The DST PRAGATI Accelerator Program culminated with a Demo Day on April 28, 2023, where eight top-performing startups pitched to Angel Investors from different parts of the country. The day was packed with crucial learnings and an understanding of business and investment nuances. The quality and impact of the event were augmented by the presence […]

India’s evolving startup ecosystem has magnified the need for enabling the enablers. We, at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, find ourselves deeply committed to building an entrepreneurial ecosystem where every stakeholder is willing to and is capable of supporting each other. Translating this commitment into action, we organised a Startup Investment Management Program for 16 officials […]

The first bootcamp of the North East Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NEEDP) was organized on the 27th and 28th of March, 2023, at Cotton University in Guwahati, Assam. The 2-day bootcamp was organized to formally onboard and provide orientation to the 270 startups selected from North East India under the NEEDP program.   Read more at: […]

The startup ecosystem in North East India has witnessed a conspicuous stir in the last five years. Increased investor interest in the region, a rise in the number of startup incubators and access to the market have enabled the startup ecosystem in the region to flourish significantly in recent years. To catalyse the process, IIM […]

North East Entrepreneurship Development Program (NEEDP) is a flagship entrepreneurship development program of IIMCIP and the North East Council (NEC). 270 early-stage entrepreneurs selected from across NE will be helped to launch and scale their businesses within 6 months. An integral part of the program is the capacity-building bootcamps. The program will have multiple bootcamps […]

Tata Social Enterprise Challenge, organized jointly by IIM Calcutta and TATA Sons, aims to establish itself as a major event in the Indian Social Entrepreneurship space by bringing together social entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and members from the academia, industry and business and the whole bunch of social entrepreneurs to identify and promote sustainable ideas that impact […]

The 150 women-led rural enterprises selected for the NRETP Incubator Program in West Bengal were awarded financial assistance during the Promotion of Rural Enterprises Reward Ceremony, organized by the West Bengal State Rural Livelihoods Mission, in association with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on December 13, 2022. Of the […]

We are thrilled to share the news that we have signed an MoU with Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) with the dual objectives of developing #intrapreneurship as well as constituting a pre-incubation program for startups. We are humbled to be entrusted with the responsibility of organizing capacity-building sessions for MSIL employees towards honing the intrapreneurial […]

We are super stoked to announce the launch of North East Entrepreneurship Development Programme (NEEDP), an initiative in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC). It’s a first-of-its-kind program encompassing startups from all the 8 states of North East India. 270 promising startups from the region will be identified and supported to scale new heights […]

“Winning the 2nd RUNNER-UP title at TATA Social Enterprise Challenge 2022 and also the TATA SEED FUND GRANT is an unexpected result that our team Allytriz was longing for after all the sacrifices and hurdles we’d faced in building our startup. It gave us the recognition, network, and financial support to catalyze our process of […]

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTy), Government of India, invites applications for Scheme for Accelerating Startups Around Post Covid Technology Opportunities (SASACT). If you are an Electronics Hardware & ICT Startup working on solutions for Post-Covid era and want to win grants upto INR 40 Lakh, apply here before September 30, 2020

Champions with Options to Manage and Build an ArmourTogether against Covid (COMBAT-C) is a one-of-a-kind program introduced to help the community fight the global pandemic, Covid-19. People across the world are extremely anxious and are living in fear

IIMCIP signed an MoU with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to identify potential entrepreneurs in the state and provide a supportive environment for the youth to transform their innovative ideas into successful business ventures.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has recently launched the Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) program. This program aims to strengthen 2000 Technology Startups, leveraging ICT enabled technologies,

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and MeitY Startup Hub(MSH) is organising a “Fintech Innovation Challenge”.

The Challenge seeks solution for “Implementation of Concession on GST Component of Payment made through Digital Modes”.

India’s Agriculture sector employs around 50% of the country’s workforce, but contributes to only 18% of the Gross Domestic Product. The visible gaps in the sector demand an urgent redressal through cutting edge AgriTech innovations. IIM Calcutta Innovation Park in collaboration with BIRAC introduces the SPARSH Social Innovation Immersion Program to support the agriculture aficionados […]

As India’s leading crusader promoting social entrepreneurship, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park takes immense pride in collaborating with Pernod Ricard India Foundation for the WE PROGRAM, an initiative to socially and economically empower women and the society at large by providing incubation and funding support to the women entrepreneurs and women-led social enterprises in the country. Last Date for Application: January 20th, 2020

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, in partnership with Pernod Ricard India Foundation has launched a programme that has been exclusively designed for Women Entrepreneurs in India, aiming to build a supportive biosphere for women to step alongside and share this entrepreneurial journey.

For all the aspiring social innovators driven by an intent to revolutionize the agricultural sector! Here’s a chance to turn aspirations into reality with the SPARSH Fellowship Program. Make use of the opportunity to do extensive, on-field research for identifying the gaps and needs in the Agri sector and align your product development with the […]

In alignment with the Government of India’s “Startup India” initiative and driven by the objective of promoting inclusive socio-economic development in India driven by innovation and entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), which focuses on nurturing innovative start ups across India, announced in September 2017 its major international initiative – ‘Smart Fifty […]