Deadline: 7-Oct-20
Every year C-CAMP organizes National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC), a nationwide competition to attract, identify, and nurture bio-entrepreneurs working on novel and scalable business ideas with significant societal impact. Applicants compete for attractive cash prizes and investment opportunities.
NBEC has emerged as a flagship platform for bio-entrepreneurs and innovators in India to showcase their deep science-driven ideas and has created a great impact. It has brought to the forefront 25 exceptionally promising young entrepreneurs as winners who have grabbed the attention of investors, were featured in national and global media, and went on to win many other accolades.
Areas
The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) 2020 is inviting path-breaking, revolutionary, and scalable business ideas in the life sciences domain spanning:
- Agri & Allied, including conventional plant breeding, tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding or marker-assisted selection, genetic engineering and GM crops, molecular diagnostic Tools, soil Health and Digital Agriculture; Animal Health including diagnostics, therapeutics, nutrition, and other sub-domains related to veterinary applications and other related sub-domains
- Healthcare, including Diagnostics, Drug Discovery & Development of vaccines, therapeutics, biologics and plant-based therapeutics. CRO/CMO/CRAMS. Maternal & Child Health (MCH),
- AMR – including Tb/Malaria, Covid-19, Rare and Neglected Diseases & other Infectious Diseases
- Digital Health, including AI & ML, imaging, wearables, healthcare IT, and other related subdomains
- Medical Devices
- Environment including Clean and renewable energy, biofuels, clean air, and other related sub-domains. Water & Sanitation including water treatment, solid waste treatment, and other related sub-domains
- Industrial Biotechnology, including enzymes, fermentation-based products for non-pharma purposes, bioplastics, and other related sub-domains. Food & Nutraceuticals, including dietary supplements, and other related sub-domains
- Personal Care products with an emphasis on Green & Sustainable Technology, Synthetic Biology, Green Chemistry, Green Formulations, Reducing Carbon Footprint, etc.
Award prize
AWARDS for Student Teams:
- Total Cash Prizes up to INR 10 L.
- Early Bird Gift hampers from Himalaya Wellness
- Mentorship by key industry leaders
AWARDS for Start-Ups/ Individuals:
- INR 7.1 Cr cash prizes and investment opportunity
- Winners and shortlisted candidates for Rounds 2, 3, and 4 are eligible for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Activate program
- Mentorship by key industry leaders
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for Student Teams:
- Students currently in a graduate, postgraduate, or Ph.D. program.
- Students must apply as a team of four, should identify one member as the team leader.
- The Team Leader should be the main/primary applicant.
- All student team members should have a valid student ID.
- All applicants and team members should be citizens of India.
- If students have already formed a company, the company should not be more than 2 years old at the time of applying
- Idea should be a Deep tech Life Science-based idea
Eligibility for Start-Ups/Individuals:
- Companies include start-ups, MSMEs, and other large companies
- Individuals can be postdoc, faculty, scientist, working professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs
- For companies, the company should be registered in India and majority ownership should be Indian
- Individual Applicants should be citizens of India
- Idea should be a Deep tech Life Science-based idea
For more information, visit https://nationalbioentrepreneurship.in/events/nbec2020