Lok Sabha Question No. 662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Durga Prasad Rao Balli, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Chandra Sekhar Bellana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 662

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.11.2019

## TECHNOLOGY INCUBATION AND DEVELOPMENT  OF ENTREPRENEURS

## 662. SHRI BALLI  DURGA PRASAD RAO: SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR  BELLANA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) the total number of centres supported by the Government under the 'Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE)' scheme as on date and State/UT-wise break up thereof;
- (b) the total budget allocated and utilized under the said scheme during each of the last two financial years;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of institutions that are supported under the aforesaid scheme in the coming years; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a):      Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  has  initiated  'Technology  Incubation  and Development  of  Entrepreneurs  (TIDE)'  Scheme  in  year  2008  to  promote  innovation  by  nurturing  startups  in Information Technology, Communications & Electronics (ICTE) domain. Under the scheme, 27 TIDE Centres and 2 Virtual TIDE centres have been supported. Subsequently, MeitY approved  TIDE 2.0 scheme in 2019 wherein as on date 41centres have been approved for support. The State/UT-wise break up of TIDE centres are annexed as Annexure.
- (b):   The total outlay of the TIDE 1.0 scheme is Rs. 49.33 Crore out of which Rs. 3.85 Crore and Rs. 50.0 Lakhs released to TIDE centres in FY 2017-18 and FY2018-19 respectively. Under the TIDE 2.0 scheme, Rs. 9.23 Crore have been approved for release in current FY.
- (c) and (d):   Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) has also initiated Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) Scheme with a target of 51 centres to be supported out of which 41 centres have been approved.

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## Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise break up of Incubation Centres implementing TIDE Scheme in the country

|   Sl. No. | Name of the States   | Name of the Educational Institutes                                                                                                                                                                    |
|-----------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Assam                | IITG-Technology Incubation Centre (IITG-TIC), IIT Guwahati                                                                                                                                            |
|         2 | Odisha               | KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI), KIIT, Bhubaneswar                                                                                                                                      |
|         3 | Gujarat              | 1) Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad 2) DA-IICT Centre for Entrepreneurship and Incubation (DCEI),DA-IICT 3) IITGN Incubation Centre (IIC), IIT Gandhinagar |
|         4 | Karnataka            | 1) Society for Innovation &Development (SID), IISc Bangalore 2) Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM                                                                 |

|     |                                          | Bangalore 3) IIITB Innovation Center, IIIT Bangalore 4) NITK- Science Technology Entrepreneurship Park (NITK-STEP), NITK Surathkal                                                                              |
|-----|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 5.  | Kerala                                   | 1) Technology Business Incubator- NITC (TBI-NITC), NIT Calicut 2) Amrita Technology Business Incubator (Amrita-TBI), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University                                                      |
| 6.  | Madhya Pradesh                           | 1) Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology &Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior 2) ROLTA Innovation and Incubation Centre, MANIT Bhopal |
| 7.  | Maharashtra                              | Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8.  | Punjab                                   | Center for Innovation and Business Incubation (CIBI), IIT Ropar                                                                                                                                                 |
| 9.  | Rajasthan                                | 1) Technology Business Incubator, BITS Pilani 2) Society for Technology Incubation &Development of Entrepreneurs (STIDE), CURAJ 3) Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), Banasthali Vidyapith                |
| 10. | Tamil Nadu                               | 1) Rural Technology and Business Incubator(RTBI), IIT Madras 2) Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation (CEDI), NIT Trichy                                                                       |
| 11. | Telangana                                | 1) Centre for Innovation &Entrepreneurship (CIE), IIIT Hyderabad 2) Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurship (TIDE-UoH), University of Hyderabad                                               |
| 12. | Uttarkhand                               | Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society (TIEDS), IIT Roorkee                                                                                                                             |
| 13. | Uttar Pradesh                            | 1) SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Center (SIIC), IIT Kanpur 2) IIITA Info Communication Incubation Centre (IIIC), IIIT Allahabad                                                                               |
| 14. | West Bengal                              | Science Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP), IIT Kharagpur                                                                                                                                                  |
|     | Union Territory                          | Union Territory                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 1.  | Delhi (NCT - National Capital Territory) | Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer(FITT), IIT Delhi                                                                                                                                              |

## State/UT-wise break up of Incubation Centres implementing TIDE 2.0 Scheme in the country

|   Sl. No. | Name of the States   | Name of the Incubation Centre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 1) Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society, Chittoor 2) Centre for Innovation Incubation &Entrepreneurship (CIIE), KL University, Guntur 3) Grameena Incubation Centre, Vishakhapatnam 4) IIM Visakhapatnam Incubation Center, Visakhapatnam                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|         2 | Assam                | Down Town Venture Labs, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         3 | Bihar                | Enterprising Zone, Patna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         4 | Haryana              | Amity Innovation Incubator, Gurugram                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|         5 | Himachal Pradesh     | IIT Mandi Catalyst, IIT Mandi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|         6 | Gujarat              | 1) Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad 2) International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), Ahmedabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|         7 | Karnataka            | 1) KLE Centre for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, KLE Technological University, Dharwad 2) Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM Bangalore 3) Society for Innovation &Development (SID), IISc Bangalore 4) Bio Incubator at C-CAMP, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, Bengaluru 5) Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research &Business Incubator (DERBI) Foundation, Bengaluru |

|     |                                          | 6) Sandbox Startups, Dharwad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|-----|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8.  | Kerala                                   | 1) Maker Village-Kochi, IIITM-Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 9.  | Madhya Pradesh                           | Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology &Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 10. | Maharashtra                              | 1) Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay 2) Sandip Technology Business Incubator (TBI), Sandip University, Nashik                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 11. | Odisha 1) 2)                             | KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI), KIIT, Bhubaneswar Foundation for Technology &Business Incubation (FTBI), NIT Rourkela                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 12. | Punjab                                   | Science &Technology Entrepreneurship Park, Thapar Institute of Engineering &Technology (TIET), Patiala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 13. | Rajasthan                                | 1) Pilani Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Society, BITS Pilani 2) Atal Incubation Centre, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk 3) IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre, Udaipur                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 14. | Tamil Nadu                               | 1) FORGE Accelerator (Coimbatore Innovation Business Incubator), Coimbatore 2) PSG Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 3) OASYS Institute of Technology, Anna University, Tiruchirapalli 4) Vel Tech Technology Business Incubator, Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruvallur |
| 15. | Telangana                                | 1) SR Innovation Exchange, Warangal Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad 2) Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular &Molecular Biology (AIC- CCMB), Hyderabad 3) i-TIC Foundation, IIT Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                         |
| 16. | Uttarkhand                               | TIDE Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 17. | Uttar Pradesh                            | 1) Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur 2) ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 18. | West Bengal                              | IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|     | Union Territory                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 1.  | Delhi (NCT - National Capital Territory) | 1) Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer(FITT), IIT Delhi 2) Delhi Innovation &Incubation Centre, IIIT Delhi                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 2.  | Chandigarh                               | Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF), Chitkara University, Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 3.  | Jammu and Kashmir                        | NewGen IEDC Business Innovation and Incubation Centre, University of Kashmir, Srinagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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