Call for Proposals from 17th February 2022 to 25th February 2022
4th edition of “Batch of 1969 Innovation Fellow” Award.
Award : Stipend of Rs. 1.00 Lakh/month for 1 year.
Eligibility : IIT Delhi’s graduating student irrespective of any discipline/program (UG/PG/PhD) wanting to continue with his/her academic project to convert it into a ‘Proof of Concept’ and development of prototype can apply for the award. The ultimate objective should be to create a product/process through technology transfer/incubation.
Selection criteria shall include : Innovation, feasibility, entrepreneurial interest, investment potential, expected impact etc.
Beneficiary : Once accepted, disbursal of the stipend shall start on completion of academic program/submission of thesis. Support to the incubation proposal from another agency/scheme is desirable but not necessary for consideration of the Award. Alternatively, the applicant should have letter of support from his/her present faculty adviser stating that the applicant can continue working using Institute’s infrastructure and resources to pursue the proposed innovation project.
FITT will guide the awardee in preparing a business/technical plan and pitching for investments.
Initial screening shall be done by FITT and final selection for the Award shall be done by an expert committee.
Important Dates :
Call Opens : 17th February 2022 Last Date for Expression of Intent : 25th February 2022 Call Closes : 5th March 2022 Applicant Presentation / Selection : Third week of March 2022
Applicant Presentation / Selection : Third week of March 2022
Interested can apply as per application form link given below and send it to : tidefitt@gmail.com
Awardee for the 2nd edition- 2020
Mr Vishwanath Hebbi has been selected for the Batch of 1969 Innovation Fellow Award for his project on “Low cost therapy for snakebite treatment for rural India”
Awardee for the 1st edition- 2019
Mr Anand Yadav has been selected for the Batch of 1969 Innovation Fellow Award for his project on “Development of Smart Fabric based actuator for Pain Management in Long Standing Professionals and athletes”