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This is the first cohort of the NIRMAN Accelerator Programme launched by Start-ups Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur. The accelerator program supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), through its NIDHI scheme portfolio, will help solve challenges in the product development journey of indigenous innovations. The programme takes a leaf out of the best methods and key insights from the 2 very successful national initiatives of SIIC IIT Kanpur, The Ventilator Proj...

This is the first cohort of the NIRMAN Accelerator Programme launched by Start-ups Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) IIT Kanpur. The accelerator program supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), through its NIDHI scheme portfolio, will help solve challenges in the product development journey of indigenous innovations. The programme takes a leaf out of the best methods and key insights from the 2 very successful national initiatives of SIIC IIT Kanpur, The Ventilator Proj...

Kanpur:  IIT Kanpur instituted incubation centre has crossed the 100 startups-mark with a combined valuation of USD 1 Billion significantly contributing to the mushrooming startup ecosystem of the country to address unmet consumer desires.The IIT-K i

By HIGHLIGHTS The idea is to get the dream team and the expertise of solving a problem under pressure, during a time of pandemic and do it again. This is a task force set up to meet the demand for oxygen through local manufacturing of oxygen concentrators and oxygen manufacturing plants. SIIC at IIT-Kanpur is partnering with MSMEs to boost manufacturing of oxygen concentrators with Mission Bharat O2 × TL;DR: If you are an MSME and can manufacture world class oxygen concentrators, get the h...

: Sunday, April 4, 2021, 7:00 AM IST The Ventilator Project book review: A riveting story of the invention of world-class ventilator during Covid lockdown On March 16, 2020, when the country recorded 60 cases of Covid-19, Prime Minister Modi announced a Covid-19 Solution Challenge. Professor Bandyopadhyay of IIT-Kanpur, headed by its dynamic Director, Abhay Karandikar, responded by sending out the challenge to all IIT-Kanpur-incubated start-ups Indian science and technology institutions are co...

The Nocca Robotics ICU ventilator   | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In their book, Srikant Sastri and Amitabha Bandyopadhyay describe how the Nocca Robotics team created the lifesaving ventilator in just 90 days It was late March 2020, and WHO had just declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. India needed ventilators — reliable and affordable. In the midst of the lockdown, a group of 20 people came together over Zoom and WhatsApp — young techies and seasoned medical professionals, entrepr...