The Nepal Weekly 
November 11, 2025The Embassy of India, Kathmandu on November 4, organized an orientation session related to the commencement of the first programme of the India Nepal Start up Partnership Network (IN-SPAN) next month.
The first ever IN – SPAN programme will kick start in December 2025 in IIT Madras with the broad objective of facilitating enhanced interaction between the Startup ecosystems of India and Nepal, a press release issued Indian Embassy said on Thursday.
This will involve an 8 week fully funded training and innovation programme at IIT Madras, delivered in collaboration with IIT Madras Pravartak, for representatives of Startups in Nepal. The module include training, mentorship and internships for participants.
IIT Madras Pravartak is a leading incubator whichi has incubated 4 startups till now with 14 successful commercialization of technologies. Secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Ms. Radhika Aryal, who attended the session as chief guest appreciated the initiative in her remarks.
The session organized in the embassy had about 100 participants drawn from various startups, government departments, chambers of commerce, robotics, association of Nepal, AI Association of Nepal among others. The event was joined byi 60 participants from Birgunj and the institute of Engineering, Dharan Campus, Tribhuan University. A similar session was conducted earlier in the day at Institute of Engineering Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University which saw 70 participants.
