Who moved my office? Some popular co-working spaces in India
Co-working spaces are a sign of the times. Catering to the ever-changing workspace requirements of professionals, businesspeople and the now-ubiquitous startup, commercial workspaces are adapting fast
The HiveVR Bengaluru Whitefield, BengaluruWhen Virtuous Retail set out to &ldquobuild new age community spaces to provide social infrastructure at cost-competitive rates&rdquo, they intended it to be the size of a mall with retail, F&B and entertainment. And it is no less. For a fee of Rs 10,000 a month, you have access to a dedicated desk at the co-working space running across three floo
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Construkt Startup HostelIndiranagar BengaluruShashikiran Rao and Karan Bahadur&mdashthey worked at The Indus Entrepreneurs, a non-profit fostering entrepreneurship in Bengaluru, and founded Startup Festival in 2013&mdashfounded Construkt Startup Hostel in May 2016, with 20 beds and a self-catered kitchen Says Bahadur, &ldquoA lot of people come here for two weeks to three months. We help
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NUMAChurch StreetBengaluru NUMA Bengaluru was one of the first co-working spaces to sprout in the city in its previous avatar as Cobalt. Now a part of the prestigious NUMA Paris, with branches in eight cities worldwide, it offers incubation and acceleration programmes to selected early-phase startups. The co-working space is abuzz with the previous seasons&rsquo alumni networking furiousl
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Workbench ProjectsHalasuru metro stationBengaluruWhen Anupama Gowda and Pawan Kumar were trying to set up NumberNagar, a math activity centre in 2012, they had difficulty trying to find space to prototype the project. In 2014, they bid for an empty cavernous space beneath under the Halasuru metro flyover, and took it on rent for six years from BMRC to create a fabrication lab for tinkerer
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Khar SocialKharMumbaiYou can&rsquot not have found yourself in one of the 16 Socials that have popped up across the metros in the last three years. The concept, pioneered by Riyaaz Amlani in 2015, is a vibrant bar by evening that wakes in the morning and becomes a workspace with a sprightly breakfast menu, thoughtfully placed plug points, and &lsquowhy didn&rsquot I think of that&rsquo fu
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Ministry of NewKitab Mahal, FortMumbaiWhile restoring a neglected high-ceilinged heritage property in Fort, Dutch designers Marlies Bloemendaal and Natascha Chadha created Ministry of New &ldquowhose energy will make you connect to your inner creativity&rdquo, says the latter. It was their tribute to Mumbai and the Indian culture they love, for which they combined European design sensibil
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The HiveKhar (West)MumbaiSince moving on from his career in the hospitality sector, Sudeip Nair had been mulling over a question: What should the live entertainment ecosphere be like? Established venues in most big cities are booked for years by established artistes, leaving newcomers and experimental performers struggling to get a toehold. This led to Nair to create space in a converted
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WSquareAdyar Chennai&ldquoWe were recruiting women for our digital marketing agency,&rdquo recalls Vandhana Ramanathan, founder and CEO of WSquare, &ldquoand were amazed at the sheer number who had quit their jobs because they felt guilty about leaving their children behind.&rdquo They couldn&rsquot work from home either, given the many interruptions. That spurred Vandhana and co-founder
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Barista Safdarjung Development Area Delhi Every Delhi IITian has walked past this Barista, even if they have not stepped in. The café, right across from the gate of the Indian Institute of Technology, has, over the years, been a breeding ground for big money startups. Drop by anytime and you are sure to find a groggy-eyed IITian lounging in one of the chairs outside, stuck in a moment wi
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Cyber Hub SocialGurugramIf there&rsquos creative anarchy let loose, it&rsquos here, in this film set-like space, standing out amidst the bars and restaurants behind the towering facades of glass and steel. The space pays homage to Mumbai&rsquos chawls, and features wooden railings and tiny rooms with fading grey-green walls and exposed electric meters and wiring, and littered concrete pip
