Ankur

Sadhu Meher (1940-2024), who died on 2 February, made his debut in Shyam Benegal’s Ankur (1974) with Shabana Azmi and won the National Film Award for Best Actor that year. He went on to work for a host of eminent directors including Mrinal Sen for Mrigayaa (1976), RN Sippy for Inkaar(1977), Bhim Sain in Gharaonda (1977) and Tapan Sinha in Safed Haathi (1977). He also appeared in a few episodes of Basu Chattarjee’s serial Byomkesh Bakshi (1993-97). Despite appearing only in a small number of films, his magnificent acting…

Synthetic biology startup D-Nome raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Ankur Capital, Campus Fund, and other investors.D-Nome intends to democratise molecular diagnostics with their deviceless PCR tech. "Started in July 2021 by scientists Divya Sriram and Sujoy Deb - from Telangana-based Atal Incubation Centre-The Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology, the startup's focus is to build rapid point-of-care diagnostics for human infectious diseases and other applications using genomics and synthetic biology."“Our…

In our latest podcast series, Satavisa Pati, Content Analyst at Analytics Insight, talks to Ankur Bansal, Co-Founder of BlackSoil. During the conversation, he takes us through the latest trends of venture debts for the growth of startups. He also provides insights into the investment outlook of the tech sector. Analytics Insight · ‘On a Global Basis, Startups are Now Inclined Towards Venture Debts’ Says Ankur BansalThe post ‘On a Global Basis, Startups are Now Inclined Towards Venture…