NIDHI-PRAYAS

NIDHI PRAYAS
Grant-in-Aid upto 10 Lakhs

About
NIDHI-PRAYAS PROGRAM

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful start ups.

Eligibility Criteria

Objectives of NIDHI-PRAYAS:

To enable translation of an innovative idea to a prototype.

To generate innovative solutions relevant to the local and global problems

To work on their new technology/knowledge/innovation based startups

To build a vibrant innovation ecosystem, by establishing a network between innovators, academia, mentors and incubators.

To provide a platform for faster experimentation and modify approaches in the idea to market journey.

To attract a large number of youth who demonstrates problem solving zeal and abilities

To enhance the pipeline in terms of quality and quantity of innovative startups to the incubators

Dedicated furnished and well equipped Fabrication Lab facility

Technical guidance, business mentorship and IP facilitation support

Open access facility 24 X 7

After prototyping stage, the grantees will be eligible for further funding/incubation support at KIITTBI for successful commercialisation.

Prototyping grant upto 10 lakhs

Access to KIITTBI start up ecosystem and participation in various start up / entrepreneurship based events

All the office facilities like co working space, internet, meeting rooms, cafeteria

Benefits for the innovators

The project term for the PRAYASEE will be for up to 18 months, at the end of 18 months the progress review shall be done by local PRAYAS monitoring committee at KIITTBI and based on the decision of the PRAYAS monitoring committee the project term of PRAYASEE may be extended by 6 months

But at KIIT-TBI, the preferred duration period shall be 12 months.

A glimpse of our PRAYASEES

PRAYASEEs
Onboarded

Call 5

Vijay Kumar Dadi

Project Title: Non-Invasive Device for Respiratory Rate Determination and classification of lung sounds for Pneumonia Diagnosis
Industry: Healthcare

Hardhik Routray

Project Title: Electric Scooter
Industry: Automobile/EV

Shamik Guha

Project Title: Altor – The Smart Helmet
Industry: Safety/IOT

Raja Santosh Panda

Project Title: HumbleRice - An electric rice cooker to remove sugar & arsenic from rice
Industry: Healthcare/Electronics

Dinesh Patiyal

Project Title: Automation of Energy meter reading and billing process
Industry: Energy/Electronics

Shivani Gupta

Project Title: Vacon: An indigenous low cost negative pressure wound healing device for trauma wounds
Industry: Healthcare

Satyabrata Jena

Project Title: Foodbots - Ethnic food vending solutions
Industry: Manufacturing/Health & Hygeine

Call 4

Gokul Srinivas

Project Title: Minion - The world's smallest energy auditor
Industry: Energy

Arindam Ghatak

Project Title: Development of High Fuel Efficiency Furnace Burners
Industry: Manufacturing

Raghu B N Murthy

Project Title: Management of Crop Diseases via Drone Assisted Detection of Pheromones and Kairomones in a Cotton Farming Land
Industry: Agritech

Sharthak Shankar Bhagat

Project Title: Smart Solar Inverters
Industry: Renewable Energy/Electronics

Partha Pratim Das

Project Title: Non-invasive non-contact portable device for accurate measurement of Bilirubin Level, Hemoglobin Concentration and Oxygen Saturation
Industry: Healthcare