Texas Instruments (TI) announced the launch of the second edition of India Innovation Challenge Design Contest (IICDC 2017), with registrations for the contest opening on July 20 at www.ti.com/iicdc. The last date for registration is September 10.
TI will continue collaborating with IIM-B and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to nurture innovation, consistent with the goals of the Make in India programme. The year-long journey will include an intense mentoring programme for students.
Last year, IICDC attracted registrations from 11,000 engineering students across 624 colleges in India. This year, TI will provide resources and in-depth technical training programmes throughout the contest. DST will provide ₹3.5 crores to the student start-ups for prototyping and seed-funding. NSRCEL at IIM-B will provide business mentoring and incubation support. MyGov, the government’s online portal, will be extended to the participants for registration.
“TI believes in nurturing engineering students through our university programme, especially through experiential learning. IICDC is a great example of this. We are thankful to all the partners for helping us build IICDC as a thriving platform for young minds to generate ideas and then launch their start-ups,” said Sanjay Srivastava, Director, TI India University Programme.