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August 6 2019

IIMCIP & TATA Group inaugurates 8th Edition of TATA Social Enterprise Challenge

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), the business incubator under the aegis of IIM Calcutta and TATA Group have announced the commencement of the 8th edition of the TATA Social Enterprise Challenge (TSEC). The challenge aims to find some of India’s most promising social enterprises.

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NE NOW

June 21 2019

IIMCIP in partnership with Mizoram Govt launches 3rd edition of Mizoram Kailawn

The third phase of Mizoram Kailawn, Business Plan Contest and E-Summit initiated by the Government of Mizoram in partnership with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park was launched by the chief secretary of Mizoram Lalnunmawia Chuaungo in Aizawl on Monday.

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The Telegraph

June 10 2019

IIMCIP organises bootcamp to assist start-ups in Assam

The first batch of 52 innovators have been selected to participate in a 3-day bootcamp for physical and virtual incubation at Assam Start-up- The Nest as part of a 6-month cohort programme.

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VCCircle

June 10 2019

IIMCIP Incubatee DeHaat acqui-hires Vezamart

Green AgRevolution Pvt. Ltd, which operates the DeHaat online marketplace for farm products and services, has acqui-hired farm management services provider VezaMart. DeHaat said that VezaMart employees will join its own team and continue developing solutions for farmers.

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YourStory

May 17 2019

IIMCIP Incubatee DeHaat raises debt capital of Rs 20 Cr from Trifecta Capital

After raising $4 million equity funding led by Omnivore and AgFunder, DeHaat now raised Rs 20 crore debt funding by Trifecta Capital. The startup will use the funds to pilot financial services like credit and insurance for existing farmers on the platform.

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Inc42

March 18 2019

Omnivore Leads $4.3 Mn Funding Round Of Agritech Startup DeHaat

Impact investor Omnivore has made a fresh bet in the agritech sector as it led a $4.3 Mn (INR 30 Cr) pre-series A round in Gurugram-based online marketplace for farm products and services, DeHaat.

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The Economic Times

January 22 2019

Assam launches incubator for start-ups

Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the ‘Assam Start Up – the Nest’. The initiative is a state-owned incubator for the start-up ventures which seeks to augment the business environment by promoting idea generation to start-up companies and help them establish and accelerate their growth and success.

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January 22 2019

Mocxa’s seizure diagnosis solution wins the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2018-19

The 7th edition of the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2018-19 (TSEC), a joint initiative of the Tata group and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), announced Mocxa Health from Karnataka as the winner at the grand finale held on January 12, 2018, at the IIM Calcutta campus.

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The Hindu BusinessLine

November 27 2018

ICC inks pact with IIMCIP for incubation of start-ups

The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) signed a memorandum of understanding with the IIM Calcutta Innovation Park on Wednesday to help facilitate incubation of start-ups.

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October 26 2018

Health Trail- The Healthcare Accelerator Programme

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park has launched Health Trail, an accelerator to foster start-ups endeavouring to offer innovative solutions to some of the largest health problems in our country, especially in the rural sector.

Accelerator Highlights –

3 Months
15 Member Cohort
7 Dedicated Mentor
5 Top Start ups
Up to 50 Lakhs seed funding for selected startups

For More Details Log onto : http://www.iimcip.org/health-trail/

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October 1 2018

NIDHI – Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) programme

National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Government of India supporting Technology Business Incubators is mainly associated with academic and research institutions to leverage technologies and innovations for venture creation. Converting technologies and research into start-up ventures has a long product development and revenue generation time. To inspire the best talents to be entrepreneurs, minimize the risk involved in pursuing start-ups, and to partially set off their opportunity costs of high paying jobs, NSTEDB has introduced NIDHI-Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Programme. The NIDHI-EIR programme 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.

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Campusvarta

August 27 2018

Tata Social Enterprise Challenge

The Tata Social Enterprise challenge is a joint initiative of the Tata Group with the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) started in 2012. The Challenge endeavours to find India’s most promising early stage social enterprises, and create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship – encouraging sustainable, scalable and measurable social Impact. Location: India Benefits : […]

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January 9 2018

The Elbow Engineers emerges winner of Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2017-18

Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2017-18 (TSEC), a joint initiative of the Tata group and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), were announced during the grand finale held on January 6, 2018, at the IIM Calcutta campus. The challenge endeavours to find India’s most promising early-stage social enterprises, and create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship – […]

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December 19 2017

T-Sec Grand finale at IIMC Campus on 6th Jan, 2018

A joint initiative by the Tata group and the IIM-C, TSEC is a quest to find India’s most promising early-stage social enterprises. The endeavor of the challenge is to create an ecosystem for social entrepreneurship and encourage sustainable, scalable and measurable social impact.The grand finale of the programme will be held on 6th January , […]

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NORTH EAST TIMES

December 18 2017

IIMCIP in association with DST announces ‘North East Accelerator Program’

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) in association with Department of Science & Technology (DST) announces ‘North East Accelerator Program’

This initiative, probably first of this kind in North East, will act as a platform for budding entrepreneurs and innovators from North East that would facilitate creation of successful ventures through mentoring, visibility, networking support, capacity building and access to funding opportunity.

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The Telegraph

December 18 2017

IIM Calcutta unveils North East Accelerator Program

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), in association with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India has announced today the North-East Accelerator Program which aimed at recognizing potentially game-changing early-stage entrepreneurs from North-East India and creating a supportive ecosystem to help them scale up their businesses.

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ABP Ananda (electronic media)

December 15 2017

Remove Dengue from society

This special initiative was taken by Edurade to remove dengue from Kolkata. Kolakata Municipal Corporation with the help of drone (Edurade) tried to detect the stagnant water, where disease spreading mosquito breed.

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Times of India

December 15 2017

Edurades contribution towards society

Struggling to get control over the dengue situation ,Kolkata Municipal Corporation used a Drone (Edurade)to find if there are garbages and stagnant water near or any roof top.

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Inc42

December 15 2017

Agriculture Grand Challenge

The Ministry of Agriculture and Invest India have collaborated to organise a first of its kind event, The Agriculture Grand Challenge, which will be launched by officials on December 15, 2017 during the upcoming TiEcon Summit in New Delhi.

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