National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)
NSTEDB, established in 1982 by GoI under the aegis of DST, is an institutional mechanism to help promote knowledge driven and technology intensive enterprises as evident from the programmes and initiatives given below.
PPP programmes/schemes of NSTEDB
National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI)
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- NIDHI-Grand Challenges and Competitions for Scouting Innovations
- NIDHI-Promotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring Technology Entrepreneurs (NIDHI-PRAYAS)
- NIDHI-Entrepreneur in Residence (NIDHI-EIR)
- Start-up-NIDHI through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centres (IEDCs) in Academic Institutions; encouraging students to promote start-ups
- Start-up Centre in Collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
- NIDHI-Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
- NIDHI-Accelerator-fast tracking a start-up through focused intervention
- NIDHI-Seed Support System (NIDHI-SSS)-providing early stage investment
- NIDHI Centres of Excellence (NIDHI-CoE)-A world class facility to help start-ups go global
Support Organizations
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- Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC)
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC)
- Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development (STED) Project
- Innovation – Science and Technology based Entrepreneurship Development (i-STED)
- Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)
- Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
TIMEIS-WebPortal
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The portal is a joint initiative of NSTEDB, DST and FICCI. It is designed for assisting technopreneurs for finding out projects, technologies, funding opportunities, policy issues and matters, incentives, etc. related to their subject interest.