Great Opportunity for Science & Technology based Social Enterprises in India! Apply to the DST-Lockheed Martin IIGP 2.0 before 21st May!

[Divya Gajria]

Dear Members, 

The DST-Lockheed Martin-Tata Trusts India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0 is seeking applications from science and technology based innovations in the social sector. IIGP 2.0 is a grant programme to help take innovations to market. You can find more information on the website www.indiainnovates.in . Applications for the Open Innovation Challenge end on 11:59PM on 21st May 2017 and for the University Challenge on 31st May 2017. Apply and scale your innovations in India and other developing countries. 

Focus Areas include: 

1. Sanitation and Waste Management 

2. Environment and Natural Resource Management

3. Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods

4. Education and Skills

5. Safe Drinking Water

6. Affordable Healthcare

7. Clean Energy 

8. Low Cost Housing

9. Inclusive FinTech

For any questions, feel free to reach out to me on divya....@ficci.com or innov...@indiainnovates.in . 

best, 

Divya Gajria

DST – Lockheed Martin – Tata Trusts 

India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0 (IIGP 2.0)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

One of India’s longest standing public-private partnerships, the India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP) heads into the next decade as IIGP 2.0, remaining committed to nurture the Indian innovation ecosystem. Tata Trusts joins the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and Lockheed Martin to form a unique tripartite partnership with a focus on both; innovations with strong societal impact and cutting edge industrial innovations.

IIGP 2.0 is being implemented in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Indo - US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITei).

Incubation support will be provided through the Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (FISE), Centerfor Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM-A, Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT-B and IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, Austin (through XLr8 Andhra Pradesh & Nexus at The American Center).

IIGP 2.0 calls for applications to two annual parallel challenges to identify and support both industrial and social innovations through the stages of Ideation, Innovation and Acceleration.

1. University Challenge will cater to ideation and incubation of concepts sourced from universities across India

2. Open Innovation Challenge will cater to innovation and acceleration of concepts sourced from the technology community at large and not specifically from the academic arena

The programme shall provide funding, mentoring, incubation and acceleration support services to Indian innovators.For further details on programme benefits and challenge topics, please refer to the attached flyers on both UC and OIC.

Apply now at www.indiainnovates.in

Last date to apply: 

University Challenge: 31st May 2017

Open Innovation Challenge: 21st May 2017

For further information, contact us on innov...@indiainnovates.in

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