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COVID 2.0 FUNDING
NSTEDB-DST is calling promising COVID-19 start-ups to apply for
NIDHI4COVID 2.0
NIDHI4COVID2.0 initiative has been specially devised as a rapid response to support start-up driven solutions, which would be helpful in tackling the current challenging, second wave of COVID 2.0 in the country. NIDHI4COVID2.0 is a special drive of National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for supporting indigenous solutions and innovative products which would enable our country to fight against COVID-19 pandemic more strongly. This has been built based on NSTEDB's past experience of implementing Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) and also through special calls through National Initiative For Developing And Harnessing Innovations - Seed Support System (NIDHI - SSS) from Technology business incubators (TBI) to support start-ups last year. In the current situation too, start-ups can play a major role in bringing new technologies and products in the market, thus making our country stronger at various fronts against the on-going war on COVID-19. Some of the start-ups already have promising technologies but need mentoring and financial and marketing support to go to the next level. Thus, DST's attempt through this new initiative is to scout and support deserving start-ups to scale up their technologies, helping them reach the product deployment stage as fast as possible.
Thrust Area to be supported: Oxygen Innovation, Portable Solution, Relevant Medical Accessories, Diagnostics, Informatics and Others
Deadline: 31st May 2021
Contact Info: nidhitbi.91@gmail.com
Website link:
https://dstnidhi4covid.in/
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