Bengaluru (Karnataka), February 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): India s technology business incubator GINSERV launched Gincelerator 2.0 with 18 startups. Inaugurating the midlevel health tech, MedTech and edtech Startups take-off stage programme, Director of Department of Electronics, IT & BT and Managing Director of KITS Meena Nagaraj said, Karnataka government s policies are aimed at giving access to deep technology. Karnataka makes it happen and that is why 7 unicorns were born during a difficult period of COVID-19 pandemic. (A unicorn is a term used in venture capital industry to describe a privately held Startup company with a value of over USD 1 billion) Karnataka is the first state to formulate engineering research and development policy, and this is because of our innovative ways of making policies to encourage innovation. Bangalore is number-one tech city with 8.5 per cent growth while the international average is 6.2 per cent, Meena Nagaraj explained.
Maker Mela: 15 awarded for path breaking ideas
The two day virtual event registered participation of more than 100 innovative minds from across the globe.
The event is an initiative of Somaiya Trust and Somaiya Vidyavihar, organized by riidl (Research Innovation Incubation Design Laboratory), a not-for-profit organization under Somaiya Trust, supported by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India; Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Maharashtra State Innovation Society, Government of Maharashtra to accelerate the maker movement in India and create a community of innovators.
This year, Maker Mela initiated a virtual platform for makers to exhibit their innovations. Projects of more than 100 Makers from over 15 countries were showcased on the Maker Mela platform. Makers from all age groups, 10 years being the youngest to the o
Chitkara University Announces NOVATE 2021 to Promote Academia - MSME Joint Projects ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 14:21 IST
Chandigarh [India], January 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): With the upsurge in technology and knowledge-centric enterprises and nation-wide focus on creating self-reliant (Atmanirbhar Bharat) solutions to technical challenges, the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem has entered a new phase of growth.
This phase has been dominated by MSME s solving real-world problems by offering novel solutions and by striving to up the mark for quality, and by the technical institutions working on the cutting-edge technologies.
With its unwavering focus on nation-building through skill development, promoting an entrepreneurial mindset, and working closely with the industry - Chitkara University recently launched the 4th edition of its flagship-event NOVATE+ 2021. This edition aims to empower and help MSME s to collaborate with universities for technica
AIC-CCMB gets ₹5.25-crore grant by DST to support life sciences start-ups
January 22, 2021
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Start-ups can get up to ₹25 lakh, and in exceptional cases, can be awarded ₹1 crore
The Atal Incubation Centre-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB), Hyderabad has been awarded the NIDHI-Seed Support System (Nidhi-SSS) grant of ₹5.25 crore by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Department of Science and Technology, GoI.
The scheme aims to ensure timely availability of seed fund to deserving start-ups. Start-ups can get up to ₹25 lakh, and in exceptional cases, can be awarded ₹1 crore.
Development of Covid solutions
AIC-CCMB has successfully supported over 40 life science start-ups in the last three years, all working in the areas of human and animal health as well as industrial biotechnology. Start-ups at AIC-CCMB played a pivotal role in developing Covid-19 solutions for diagnostic, therapeutics and food supplements.
Scheme aims to ensure timely availability of seed fund to deserving start-ups
The Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB) has been awarded the ‘NIDHI-Seed Support System’ (NIDHI-SSS) grant of ₹5.25 crore by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) of Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Thursday.
The scheme aims to ensure timely availability of seed fund to deserving start-ups which can get up to ₹25 lakh and in exceptional cases, can be awarded ₹1 crore as seed support in the early stages of their journey for market access and scale-up.
“This grant will support efforts of start-ups and ensure their leads reach the market as life sciences is a very capital intensive field where the development time is longer than any other sector. Time and money required for various validation and regulatory clearances for bringing a product to the market puts a huge pressure on the entrepreneur. We have