NIDHI Programme

Ministry:

Ministry of Science & Technology

Department:

Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt of India

Brief:

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella program conceived and developed by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups. The program would work in line with the national priorities and goals and its focus would be to build an innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem with an objective of socioeconomic development through wealth and job creation. NIDHI aims to nurture start-ups through scouting, supporting, and scaling innovations. The key components of NIDHI are –,1. NIDHI-GCC - Grand Challenges and Competitions for scouting innovations,2. NIDHI-PRomotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring technology entrepreneurs (NIDHI-PRAYAS) - Support from Idea to Prototype,3. NIDHI-Entrepreneur In Residence (NIDHI-EIR) - Support system to reduce risk,4. NIDHI-Technology Business Incubator (TBI) - Converting Innovations to start-ups,5. NIDHI-Accelerator - Fast tracking a start-up through focused intervention,6. NIDHI-Seed Support System (NIDHI-SSS)- Providing early stage investment,7. NIDHI Centres of Excellence (NIDHI-CoE) - A World-class facility to help startups go global....