Company CIN: U80100GJ2019NPL108202
Email ID: support@ihubgujarat.in
On 8th January 2026, Mr. Tarun Jain Manager, Western Railways, and Mr. Ankur Desai, Divisional Commercial Manager, Ahmedabad Division, Western Railway (Ministry of Railways, Government of India), visited i-Hub Gujarat to understand the state’s startup and innovation ecosystem. During the visit, the dignitaries engaged in an interaction with the CEO of i-Hub Gujarat to discuss collaborative frameworks to enable structured engagement between Western Railway and i-Hub Gujarat. The discussions focused on leveraging a governance-backed and institutionally aligned innovation model to identify, pilot, and scale startup-led solutions addressing operational, passenger-centric, and infrastructure-related opportunity challenges within the railway ecosystem. Emphasis was placed on working towards deployment of innovation-driven interventions aimed at improving operational efficiency and upgrading the service delivery through targeted pilots and innovation challenges, thereby building early momentum and enabling scalable solutions contributing to railway modernization, safety, and service excellence. As part of the visit, startup founders engaged with the dignitaries to showcase their innovations and discuss potential use cases aligned with the railway ecosystem.