Join the Healthcare Digithon by BioNEST IIT Guwahati, exclusively crafted for early-stage startups and students. The last date to register is July 25, 2023.
About IIT Guwahati
The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) is a public technical university established by the Government of India, located in the Amingaon area, North Guwahati Village area, in the state of Assam in India. It is the sixth Indian Institute of Technology established in India. IIT Guwahati is officially recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the government of India. IIT Guwahati has been ranked 7th in Engineering and 8th in the Overall category in NIRF India Rankings 2021.
About IIT BioNEST
IITG-BioNEST Bio-Incubation Centre, supported by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Government of India, is strategically located at the IIT Guwahati campus amid lush green rich flora of North East India with a vision to foster innovative research and entrepreneurial activities in Healthcare and Industrial biotechnology related areas.
- The main focus area of the facility is incubating a host of entrepreneurs to commercialize an array of healthcare products in the area of traditional and modern Biomaterials, Industrial Biotechnology and state-of-art frugal Diagnostics to establish a benchmark, especially in NE.
- NE region is known for a rich biodiversity hotspot with an abundance of commercially viable biomaterials.
- The BioNEST program in the translational ecosystem of IITG is strategically a very significant step for NE India to promote landmark GOI initiatives, including Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, Digital India, Atal Innovation Mission, Start Up India and Ayushman Bharat.
Healthcare Digithon Themes
- Telemedicine
- Al-powered Diagnosis and Decision Support
- Chronic Disease Management
- Mental Health and Well-being
- Healthcare accessibility
Participants
- Students
- Early Stage Startups
Registration Fee
₹ 3000 per person and ₹ 5000 per team
Digithon Duration
August 10, 2023, to August 11, 2023
Why Incubate with IIT BioNEST?
At BioNEST Incubator Centre, we envision an ecosystem where entrepreneurs and innovators have access to cutting-edge infrastructure and mentoring support for a unique Incubation experience to Nurture their entrepreneurial skills and create a deep impact with their innovation.
IITG-BioNEST is targeted to inculcate a 360-degree translation under the umbrella of IITG starting from Idea generation, Proof-of-concept demonstration, Prototyping, Clearances, Validations, Certifications until Commercialization. At present, BioNEST can support and Nurture 25 startups/MSMEs/SMEs in the facility.
Infrastructure at IIT BioNEST
IITG-BioNEST provides affordable state-of-art incubation facilities which include common laboratory space, office cubicles, fully-equipped conference rooms and cutting-edge instrumentation facilities sprawled across a 10,000 sq. ft. covered area in the newly constructed CFN (Centre for Nanotechnology) at IITG. In addition, incubate startups /MSMEs /SMEs will get access to state-of-art instrumentation, fabrication, characterization and testing facilities housed at CFN-IITG to foster and support their entrepreneurial journey.
Mentorship and Collaboration at IIT BioNEST
Leading doctors/scientists/engineers/entrepreneurs will be made available to the Biotech start-ups for troubleshooting and fast-track solutions. Regular interactions with industry experts will provide mentorship and necessary hand-holding instrumental for start-ups in the initial years of incorporation. The incubatees will be encouraged to collaborate with leading IITG faculty for product development, technology transfer and commercialization.
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development at IIT BioNEST
One of the major objectives will be to nurture IITians for biotechnology incubation and grow them with the existing incubators. Further, being connected to the rural NE India IITG is very well placed to nurture and promote Women Led Entrepreneurship. Running bio-entrepreneurship development programs and investor meetings at IITG through this BioNEST for sprouting start-ups, SMEs, MSMEs and rural entrepreneurs will enable the development of a larger amount of skilled workforce and employment.
Market Access
IITG is strategically placed in southeast Asia with a market size of 340 million population which includes 7 NE states of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. In all these places, the majority is rural population. Thus, healthcare solutions involving traditional and modern Biomaterials, traditional and modern biochemical agents and state-of-art frugal diagnostics will have access to this large market for all incubating entities.
Idea Exchange
BioNEST organizes multiple National and International Conferences/ Workshops/ Training/ Hackathons/investors annually to establish synergies between industry and academia also providing excellent networking opportunities for startups to grow and outreach their innovations helping them to generate funding and investments.
Accelerator
BioNEST also brings in various consultants, angel funding and VC opportunities to work on an accelerator model, so that the successful starts ups may graduate fast into the cycles of private limited companies.
How to Register?
Interested candidates can register directly through this link.
Deadline
The last date to register is July 25, 2023.
Click here to view the official notification of the 2-Days Healthcare Digithon for Students & Early State StartUps by BioNEST IIT Guwahati
Click here to view the official LinkedIn post by IIT Guwahati
