EPTRI Innovation and Incubation Hub (EIIH), is a strategic initiative of EPTRI to develop, innovate and nurture start-ups and establish itself as a leading hub for Environmental solutions. EIIH is envisioned as a Hub that aspires to promote and provide:
As a catalyst to create a fertile environment for entrepreneurship to grow by providing entrepreneurial learning and mentoring initiatives
Accelerate product development from the laboratory to the market place by facilitating in, marketing assistance, and market research, networking activities, accounting/financial management and presentation skills.
Increase connectivity between the environmental community and entrepreneurial community to build investment opportunities by bridging with angel investors or venture capital, bank loans, loan funds and guarantee programs
Assist in comprehensive business training programs, management team identification and technology commercialization
Help with regulatory compliance, Intellectual property management
The broad components on which the EII hub focuses are:
AI & IOT based Resource Assessment
Climate Change
Circular Economy
Data Analytics in Environmental Management
Environmental aspects in Agriculture
Green Energy
Net Zero Emissions
Sustainable Transportation
EIIH encourages innovation by conducting various awareness programs that includes: Ideathons/Hackathons/Business Plan Competitions/E Summits, Capacity Building Programs, Community Outreach Programs, Awareness about IPR Programs, Sessions with Investors, Tech experts and Successful entrepreneurs, Active on social media to scout Innovators & Entrepreneurs, Maintain database of all the stakeholders and Scout for Grants, Funding schemes and other investment pitches.