The IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru (IITACB) successfully concluded its participation at the Bangalore Tech Summit 2025, reaffirming its commitment to strengthening India’s innovation ecosystem through collaboration, mentorship, and founder-focused support.

At the Summit, IITACB led a high-engagement session that brought together industry leaders, researchers, investors, and early-stage entrepreneurs.

Discussions centred on enabling India’s next generation of technology founders through access to cross-functional expertise, strong networks, and applied research. Speakers emphasized the need for an integrated innovation pipeline that enables ideas to move effectively from the lab to large-scale market deployment.

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As part of the deliberations, IITACB highlighted the work of its startup accelerator ACSEL, which was founded to nurture early-stage technology entrepreneurs with working capital, deep mentorship, and strategic networks.

Under this mission, ACSEL recently launched Avinya, a 16-week accelerator programme dedicated to early-stage artificial intelligence startups.

 

Supported by the Government of Karnataka’s Department of IT & BT, Avinya is designed to help idea-to-early-revenue founders strengthen their technical capabilities, business models, and go-to-market strategies.

ACSEL and IITACB leadership played a prominent role in marquee events conducted by the U.S.–India Business Council (USIBC) during BTS. Ashok Kamath, Secretary IITACB and Board member of ACSEL Technology Forum chaired the roundtable on ‘AI & Economic Leadership: India–US Collaboration’ and participated as a panelist on ‘Agentic AI in Action: Strategic Opportunities Across Sectors.’

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Insights were also shared on emerging applications of AI in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, education, and supply-chain optimization, and how structured programmes like Avinya can effectively bridge the gap between research, product development, and commercial-scale innovation.

The Plenary talk by Subrata Mitra, Accel Partners shared insights on what drives investor confidence in the fast-evolving AI ecosystem. The talk outlined how founders can balance innovation, scalability, ethics, and real-world impact to attract strategic, long-term investors.

Speaking at the Bengaluru Tech Summit, Mr. Ashok Kamath said: “BTS2025 provided a very effective platform for ACSEL’s first cohort of startups in AI and contributes to IITACB’s and ACSEL’s commitment to drive innovation and technology progress in Artificial Intelligence to serve the larger needs of all, in a cost-effective and equitable manner.”

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IITACB’s engagement at the Bangalore Tech Summit highlighted its growing role in shaping India’s innovation narrative. Through initiatives such as ACSEL, Avinya, and its broader community programmes, IITACB continues to empower founders and strengthen India’s technology and research ecosystem.