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MediaTech Startup Accelerator: IIIT Hyderabad & Arka Media Works Launches a New Accelerator Program

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After running multiple successful accelerator programs in the DeepTech and MedTech spaces and supporting over 380+ startups, IIIT Hyderabad’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has launched the Media-Tech Startup Accelerator in collaboration with Arka Media Works.

The accelerator programs are aimed to find, foster, and expand start-ups working on novel solutions and AI applications in the fields of virtual production, web 3.0 (blockchain, metaverse), media, and journalism.

The programs assist entrepreneurs in using IIITH’s cutting-edge research, providing domain mentoring, market access, seed funding, and client relationships in order to help them realize their particular goals within the program timeframe. Professor Ramesh Loganathan (Professor and Head of CIE at IIIT Hyderabad) and Shobu Yarlagadda (Co-Founder and CEO of Arka Media Works) will serve as Chief Mentors for the cohorts. The Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) also supports this program.

“Research in AI and other new technologies has made significant progress in recent years, making many complex MediaTech solutions viable.” Editing using computer vision AI, assessing scripts with language technologies, realistic dubbing with voice technologies, blockchain-powered metaverse solutions, and more.” “Several AI and emerging technology research fields have made significant progress. This accelerator is focused on enabling these from India”, says Ramesh Loganathan, Professor and Head of CIE at IIIT Hyderabad. CIE at IIIT Hyderabad is a technological incubator that was founded in 2008 and has evolved to become one of the country’s major academic incubators.

The center offers a variety of programs that cover all aspects of the startup process. CIE IIITH focuses on amplifying technology and IP by building research cooperation and co-creation models enabling start-ups to cooperate with research groups at IIITH, with research-led innovation as its major purpose.

With over 13 years of experience in seeding, nurturing, and growing deep-tech start-ups in emerging segments such as med-tech, data engineering, machine learning, language technologies, gaming, tech4social, robotics, and visual informatics, CIE IIITH has housed over 380+ start-ups, raising over $200 million in funding and creating over 2000 jobs. CIE IIITH has acted as an ecosystem enabler, enabling communities that develop and grow new technological solutions, innovations, and start-ups.

Arka Mediaworks is a cutting-edge production company that specializes in film production, television programming and syndication, and digital content distribution. Arka Mediaworks was founded in 2001 by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni and has since produced the stunning blockbuster film Bahubali as well as a number of other films and television series for a variety of languages and networks.

Some of the country’s top TV networks, distributors, and advertisers are among its clientele. Arka Mediaworks is enthusiastic about exploring unexplored terrain when it comes to the vision, scope, and potential of a project, acknowledging the unlimited possibilities. Committed to making a lasting impression on the Indian film and television industries.