ADBU Innovation and Startup Cell

About

The ADBU Innovation and Startup Cell has been set up as per guidelines of Ministry of Education, Government of India, under the banner of “National Innovation and Startup Policy” (NISP) launched on September 11, 2019, which envisaged involvement of all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of India in creating an eco-system for successful entrepreneurship through focused attention on innovation and startup.

Functions

  1. Prepare feasible plans pertaining to pre-incubation activities which begin with ideation and end with creation of a business proposal as per the “ADBU Innovation and Startup Policy”.
  2. Scout, recognize, and support start-up ideas.
  3. Network with regional startup ecosystem enablers.
  4. Conduct events/programmes to spread startup related awareness.

Events and Milestones

  1. 1st Committee Meeting
  2. 2nd Committee Meeting
  3. 3rd Committee Meeting
  4. Approval of Innovation and Startup Policy
  5. Signing of MoU with Assam Startup
  6. Assam Startup Awareness Programme
  7. Participation in the 3rd Edition of Assam Startup Incubation Competition
  8. Participation in Entrepreneurship Development Programmed conducted by Assam Startup and IIT Guwahati
  9. ADBU Ideation Competition 2021
  10. National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights
  11. National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights – 15th September 2021
  12. Pre-Hack Workshop for Airothon in collaboration with KIIT, Bhubaneshwar – 23rd December 2021
  13. Two Day National Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Patents – 28th May 2022 and 04 June 2022
  14. Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights – 8th July 2022
  15. Invited talk at IIC Regional Meet 2022 – 4th August 2022
  16. Awareness Programme on NISP for ADBU Faculty and Staff – 6th August 2022
  17. ADBU Ideation Competition 2022 – 23rd September 2022
  18. Awareness Programme on Intellectual Property Rights – 4th February 2023
  19. ADBU Ideation Competition – 30th September 2023
  20. ADBU Ideation Competition – 30th September 2023

Resources

  1. Assam Startup Policy
  2. National Innovation and Startup Policy for Students and Faculty 2019 – The Policy Document
  3. National Innovation and Startup Policy for Students and Faculty 2019 – Online Session by Mr. Dipan Sahu, Asst. Innovation Director at the MoE’s Innovation Cell
  4. MoE’s Innovation Cell – Online Session
  5. MoE’s Innovation Cell – Business Plan Training Session
  6. MoE’s Innovation Cell – KAPILA: IPR Awareness Programme