About SIIC IIT Kanpur
Established in 2000, Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, is one of the oldest technology business incubators with many successes under its belt. In 2018, the leadership brought the incubator’s operations under Foundation for Research & Innovation in Science & Technology (FIRST), a Section-8 company promoted by IIT Kanpur. The multifaceted, vibrant incubation ecosystem nurtured over two decades continues to fill all the gaps on the road to convert an idea into a business.
With path breaking innovation brewing at FIRST’s startups, the incubator aims to create impact at the bottom of the pyramid. FIRST has developed the experience base and ecosystem that become critical ingredients in nurturing early-stage, technology-focused startups disrupting domains such as agriculture, healthcare, aerospace, energy, water, and education.
SIIC offers individuals and startups opportunities to:
Discover new ways of thinking and acting so that you can solve your biggest business challenges
Learn to break free from the way things have always been done
Make real change to your organization/ society/ area of expertise
SPARSH is BIRAC’s social Innovation fellowship/award program aimed at creating a pool of biotech “Social Innovators” who could identify the needs & gaps within communities and then can help bridge the gaps either through an innovative product development or services. The Program is implemented through SPARSH Centers. SIIC IIT Kanpur is one among the 14 SPARSH centres pan India.
The programme aims to promote the development of innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. The scheme tackles major social issues and offers new ideas for widespread change. The scheme aims to invest in ideas and innovations that improve health care of all Indians and encourage affordable product development in the social sector.
The Fellows will be stationed at one of the SPARSH Centre who would provide all the requisite support to the Social Innovators in following thematic areas:
Maternal and Child Health
Ageing and Health
Food and Nutrition
Waste to Value
Combating environmental pollution
Agri-Tech
SIIC will be hosting fellows implementing solutions in Maternal & Child Health for the upcoming cohort.
Highlights of the Fellowship/Award:
Fully funded fellowship with monthly stipend of Rs 50,000 pm
Rs 5 Lakhs mini kick start grant
Clinical/ Rural Immersion
Access to BIRAC network of Mentors and Investors
Mentoring by SPARSH Knowledge partner and 14 SPARSH Centres
Opportunities to seek funding on completion
Eligibility
The Social Innovation fellowship is a prestigious award which will be provided to only Indian Citizen Indian undergraduate (B.Tech, BE, MBBS) or postgraduate (MSc, MS, M.Tech, MPhil, MD) & PhD below 35 years from fields of life sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, medicine & human biology are eligible to apply.
Timeline
The fellowship is for a duration of 18 months and cannot be extended further.
BIRAC reference document
Application Link
https://bit.ly/sparsh-siic-2021
Program FAQs
Application flyer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWnicfzgpXmoq2BXYfveh7-UJEwRhifR/view?usp=sharing
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