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NIDHI Inclusive Technology Business Incubators (NIDHI - iTBI) | NIDHI - National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations | India Share of X (formerly Twitter) NIDHI Inclusive Technology Business Incubators (NIDHI – iTBI) The aim of Inclusive-TBI is to instil a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) in students, innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, as well as to stimulate and support creative ideas and start-up creation through incubation.
The i-TBI facilitates conversion of ideas into startups and creates a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Host Institution (HI) and surrounding geographies benefit from an i-TBI. The Inclusive-TBI (i-TBI) program of DST has been formulated with an aim to strengthen the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in states where innovation and startup ecosystem is at nascent stages.
i-TBI program (Inclusive TBI) focuses on promoting entrepreneurship and supporting i-TBIs largely in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, with a focus on inclusiveness in terms of geographies, gender, persons with special abilities, etc. Startup Ignition Grant is an integral of a NIDHI i-TBI. The i-TBI provides grants-in-aid to innovators to help them turn their ideas into prototypes and prototypes into businesses.
To motivate and encourage institutions primarily from the technical domain to create a culture of innovation driven entrepreneurship among academia including students and faculties. To focus on institutes specially in the regions where Innovations and Startup ecosystem is at nascent stages. To build a vibrant innovation ecosystem that leads to the creation of a startup culture in the nearby regions.
To enable and build a network between academia, investors, mentors, industries and other institutions. To provide grants-in-aid funding support to innovative ideas and convert them into prototypes and further to startups. Application Process for Incubators: Applications are invited for establishing NIDHI-iTBIs in institutions through call-for-proposals via Dept.
of Science & Technology’s e-PMS portal . Application Process for Innovators/ Startups: Innovators and startups may apply for incubation support to one of the DST’s inclusive-Technology Business Incubators (iTBIs). These i-TBIs periodically announce calls for applications for enrollment of innovators and Startups into their incubation programs.
Institutions/Students/ Researchers/ Innovators/ Entrepreneurs/ Startups Guidelines: Click Here (PDF 1246KB) List of NIDHI i-TBI Centres: Click Here (PDF 62. 3KB) Contact Information: For more information, please write us an email on praveen[dot]roy[at]nic[dot]in
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