T-Hub

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T-Hub (Technology Hub)
Formation5 November 2015
Type Public–private partnership
Legal statusActive
Purpose Business incubator
Headquarters Raidurg, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Region served
Telangana
Key people
Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR) (CEO)
Website T-Hub Website

T-Hub (Technology Hub) is an innovation intermediary and business incubator based in Raidurg, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. [1] Based on the triple helix model of innovation, it is a partnership between the Government of Telangana, three academic institutes in Hyderabad (the International Institute of Information Technology, the Indian School of Business and the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research) and the private sector.

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T-Hub provides Indian and international startups with various resources. T-Hub also helps state and central government organizations build innovation ecosystems.

T-Hub won the ‘Best Incubator in India’ [2] award at the National Startup Awards 2022. In 2023, the innovation hub was recognized as the best National Technology Business Incubator [3] by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

History

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T-Hub Launch by Ratan Tata

The first phase of T-Hub was formally launched by S. L. Narasimhan, Governor of Telangana; Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons; and K. T. Rama Rao, Telangana IT & Panchayat Raj Minister on 5 November 2015. [4]

This first-of-a-kind initiative was anchored and driven by Srinivas Kollipara [5] and Jay Krishnan [6] as COO and CEO respectively, over the first few years, to help establish it within the Indian Startup and Innovation Ecosystem and achieve global visibility. [7]

In January 2019, Ravi Narayan was appointed CEO, his tenure running till June 2021. [8] [9]

The second phase was to have been launched in 2018, [10] but the opening was postponed; in September 2020, K. T. Rama Rao stated that the new facilities will be opened by the end of 2020. [11] T-Hub 2.0 was inaugurated on 28 June, 2022, by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. [12]

In October 2021, Srinivas Mahankali Rao (MSR) was appointed the CEO of T-Hub [13] , and holds the position till date.

T-Hub runs various Startup incubator programs and it's flagship starup-incubator program is called Lab32 [14] In March 2023, T-Hub joined hands with US-based Redberri to set up its global outpost in North America. [15]

Flagship programs

T-Hub has designed and delivered more than 100 innovation programs in the last seven years [16] to 2000 startups.

Lab32

Lab32 is India’s long-running market readiness program with over 286 successful startups across 10 Cohorts [17] . The program has been designed to yield successful & yet sustainable startups in the long run.

T-Angel

T-Angel is a 100-day goal-oriented program focused on preparing revenue-generating startups for their first Investment. [18]

T-Bridge

T-Bridge is T-Hub’s International program. [19]

Board of directors

  1. Jayesh Ranjan (Secretary, I. T. E. & C. Department, Telangana)
  2. P. J. Narayanan (Director, IIIT Hyderabad)
  3. Madan Mohan Pillutla
  4. Srikrishna Deva Rao Pendyala
  5. Sashi Reddi
  6. Raman Kumar
  7. Srinivasa Raju Chintalapati
  8. B. V. R. Mohan Reddy

T-Hub Leadership

  1. Srinivas Mahankali Rao (MSR) - CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
  2. Wg Cdr Anthony Anish (Retd) - CDO (Chief Delivery Officer)
  3. Sujit Jagirdar - CIO (Chief Innovation Officer)

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