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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.

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