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CIIE aims at fostering innovation-driven entrepreneurship through incubation, research and dissemination of knowledge. It was setup by IIM, Ahmedabad in 2001 in collaboration with Government of Gujarat and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Since its inception, a host of organizations, professionals, academicians and networking partners within India and across the globe have been closely associated with the initiatives of CIIE. Expertise at IIMA in areas of technology network, management, grassroots level innovations and entrepreneurship development, provided the necessary impetus and the intellectual basis for this initiative.
We know that it takes more than just early stage risk-capital to get a company off the ground - we enable most of what may be required by entrepreneurs through incubation (including seed-funding), training and best practice research.
ANTS Ceramics Limited is an advanced materials manufacturing company started by graduates and faculty at IIT Kharagpur. The company utilizes a patented technology for near net shape forming of dense and porous technical ceramic components developed by Prof Parag Bhargava of IIT Kharagpur.more »
By integrating Online and Offline Education, a team of students at IIITM Gwalior developed an Education Process Management (EPM) paradigm providing the educational institutes a tool to expedite their functional processes, comprising academic, administrative and business processes. Apart from its seamless integration with the current system, EPM renders quicker, reliable and robust services to all the concerned persons- institutes, students, parents and inquisitors alike, thereby enhancing the learning process. more »
Whirlybird was founded by Mr. Bramh Datt Awasthi (B.Tech, Aerospace Engg; 2004 batch passout) in Aug 2004. Aim is to establish a benchmark in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (both fixed wing & rotary wing) and process automation. The endeavor towards the making of UAV’s however, started in Jan 2002 itself as a B.Tech Project. The first objective of the B.Tech project was to design an Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) for a mini helicopter (6 kg weight with 4 kg payload capacity). AFCS developed during the project could stabilize the helicopter’s 3 rotational degrees of freedom. more »
If you have traveled in an interstate private bus in Gujarat, it is likely that the ticket you booked was powered by Mantis. Founded by alumni of IIM Ahmedabad and industry professionals, Mantis is the first company to implement Software As A Service (SAAS) model in online ticketing platform for bus industry in India. You can do a bus booking online yourself on http://www.travelyaari.com/, which is their B2C website.more »
