Deadline: 31-Dec-21
Applications are now open for Maker Mela, Asia’s Largest Platform for Makers and a premier event for grassroot innovators around the world who are looking for a platform to showcase their projects to a larger and more diverse crowd.
Maker Mela is an initiative of Somaiya Trust & Somaiya Vidyavihar; organized by riidl (Research Innovation Incubation Design Labs). riidl is a Technology Business Incubator and Innovation Centre supported by the Department of Science & Technology; BIRAC, Govt of India & MSInS, Govt of Maharashtra.
In 2021, Maker Mela initiated a virtual community platform for makers to exhibit their innovations. Projects of more than 100 Makers from over 15 countries were showcased on the Maker Mela platform & received a traction from 12.5k+ audience from over 83 countries including 750+ cities across the globe. Makers can apply from all age groups and various categories like Art, Craft, Technology, Biotech, Environment, Gaming.
Categories
- Art / Craft
- Biotech
- Environment
- Food
- Gaming
- Social Innovators
- Technology (Hardware / IoT)
- Technology (Software)
Benefits
Benefits for Makers:
- Best Makers wins cash prizes & vouchers worth INR 1 Lakh
- Pitching Session for shortlisted makers & connect to investors
- Access to grants up to INR 10 Lakhs per innovator
- Incubation Support [Help in Legal, Financial and any other incubation services]
- Access to seed fund up to INR 1 Crore
- Access to deals like Google Cloud credits worth 3000 USD, AWS credits worth 2000 USD, Notion credits worth 1000 USD & PayTm Mini App Program enabling to scale B2C offerings
- Access to Labs [Fablab / Biolab / SMAC lab / XR lab]
- Online Media Outreach
Relevant Stakeholder
- Incubator
- Investor
- Individual
- Ideation Stage Startup
- Validation Stage Startup
- Early Traction Startup
- Scaling Stage Startup
For more information, visit https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/workshop.html?applicationId=5bcf09abe4b0a0446f01d3ad