{"id":7291,"date":"2018-12-15T16:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T16:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/south-asia-connect-program-ic2-university-of-texas-at-austin\/"},"modified":"2018-12-15T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T16:31:29","slug":"south-asia-connect-program-ic2-university-of-texas-at-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/south-asia-connect-program-ic2-university-of-texas-at-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"South Asia Connect Program &#8211; IC2 University of Texas at Austin."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_vaIX3ET20\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>South Asia Connect @ Nexus Startup Hub<br \/>\nEnterprise Support and Networking in South Asia<\/p>\n<p>Serving entrepreneurs in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the new South Asia Connect @ Nexus Startup Hub program (South Asia Connect) is to<\/p>\n<p>1. Create a network of regional entrepreneurial leaders<br \/>\n2. Establish regional best practices through collaboration<br \/>\nDeploy practices and collaborative network for regional and global company acceleration<br \/>\n3. The entrepreneurs participating will be able to access new business opportunities, build market-fitted strategies, and connect to an international community.<\/p>\n<p>I am very much fortunate to be the part of the program. It was SAC Cohort 2. It was one of the best entrepreneurship training and could learn a lot. <\/p>\n<p>I would like to personally thank Dr. Cliff and my country leader, Mr. Tashi Wangdi for making this possible for me. <\/p>\n<div class=\"newsmag-video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"K3gldTBGJ5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/startupnexus.net\/connect\/\">South Asia Connect @ Nexus Startup Hub<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/startupnexus.net\/connect\/embed\/#?secret=K3gldTBGJ5\" data-secret=\"K3gldTBGJ5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;South Asia Connect @ Nexus Startup Hub&#8221; &#8212; Nexus\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>More info on South Asia Connect Program &#8211; IC2 University of Texas at Austin.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=South+Asia+Connect+Program+-+IC2+University+of+Texas+at+Austin.&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">South Asia Connect Program - IC2 University of Texas at Austin. - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=663302e9b51642909faa65ae8be54505&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Funiversity-north-carolina-committee-scraps-dei-goals-roles-dramatic-policy-shift&amp;c=16569547189056380043&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversity of North Carolina committee scraps DEI goals, roles in dramatic policy shift\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the policy is fully repealed, UNC will follow the lead of Texas and Florida, where DEI positions were slashed from public universities to comply with state laws. 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