India’s Agriculture sector employs around 50% of the country’s workforce, but contributes to only 18% of the Gross Domestic Product. The visible gaps in the sector demand an urgent redressal through cutting edge AgriTech innovations. IIM Calcutta Innovation Park in collaboration with BIRAC introduces the SPARSH Social Innovation Immersion Program to support the agriculture aficionados […]
Read MoreAs India’s leading crusader promoting social entrepreneurship, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park takes immense pride in collaborating with Pernod Ricard India Foundation for the WE PROGRAM, an initiative to socially and economically empower women and the society at large by providing incubation and funding support to the women entrepreneurs and women-led social enterprises in the country. Last Date for Application: January 20th, 2020
Read MoreIIM Calcutta Innovation Park, in partnership with Pernod Ricard India Foundation has launched a programme that has been exclusively designed for Women Entrepreneurs in India, aiming to build a supportive biosphere for women to step alongside and share this entrepreneurial journey.
Read MoreFor all the aspiring social innovators driven by an intent to revolutionize the agricultural sector! Here’s a chance to turn aspirations into reality with the SPARSH Fellowship Program. Make use of the opportunity to do extensive, on-field research for identifying the gaps and needs in the Agri sector and align your product development with the […]
Read MoreIn alignment with the Government of India’s “Startup India” initiative and driven by the objective of promoting inclusive socio-economic development in India driven by innovation and entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), which focuses on nurturing innovative start ups across India, announced in September 2017 its major international initiative – ‘Smart Fifty […]
Read MoreIIM Calcutta Innovation Park in association with the TATA group is hosting the next Thinking Social Seminar at Shiv Nadar University on 8 April 2017.
“Thinking Social” – one of our flagship event is conducted in partnership with the TATA group. The primary objective of this event is to build awareness on social entrepreneurship, generate interest and inspire the young generation to come up with innovative solutions to social challenges.
The speakers of this seminar comprise eminent academicians and social entrepreneurs, who have established their own outstanding ventures and have impacted the lives of thousands of people. Please refer to the attached event flyer for the profile of the speakers.
The participants will have a great opportunity to learn from these practitioners about their journey, the challenges faced and the social impact created by their venture. This will motivate and encourage the students to consider social entrepreneurship as a career option.
To register for the event, write to: henna.jaireth@iimcip.org
Read Moreradeep Gupta, CMD, Cybermedia (India) Ltd. has been recognized as the premier Mentor for entrepreneurs in the Private categories at the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016. The awards was handed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
The National Entrepreneurship Awards have been introduced by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship across the country. These awards are organized to encourage and honour the Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship ecosystem builders for their remarkable efforts.
Read MoreThe INVENT program is launched by IIMCIP in association with DFID UK and TDB India. The program is designed to provide funding and capacity building to create a platform to support for-profit businesses which are designed to address one or more needs of people, are based on technology or business model innovation, are scalable, and capable of raising further funding from other investors, where such support shall include, but not be limited to provision of funding, intense mentoring, knowledge and access to talent, facilities and relevant networks
Read MoreIIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) is hosting a seed fund under the scheme “Seed Support System for Start-ups in Incubators” of NSTEDB, Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India.
The seed support would generally cater to early stage financing for commercialization of the indigenous ideas, innovations and technologies.
Applications are invited from early-stage start-ups seeking funding assistance under this scheme.
Read MoreStartups will now be able to get themselves registered online in a day to avail of all the incentives through a dedicated portal and a mobile application for the same to be launched this week.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has developed the portal to provide all information about tax benefits and incubation facilities to be provided by the government. It would enable the companies to get registered and thereafter be validated by the DIPP as eligible startup entities.
Read MoreAppeti is a curated online marketplace which offers authentic Indian delicacies from regional establishments and get them home delivered to any part of the country. The users are allowed to shop by location, by food category or by vendor. All the products are categorized under Sweets, Snacks, Chocolates, Pickles, Bakery Products, Health food, Beverages to name a few.
Punjab’s Dodha Burfi, Rajasthani Ghewar, Gujarat’s Khakras, Bombay’s Ice Halwa, Pune’s Bhakarwadi, Mysore Pak, Agra’s Pethas, Ooty Chocolates, Ratlami Sev, Kolkata’s Rossogulla, Panipat’s pachranga achaar, Kerala Banana Chips, Dharwad Peda, Hyderabad’s Karachi Bakery Biscuits, are just a little few of the wide variety of packaged experiences Appeti is successfully delivering to each customer’s doorstep today.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the launch of our flagship B-Plan contest – Ideas to Implementation.
Ideas to Implementation (i2i)
An International B-Plan completion endeavouring to provide an ideal platform for budding entrepreneurs to realize their dreams as we connect them to ideas, money and people who matter. Being one of the largest and most serious process of its kind in scale and scope in India it is sure to attract serious entrepreneurs via our networks in the National Entrepreneurship Network, Pan IIM and IIT alumni networks and a large base of working professionals. The core philosophy behind this event has always been not to judge a ‘B-plan’ but to make a robust plan ready to spread its wings.
Read MoreThe Roundtable on “Thinking Social” will be held in Delhi at India International Centre on October 16, 2015. The event will start at 2.30 PM and close by 6 PM. The theme of the round table is “Enhancing Quality and Affordability of Education through Technology”.
The purpose of these “Think Social” series of roundtables is to tap into the evolving social enterprise ecosystem in India and bring the active players, decision makers and influencers representing the key stakeholders in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, on a common platform to exchange ideas, highlight key challenges & opportunities and draw our best practices in social enterprise value chain. The focal audience for the Roundtable would be a representative group of Leading Regional Social Entrepreneurs, Major Corporate Houses with CSR Focus, Impact Investors, Philanthropic Organisations, Social Sector Mentors & Incubators, NGOs, Aid & Rating Agencies, Academics, Leading Civil Society Representatives, Social Activists and Policy Makers.
Typically, the round table will start at 2.30 PM and the discussions (including Q&A) will be for two and half hours, with the focus being on Bridging the Education Gap. The discussion would centre around three broad themes – Quality, Access, and Affordability of education for the masses. The overarching focus would be use of technology in meeting these three objectives. The event will be followed by High Tea.
To register write to tsec@iimcip.org
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