Upcoming Events

Under BIRAC Regional Entrepreneurship Centre (BREC) at C-CAMP, we are delighted to present the fourth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition, # NBEC 2020 to identify and reward some of the most promising deep tech ideas in all domains of the Life Sciences including agri, environment, personal care products, AMR, drugs &therapeutics and more (visit website).

NBEC this year brings with it INR 7.1 Crore in cash prizes and investment opportunities for start-ups and individuals and up to INR 10 Lakh cash prizes for Student Teams. There are exciting prizes for Student Teams, Start Ups and Individuals including mentorship by key Industry Leaders.Shortlisted applicants will attend a virtual 2-day engaging Boot Camp led by experts.

NBEC is open to student teams, researcher, innovator, aspiring entrepreneur, start-up, a small or medium biotech company or someone with a bright idea in any discipline of the Life Sciences, here is your chance to win!

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Programme is one of the programs introduced under NIDHI to inspire the best talents to be entrepreneurs, to minimize the risk involved in pursuing start-ups, and to partially set off their opportunity costs of high paying jobs. The NIDHI-EIR program provides tremendous opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs to expand their networks and get critical feedback on their ventures in order to promote their entrepreneurial career goals and aspirations.

Benefits for the EIR fellow:
1. Fellowship maximum of Rs. 30,000/- per month with a minimum level of Rs.10,000/- per month for a period of 12 months.
2. Office space, administrative support and a stipend to work on their entrepreneurial idea and turn the innovative idea into viable businesses
3. Supports from faculties and mentors, assigned as mentor to individual EIR Fellow in business planning and execution
4. Provide mentorship and handholding for activities related to IP management, legal and contract, mobilizing resources and other business development related activities

Maker Mela is the premier platform for grassroot innovators and host a community of 10000+ innovators globally, with at least 100 teams participating and showcasing their innovations every year. This year, our event will be online and we expect over 1,00,000+ visitors over the two days who will visit our platform.

We have makers from Arts, Health care, food, technology, Bio tech, Agriculture, Industrial automation, and many more.

This year we are having a pitching session called’ Pitch Perfect’ where at least 100 teams globally participate and showcase their innovations every year. Our Top Makers will be given the opportunity to pitch in front of 15+ investors.

Benefits for makers:
- Best Makers wins cash prizes & vouchers worth INR 1 Lac
- Pitching Session for shortlisted makers and connect to investors.
- Access to seed fund upto INR 30 lacs
- Access to government grants upto INR 10 lacs per innovator
- Online Media Outreach
- Access to Labs [Fablab / Biolab / SMAC lab]
- Access to Deals like Google Cloud credits worth 3000 USD, AWS credits worth 2000 USD, PayTm Mini App Program enabling to scale B2C offerings
- Incubation Support [Help in Legal, Financial and any other incubation services]

Apply as a maker at: makermela.com/register

For any queries, reach out: Ashish Doshi: +91 8108892657 / Vaibhavi Savla: +91 9619632604