The Department of Information Technology and Communication, Government of Rajasthanhosted the startup delegation as part of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (‘ASEAN’) Head of States’ visit to India in January 2018. The ASEAN startups interacted with the Commissioner & Principal Secretary of the Department who debriefed both the delegation and Rajasthani startups on the initiatives undertaken by the government, the tremendous progress in Rajasthan’s startup ecosystem and areas of collaboration between international startups with the government as well as startups from Rajasthan. This was followed by a knowledge exchange session facilitated between the startups of Rajasthan and ASEAN delegation. The ASEAN delegation also visited iStart Nest, Jaipur (state run and managed free of cost incubator for the startups) and interacted with the incubatees.