the MSME Idea Hackathon 3.0 for women innovators in Hyderabad. About 50 women innovators participated in the event and came up with unique ideas. Out of these participants, 16 have been shortlisted for further evaluation by MSME. The winning teams will receive seed grants of up to Rs 15 lakhs each from the government of India. Even those who did not make it to the shortlist will still be eligible for support from WE-Hub and OTBI to improve their business ideas, according to a senior officer.
The jury panel for the hackathon included Deepthi Ravula, CEO of WE-Hub, Dr. R Hafeez Basha, CEO of OTBI, Rameshwar Mandali, founder of Skill Monks, and Usha Paliath, head of Incubation at WE-Hub.
