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18th May, 2024






A New Startup ecosystem enabler is rising in North-Eastern part of India !! July 8, 2021 Currently AIC-SMUTBI is incubating 45+ Startups and supporting 60+ Startups from all across the country and so far nearly 177+ jobs have been directly created. The Incubation center has successfully conducted various training and acceleration programs like “Lets’ Accelerate”…
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…
iDEX Road show held in Gangtok December 6th 2019 iDEX Road show was held today in the state capital. iDEX is one of the major grand challenges organized by the Government of India. AIC-SMUTBI(Atal Incubation Centre – Sikkim Manipal University, Majhitar)with support from Ministry of Defence, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI AAYOG announced the partnership in hosting this…
IFPPC concludes at SMIT after 4months on 19th Feb. 2021 February 20, 2021 Institution’s Innovation Council – SMIT in association with AIC-SMUTBI organized the “Innovative and Futuristic Product Prototype ‘International’ Challenge”, a 4-month long event held virtually. The event was launched by Prof. (Dr) Ashis Sharma, Director, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology on 12th Oct….
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…
AIC-SMUTBI acceleration program for local startups launched virtually April 5th 2020 The coronavirus has severe repercussions on the global economy and many entrepreneurs hadn’t thought of a backup plan that would help their businesses since the pandemic was sudden and unanticipated. Yet in the midst of it all, there are a select few who are vowing to…