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Student Start-Up & Innovation Policy (SSIP 2.0)

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Implementing Body:

Education Department, Government of Gujarat


About the Scheme:

The Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP) is a first-of-its-kind policy in the country that shall create a much-needed Innovation and Preincubation Ecosystem Support for Students (IPIES) across the state, by adding to the startup ecosystem of Gujarat and creating a strong innovation-driven culture in the state’s higher education spectrum.


Objective:

This initiative intends to create an integrated, state-wide, university-based innovation ecosystem to support innovations and ideas of young students and provide a conducive environment for optimum harnessing of their creative pursuit:


  • Create a student-centric innovation and incubation ecosystem across academia.
  • Build internal capacity of educational institutions and key components of the innovation ecosystem to enable deployed processes to make sustainable impact at scale.
  • Formulate and implement various interventions and mandates based on learnings from best practices and past efforts to facilitate the journey of Mind-to-market.
  • Scout and nurture innovation and start-ups across academia and enable them for maximum value creation for the industry, society and the state at large.
  • Set up a common robust digital platform that would allow seamless support to stakeholders.
  • Leverage public system initiatives at state and central level, academia, industries and by other ecosystem stakeholders / domain experts and institutions to make an inclusive effort.
  • Build internal capacity of educational institutions and strengthen mentoring processes.
Financial Assistance:

All Beneficiaries:

  • Exposure to Tinkering Lab, Innovation Lab, Incubation Centers
  • Large scale sensitization, events and programs for developing Scientific Mindset
  • Collective/Community level support system and activities
  • Capacity Building

Class 9 to 12

  • Maximum INR 20,000 per PoC/Prototype /Innovation

Higher and Technical Education

  • Maximum INR 2.50 Lakh per PoC/Prototype /Innovation
  • IP Support up to 100% of expenses

IPR Support:

Patents: INR 75,000 for Domestic, INR 1.5 Lakh for other countries

Copyrights: INR 8,000

Trademarks INR 12,500

International Registration of Marks: INR 50,000

Industrial Design: INR 9,000

Plant Variety Registry: INR 33,000

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Registry (SICLDR): INR 15,000

Criteria / Eligibility:

Any person up to the age of 35 years, who is:

  • A school student of Foundational / Preparatory / Middle / Secondary level (Up to Class 12)
  • A Diploma / Vocational / Undergraduate / Postgraduate / Doctoral student or an alumna / alumnus
  • Any dropout from school / institute / university

The innovation of the beneficiary should contribute towards either development or improvement of any product or process or service in existing or new fields; or should be a scalable business model with a potential to generate employment or wealth creation.


FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT: SSIP