About IIMCIP

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) is a national, leading social-impact incubator committed to building an inclusive and innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem across India. Established in 2014 as a Section 8 company under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, IIMCIP holds the formal recognition as a Technology Business Incubator by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and is driven by three pillars:

  • Developing an entrepreneurship ecosystem – By addressing the ecosystem gaps in
    underserved regions, enabling sustainable, impact-driven businesses.
  • Catalysing innovation and nurturing startups – By empowering entrepreneurs with
    innovation in their idea, product, service, process or delivery that solves an existing problem.
  • Enabling women entrepreneurs – By championing inclusiveness in the entrepreneurial
    Ecosystem.

Over the years, IIMCIP has emerged as a trusted knowledge and implementation partner for governments, corporates, PSUs, academia, investors and ecosystem enablers, such as the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), the North Eastern Council (NEC), the Tata Sons, Pernod Ricard India Foundation, Balmer Lawrie, HDFC Bank and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, to name a few.

Since its inception, IIMCIP has been working with early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs who may come from underserved regions, strengthening the country’s entrepreneurial fabric, from the grassroots level upwards through programmes that foster innovation and generate livelihoods. Its rural incubation models and women-focused entrepreneurship programmes stand as a testament to gender inclusive economic growth. Today, IIMCIP-incubated founders are scripting inspiring success stories, proving that purpose and profit can grow together.

Looking ahead, IIMCIP envisions becoming a “social unicorn” by 2047, impacting one billion lives
globally, through innovation and entrepreneurship that unlock human potential, guided by a set of its simple but powerful beliefs:

Purpose: To empower the social unicorns that will positively impact one billion lives and lead India’s economic growth story.

Vision: To create a world where people at the grassroots fearlessly pursue their entrepreneurial ideas, driving Bharat’s economic growth.

Mission: To ensure that no good entrepreneurial idea falls through the cracks, we identify, nurture and empower aspiring entrepreneurs, especially from underserved communities, with the clarity, credibility and connections to build sustainable, socially transformative businesses.