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Application for iCreate’s Nidhi Prayas Scheme Is Closing on 5th April

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March 26, 2018
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Application for iCreate’s Nidhi Prayas Scheme Is Closing on 5th April
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iCreate is looking for proposals for prototype level projects under the NIDHI-PRAYAS scheme (Round III) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. This grant will primarily be utilized by aspiring innovators to convert their ideas into prototype. The period of prototyping support can be up to 18 months.

Background

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella program conceived and developed by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful start ups.

The NIDHI-Promotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring technology entrepreneurs (NIDHI-PRAYAS) program, is one of the programs introduced under NIDHI, focuses on addressing the idea to prototype funding gap.

This is a program designed to attract a large number of youngsters to come forward to try out their ideas and try to see if they will work in real life business situations. If selected, such selected applicants are referred to as PRAYASEE’s.

Who should apply?

  • Individual innovator : S/He is required to be an Indian Citizen at least 18 years of age on 1st of August, 2016. An Indian citizen is defined as one who is in possession of a government approved proof of nationality such as a valid passport, voter’s id etc
  • Team of individual innovators : If a team wants to pursue the project, then there has to be an agreement among the team about the lead applicant and the lead applicant has to apply for NIDHI-PRAYAS. The financial support (after the selection process) will be given to the lead applicant on behalf of the team.

The current focus area of this batch is in design, construction and development of Electric Vehicles.

Eligibility & Conditions:

  • The maximum support that can be provided per innovator / incubatee is upto Rs. 10 lakhs
  • The priority areas for supporting innovations under NIDHI-PRAYAS program – ROUND III is Electric Vehicles, the focus being on Electric Vehicles (2/3/4 wheelers) as a whole and its sub components and suggested areas for applying to iCreate are:
      • Motor power management systems
      • Battery Management Systems
      • Charge Controllers
      • Smart features for electric vehicles
      • Cooling systems for Battery Packs
      • Charging stations – regular as well as fast charging
      • Regenerative braking
      • Super capacitor-based energy storage
      • Design of complete prototype EV’s (2, 3 or 4 wheelers)
  • Preference may be given to those innovators
    • Who have bootstrapped or have got co-investment commitment
    • Who have clear road map for commercialization or start up creation
    • Women innovators
    • Young innovators
  • Student applicants pursuing long term research projects like doctoral research projects or similar projects will not be supported. Professors or Academicians engaged in teaching with any academic or R&D institute;
  • If the innovator is pursuing building a prototype from their institute / organization IP, then in that case innovator will take NOC from the appropriate authority of their institute / organisation for use / IP transfer / ownership in favour of the innovator / start up;
  • If the applicant is studying / working in an institute / organization, they should get a no objection certificate from that respective institute/organization for applying to NIDHI- PRAYAS;
  • The NIDHI-PRAYAS grantee should be registered for the pre-incubation or incubation program at iCreate for the entire duration of the program, after going through the iCreate’s selection process;
  • NIDHI-PRAYAS grantee should be fully committed to work towards the prototype development for which the support is being sought and should not treat this as a stop gap arrangement to support any other pursuits;
  • The innovator can avail the NIDHI-PRAYAS support only once and they should not have sought the similar support previously, from other Government of India organisation / Institution for the same innovative concept as proposed in the application form;

Offerings:

  • Work space with internet connectivity, will be provided for . On request, hostel accommodation can also be provided
  • Access to labs and libraries will also be provided
  • Mentorship, Networking, participation in various start up / entrepreneurship based events
  • Access to start up ecosystem and residence in a vibrant campus dedicated to start ups / entrepreneurs
  • Free access to IoT, embedded and other labs housed within campus
  • Food is available at campus at nominal charges
  • All the office facilities like internet, meeting rooms, tea, coffee, etc, will be made available

For more details about the program and application process, check here

Tags: electric vehiclesentrepreneurshipiCreateInnovationInternet of ThingsMake In Indiastartups
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