NIDHI EIR
National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella program conceived and developed by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.
To inspire the best talents to be entrepreneurs, minimise the risk involved in pursuing start-ups, and to partially set off their opportunity costs of high paying jobs, NSTEDB has introduced NIDHI-Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) Program. The Program aims to encourage graduating students to take up entrepreneurship by providing support as a fellowship.
The NIDHI-EIR Program would provide a fellowship of Rs. 10,000 to 30,000/- per month for a period of 12 months to an aspiring or budding entrepreneur of considerable potential for pursuing a promising technology enterprise idea. If the work demands more than 12 months, it could be extended up to 18 months, but maximum fellowship amount is limited to Rs. 3.6 lakh per candidate. It is expected that NIDHI-EIR recipient forms a startup / develop a technology at the end of program.
EIR recepients
| Company Name | Representative Name |
|---|---|
| Hellodoc a Telehealth app | D.Kumar Siddharth |
| Expedition (Travel bag) | Anup R Kayande |
| Back YourScience - Crowdfunding | Shashank Koushik |
| Fitness Doughout | Srinivas Mishra |
| Uno Track - Live tracking device | Avinash Thakur |
| Automated farming | Vaibhav Thacker |
| BioLarvicide | Prachetha Shetty |
| Aspiration Syringe puller | Tanushree Sinha |
| Buzzbag - Safety wallet for women | Mayur U Shetty |
| Drug Delivery via Intraocular Lens For Post Cataract Treatment | Joyce Pinto |
| Electromechanical cleaning and drying of paddy | Deepen Solanki |
| Binge Yard | Shalini Pallikila |
| Sanjivini - Vaccine carrier | Donson D’Souza |
| Portable water extractor from Snow & Sea water | Ishani Dutta |
| Virtual tour of property using VR | Shrinidhi Acharya |
| QME5 | Rakesh Kothari |
| CMyoot Electric Kick Scooter | Hiren Bhanderi |
| Myoelectric Upper Limb Prosthesis | Satyam Chaturvedi |
| 3D Printed Upper Limb Orthosis | Amartya Gupta |
| Post Surgery garment for breast cancer | Anwar e Mustafa |
| Fund my Crop | Sharath Patil |
| Social hoox | Shamnas |
| Abbaqus : An AI driven research, Collaboration and professional development platform | Nitesh Kumar Yadav |
| NSR : Nutrition Support Resources Platform | Nikesh Kumar Jain |
| Badumtsh : Online services for Musicians | Saurabh Shetty |
| 3d Bioprinted grafting for skin | Rudranath Gosh |
| Development of antibacterial agent for textile industry | Reshma A |
| Development of process to convert plastic waste into tiles | Atishay Jain |
| Dronile – Design and development of hovering missile | Debasis Doki |
| Vernacular and Turnkey Fleet management solution | Kamaljith Deka |
| Design and development of a dental aerosol evacuator | Mahima Mishra |
| VAJRR- Market Place for Precious Goods of Jewelry Sector | Srinivas Kini |
| Design & development of a kit for converting a scooter into electric scooter | Suyog Wagh |
| Design and development of Ampoule Breaker | Prateek Kapoor |
| Bedside Health Monitoring System | David John Saldanha |
| Reverse logistics mechanism for end-of-life Lithium-Ion batteries. | Santhosh Kumar |
| Online media platform for technology and entertainment content. | Rohit Pandit |
| Online booking platform for salon & wellness centers | Sumanth |
| Optimization of food crop production | Loganathan Selvam |
