SIX SIKKIM ENTREPRENEURS SELECTED IN NERES 1.0 TO RECEIVE SEED GRANT Six start-ups by entrepreneurs from Sikkim have been selected to receive seed grant of Rs. 5 lakh each after being selected in NERES 1.0. The entrepreneurship summit aimed at offering a platform to promising start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs across the North Eastern region was…

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…

Untap’d launches its operations in Europe Frankfurt, Germany to help create a global system of connected vehicles September 6, 2020 “The vision was clear and all we needed were believers. AIC – Sikkim Manipal University Technology Business Incubator and Mainstage Incubator believed in our vision and it’s all because of them that today Untap’d is…

NorthEast’s first Atal Incubation Centre set in motion February 17th 2020 This weekend saw the launch of the first Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) in the North East! The AIC at the Sikkim Manipal University Technology Business Incubator (SMUTBI) was inaugurated on Saturday (February 15, 2020) at Majhitar, Rangpo by Shri Ganga Prasad, Hon’ble Governor of Sikkim. AIC-SMUTBI…

36 Hours Idea Exposition Hackathon held at AIC-SMUTBI. Two winners receives Rs 50,000/- as grant from BIRAC and IKP, Bangalore. January 24, 2021 An idea exposition hackathon on “Innovations in Agriculture, Sustainable Environment and Ecotourism” was organized by AIC-SMUTBI in collaboration with IKP, Bangalore and funded and supported by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)…