Register now for the 1st outreach webinar and learn more about ISPIC 2021! Apply now and help spread the word!
Ajay Etikala
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Date: Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 21:37
Subject: [Urgent/Time Sensitive] Register now for the 1st outreach webinar and learn more about ISPIC 2021! Apply now and help spread the word!
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Dear Ajay Etikala,
You are getting this email as you have attended one of our GFIdeas India webinars in the past.
We are excited to announce that the India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge (ISPIC) is BACK and applications are now open! This year, we’ve expanded our focus for participants to ideate and innovate in whitespaces across the value chain of plant-based, cultivated and fermentation-derived proteins. We are also expanding our focus to include two separate tracks - Ideation and Entrepreneurship.
The Ideation track is designed specifically for our scitech talent ecosystem, to apply your educational and vocational skills to help solve technologically advanced scientific problems and come up with innovative theoretical solutions facing Indian food corporations, startups and entrepreneurs
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....ISPIC 2021 also serves as a springboard for companies in the smart protein sector. The Entrepreneurship track will focus on incubating and accelerating potential and existing entrepreneurs/startups, respectively, via mentoring and 1-on-1 sessions which focus on scientific and business themes. We strongly encourage all our community members interested in dedicating their vocational careers to the smart protein sector to apply!
With a Smart Protein Digital Lab, and infrastructural support and mentorship from GFI India and experts across major academic institutes including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), government agencies including Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council), and influential investors with over USD 1 billion (INR 7,300 cr) under management, the challenge nurtures talent and supports participants as they develop smart protein solutions for the future. Up to INR 20 lakh in cash prizes is on the table for the top 20 teams that make it to the end of the challenge.
With applications closing on 14th September, 2021, we encourage you to apply now for the India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge: www.smartproteinchallenge.in
Want to learn more about what exactly the India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge 2021 (ISPIC 2021) entails?
Join us for our first ISPIC 2021 webinar to better understand what the challenge is all about and learn about what it takes to develop affordable and delicious smart protein solutions. You will also get the opportunity to hear from CIIE.CO — a Centre of Excellence for technology business incubation and education at IIM Ahmedabad and Organizing Partner for our innovation challenge!
For further details on this and more, join us on Thursday, September 2nd at 6 PM IST.
Register now: https://bit.ly/ISPICwebinar1
Do reshare our webinar related posts on GFI India's official handles linked: LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter to let your networks know about your participation in the challenge! As a non-profit initiative, you can give back to ISPIC 2021 by contributing to this word-of-mouth campaign.
Further Details :
India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge (ISPIC), is a flagship initiative of GFI India, which aims to educate, inspire, and engage a strong pool of talent for the smart protein sector. In 2020, ISPIC saw 1350+ registrations from over 250 Universities in 150 cities across 27 states in India and the creation of a first-of-its-kind Smart Protein Digital Lab. This year, we invite participants to ideate and innovate in key commercial whitespaces across the value chain of plant-based, cultivated and fermentation-derived proteins. We are also expanding our focus to include two separate tracks: Ideation and Entrepreneurship.
ISPIC 2021 is backed by sponsors and partners such as Capri Global Capital Limited, NICEorg, Alkem Foundation, CIIE.Co at IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras Bioincubator, Omnivore, Ankur Capital, and others and offers teams the chance to seek mentorship, incubation, and cash prizes as they work to build the smart protein ecosystem from the ground up.
You can find more testimonials from the following sponsors and partners here:
Sponsors: Capri Global Capital Limited, Network of Indian Cultural Enterprises (NICEorg), Alkem Foundation
Organizing partner: CIIE.CO at IIM Ahmedabad
Government partners: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) of the Dept of Biotechnology, Government of India, Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Academic and incubation partners: Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, IIT Bombay Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Madras Bioincubator (IITMBI), and Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE)
Venture capital and acceleration partners: Omnivore, Ahimsa VC, Ankur Capital, Huddle, Blue Horizon, Brinc, Proveg Incubator, DSG Consumer Partners
Kind regards
