Innovation during a pandemic: Duo invents portable automatic hand sanitiser  June 18th 2020 The COVID-19 outbreak has infected most countries in the world, also causing an unimaginable number of deaths worldwide, and while most nations are using their best resources to find a vaccine, the pandemic hasn’t limited the imagination and creativeness of innovators. To…

AIC-SMUTBI team develops reusable 3D printed mask April  15th 2020 Prior to the global and massive spread of coronavirus, few people cared about wearing masks. In India, masks became important to city dwellers in the last couple of years due to rampant air pollution making breathing difficult. Fast forward to 2020 and stores have run out of…

#TogetherWeProsper: As Intuit Circles hits the 1-year milestone, startups share their growth experience November 30th 2019 According to statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2019, around 20 percent of startups fail in the first year itself. With challenges like fierce market competition, insufficient capital, lack of mentoring, bookkeeping, hiring and customer access, the startup…

How COVID-19 lockdown is impacting businesses across Northeast April  29th 2020 Dr Tejbanta S Chingtham, CEO, CEO, AIC-SMUTBI & Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission, Sikkim says startups being incubated at their centre are facing problems post lockdown because of low bandwidth at their homes. The startups have three dedicated internet lines at the incubation centre….

ATAL INCUBATION CENTRE SIKKIM LAUNCHED AT SMIT  February 16th 2020 Governor Ganga Prasadinaugurated the Atal Incubation Centre Sikkim- Manipal University Technology Business Incubation (AIC-SMUTBI) at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), Majhitar near Rangpo today. The event had the presence of State Education minister KungaNima Lepcha, AIM NITIAayog mission director R. Ramanathan, State chief secretary S.C. Gupta,…