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Uber picks India as 'world lab' for mobility, transport innovations

The big innovation of the Bengaluru and Hyderabad centres has been Uber Lite, an app that is 85% lighter than the normal Uber app

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Uber is seen on an iPad, during a news conference to announce Uber resumes ride-hailing service, in Taipei, Taiwan | Reuters photo

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
Can Uber India help solve India’s and the world’s transport problems? It thinks so. The car hailing company is considering a plan to incubate start-ups in India that will help in solving mobility and transport problems as part of its strategy to turn India into a hub for global research and development (R&D). The company has 10 centres across the world, with Asia being represented by only India. 

Uber is doubling its engineering strength in its R&D centres at Hyderabad and Bengaluru next year.  “We want to find the best talent in an innovative way to solve the problems of mobility

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