Lok Sabha Question No. 1149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Technology Business Incubators
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1149 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.2.2023

## TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATORS

## 1149.   SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a)       the  year-wise  and  State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  Technology Business Incubators (TBI) and Science and Technology Entrepreneur's Parks (STEP) established under the National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) program;
- (b)       the year-wise and State-wise details of the number of start-ups that had benefitted from the above-said schemes respectively in terms of its commercialization; and
- (c)        the  percentage  of  TBI  and  STEP  that  were  established  in  the  north eastern States under NIDHI out of the total TBI and STEP established across the country so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ͪव£ान और Ĥौɮयोͬगकȧ तथा पृ Øवी ͪव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार)

(डॉ. िजतɅġ ͧसंह)

- (a) Department  of  Science  and  Technology  has  supported  establishment  of Technology Business Incubator primarily in and around academic, technical and management institutions to tap innovations and technologies for startup creation.  These  startup  incubators  support  and  nurture  knowledge  driven innovative start-ups. During 2016, DST launched NIDHI (NationalInitiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations) programme. NIDHI program has heled

in creating state-of-the art infrastructure for incubating startups in technology sectors  through  Technology  Business  Incubators  (TBIs)  and  Centres  of Excellence  (CoE).  DST  has  supported  thirty  nineNIDHI  Technology  Business Incubators (NIDHI TBI) and eight NIDHI Centre of Excellence (NIDHI CoE)under NIDHI Program. The List of NIDHI TBIs and NIDHI CoE, state wise and year wise is attached at Annexure I.Science and Technology Entrepreneur's Parks (STEP) are not part of NIDHI program.

- (b) NIDHI program has various components like providing fellowships to the students opting for entrepreneurship through Entrepreneurs-In-Residence (EIR)  Program,  PRAYAS  (Promoting  and  Accelerating  Young  and  Aspiring Innovators and Startups) program for providing financial support for converting  ideas  into  prototypes,  availability  of  early  stage  Seed  support funding  to  startups,  providing  mentoring  and  investment  readiness  support through  Accelerators  to  startups,  and  incubating  startups  in  technology sectors  through  Technology  Business  Incubators  (TBIs)  and  Centres  of Excellence (CoE). These programs support startups at various stages and help in  their  journey  to  commercialization.  The  list  of  startups  under  support through NIDHI TBIs and NIDHI CoEs is given at Annexure II. A total of about 340  startups  benefitted  in  terms  of  commercialization  under   NIDHI-Seed Support  Program  (NIDHI-SSP)  since  inception  of  NIDHI-SSP  in  year  2016. Through NIDHI PRAYAS program, 217 products were commercialized. NIDHI SSP and NIDHI PRAYAS programs are managed by NIDHI TBI/CoE.
- (c) DST has supported various Science & Technology entrepreneurial capacity building  activities.  DST  has  established  one  NIDHI  Technology  Business Incubator in north eastern states at Mizoram University which is to 2.56% of total  NIDHI  TBIs  supported  across  the  country.  In  addition  to  this  DST  has supported  Science  &  Technology  (S&T)  Entrepreneurship  capacity  building training programs. In 2018-19 : 33nos.; 2019-20 : 9nos.; 2020-21 : 14 nos.; and 2022-23 : 3 nos. of S&T entrepreneurial capacity building programs have been conducted in north eastern states. Apart from this, two of the DST supported Technology  Business  Incubators,  one  at  Indian  Institute  of  Management, Calcutta (IIMC) and one at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar are actively involved in mentoring institutions in north eastern states and supporting them  to enhance  preparedness  to host startup incubation activities in their campuses.

## DST supported NIDHI TBI/CoE centres

|                             | (Figures are number of NIDHI TBI/CoE centres)   | (Figures are number of NIDHI TBI/CoE centres)   | (Figures are number of NIDHI TBI/CoE centres)   | (Figures are number of NIDHI TBI/CoE centres)   | (Figures are number of NIDHI TBI/CoE centres)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| State (Location of TBI/CoE) | 2017-18                                         | 2018-19                                         | 2019-20                                         | 2020-21                                         | 2021-22                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 2                                               |                                                 |                                                 | 3                                               |                                                 |
| Bihar                       |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |
| Delhi                       |                                                 | 2                                               |                                                 |                                                 | 2                                               |
| Goa                         |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Gujarat                     | 1                                               | 1                                               | 3                                               |                                                 | 1                                               |
| Haryana                     |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |
| Karnataka                   |                                                 | 3                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Kerala                      |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Maharashtra                 | 2                                               | 3                                               | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |
| Mizoram                     | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| Odisha                      | 1                                               |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |
| Punjab                      |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 | 4                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 3                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |
| Telangana                   | 1                                               |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 | 2                                               |
| Uttarakhand                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 |
| West Bengal                 |                                                 |                                                 |                                                 | 1                                               |                                                 |

## Annexure I

## Annexure II

## Startups incubated at NIDHI TBI/CoE (Figures are number of startups)

| State (Location of NIDHI TBI/CoE)   | 2017- 18   | 2018- 19   | 2019- 20   | 2020- 21   | 2021- 22   | 2022 (April to December 2022)   |
|-------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                      | 1          | 14         | 6          | 18         | 19         | 41                              |
| Bihar                               |            |            |            | 3          | 2          | 17                              |
| Delhi                               | 6          | 15         | 12         | 16         | 21         | 28                              |
| Goa                                 |            | 30         | 9          | 14         | 14         | 16                              |
| Gujarat                             | 45         | 30         | 61         | 69         | 92         | 40                              |
| Haryana                             |            |            |            | 1          | 4          | 0                               |
| Karnataka                           | 26         | 29         | 38         | 18         | 27         | 14                              |
| Kerala                              |            |            |            |            |            | 25                              |
| Maharashtra                         | 54         | 65         | 67         | 60         | 67         | 42                              |
| Mizoram                             |            | 11         | 4          | 3          | 3          |                                 |
| Odisha                              | 4          | 5          | 12         | 5          | 12         | 12                              |
| Punjab                              | 15         | 16         | 18         | 20         | 19         | 17                              |
| Tamil Nadu                          | 19         | 17         | 61         | 29         | 24         | 97                              |
| Telangana                           |            | 26         | 14         | 13         | 23         | 20                              |
| Uttarakhand                         |            |            |            |            |            | 6                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                       |            | 8          | 7          | 6          | 9          | 13                              |
| West Bengal                         |            |            |            |            |            | 2                               |

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