IIT Gandhinagar Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IIEC) is a Technology business incubator located within IIT Gandhinagar. It is a Section 8 company promoted by IIT Gandhinagar Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center with a mission to Foster techno-entrepreneurship through innovative and creative thinking using interdisciplinary approach.
Why IIEC:
TECHNOLOGY
IIEC believes that Technology empowers businesses. It provides a competitive obstacle for the competition. As part of one of the most progressive technology institution in country, we bring unique value by allowing our portfolio companies access to IIT Gandhinagar 's infrastructure (labs, knowhow, technical experts and more), providing closer attention and assistance.
We help in mitigating technology risks, recognizing and addressing the challenges in a development process to make your startup stand apart.
YOUR VENTURE PARTNER
We are creating a support ecosystem through a pool of mentors and advisors to help startups convert ideas into viable and scalable businesses. Our mentors come from diverse business and technology management background and provide
YOUR PARTNERS in Success
We believe that we are partners of our portfolio companies in their success. We are committed to bringing with us technical knowledge and our strong corporate network along with the support of our shareholders complementing a strong ecosystem for nurturing startups.
LOCATION −Palaj, Gandhinagar
IIEC is situated on the bank of River Sabarmati in Gandhanagar just 30 min drive from the Ahmedabad airport and very well connected to prominent places in Ahmadabad and Gandhinagar. IIT Gandhinagar Campus provides a great ambiance. The incubation center infrastructure is one of the best in the region.
Mr. Jha is B.Tech. (Electrical Engg) from IIT Kanpur in 1977. He has more than 38 years of experience in multinational power industry across Asia, USA and China. He has also served on the board of several international companies.
Email: nirmal.jha@iitgn.ac.in
Mr. Anand Pandey is a technology commercialization professional with 6 years’ experience in ecosystem development for technology business incubation and start up promotion. He has been involved in various initiatives of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for promoting techno- entrepreneurship and innovation clusters.
Email Id: anandp@iitgn.ac.in
Ms. Mouli Kethineedi is working as an Executive Officer, and looking after the Incubation activities since its inception in 2012. She obtained her Masters in Business Administration from Andhra University. Prior to joining IIT Gandhinagar, Ms. Kethineedi has worked at IIT Kanpur for 3 years in SIIC. At IITGN she is acting as compliance manager of IIEC since its inception.
Email: mouli@iitgn.ac.in
Incubation center at IIT Gandhinagar is industriously determined to assist the innovative ideas from both students and faculties to become reality which can make commercial success and social impact. IIT Gandhinagar incubation center is currently incubating companies started by its alumni and is open to incubating companies from outside. Its incubation facilities include wet and dry labs and rapid prototyping infrastructure (hardware and software) to support high technology startups. Apart from space and development infrastructure, the incubation center also provides mentoring, connectivity to professionals investors, and business networks, and limited financing Incubation center connect them to right mentors to develop and scale up their technology or products and identify their market, for legal and intellectual property related guidance apart from helping incubatees financially Know More If you feel you have a great technology to make a viable business, just walk in. We will provide the right ecosystem and support to bring the technology to market.
Current Programs offered
Mr. Shripati Acharya
(Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Priven Advisors)
"Ms. Nikita Maheshwari
(Director
of Product Management at
Nutanix)"