Newsletter July 2020

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HAPPENINGS
CIE returns to accommodate startups
 
CIE IIITH opens its doors and resume operations with all safety precautions and guidelines amid the pandemic. The incubation space in addition to lab and prototyping facilities are now available to Startups.
ACCELERATORS
Applications for Avishkar and Ojas are now open!
 
Call for applications are live for CIE’s flagship accelerator programs - Avishkar for Deeptech(AI, AR/VR, Computer Vision, Robotics, NLP etc.) startups & Ojas for Medtech(MedTech, Life Sciences, Bio-Technology, Diagnostics, Wellness or building devices for Health Care along with emerging technologies) startups. The centre aims to support startups through Tech and Biz mentoring in consort with funding up to 40L per Startup. Startups will have access to all the lab facilities, faculty and the Deeptech community.

Visit: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/accelerator_programs/
The call ends on 15th August.
ONBOARDED STARTUPS
  • Null Innovation Pvt Ltd is developing products that will help people to accelerate IoT development, make Digital Marketing data smart and monitor vital signs to save a life.
  • Clearcals is a digital health and nutrition startup to provide personalized lifestyle interventions to patients suffering from and individuals at risk for chronic diseases. Our interventions are designed as part of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) delivered by qualified nutritionists.
COLLABORATIONS

Community and Outreach – eChai
Network and community – Headstart
 
Strategic & Knowledge partner for Ojas Accelerator program- IIT Madras HTIC
STARTUP SPOTLIGHT
Cloudphysician, combating the shortage of  ICU care during COVID-19. The Startup has helped over 10,000 patients that total more than 26,000 patient bed days, managing over 300 ICU beds across 20 hospitals in eight states.

https://www.expresshealthcare.in/covid19-updates/combating-the-shortage-of-icu-care-during-covid-19/423908/

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/harness-digital-tech-for-inclusive-healthcare/article32197390.ece
Dreamvu is building necessary hardware and software to enable various robotics Applications for Qualcomm in launching world’s first 5G and AI-enabled robotics platform
 
https://www.dqindia.com/qualcomm-launches-worlds-first-5g-ai-enabled-robotics-platform/
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Pushpa Vijayaraghavan, Director of Sathguru Management Consultants speaking on practical considerations of IP & Market Access for MedTech Entrepreneurs. 11th July 2020 
RoundTable Session on - Research connect for startups, leveraging to create market value.

Deep technologies are new and noteworthy advances over technologies that are currently in use. Deep technology has extensive research or R&D at its heart for bringing the seed to the market to cater to the needs of customers. CIE IIITH organized a Roundtable with 7 Startup founders, 5 on a panel with 2 other as the moderators, to understand the nuances of why and how do they seek research connect. 17th July 2020

Watch Here:
https://www.facebook.com/418778228182460/videos/623683878579708
Avishkar Talks – a virtual roadshow for Avishkar

We brought one of our mentors Ajay Jain and an alumni Startup founder Trivikram from XMACHINES which has been a part of an earlier cohort to talk on “Proven strategies for building a DeepTech startup of future” where Ajay stressed on the importance of understanding the types of Deeptech Startup and pick the journey thereafter. 29th July 2020

Watch Here:
https://www.facebook.com/418778228182460/videos/1551391325030587
T Health Cafe Virtual Edition - July 2020
 
Due to increasing demand for homecare, the global remote patient monitoring devices market is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 14.94% over the forecast period of 2020-2027. Dr. Sonali Khanra from CIE team had an interactive session with founders on Streaming Care: Rising demand for remote patient monitoring amid COVID-19, discussing on early detection, intervention of doctors and best ways to create value for all stakeholders. 31st July 2020

Watch Here:
https://www.facebook.com/418778228182460/videos/577550676270148
LIVE PROGRAMS
Tide 2.0 HackathonCIE in collaboration with MeitY, Government of India has launched Startup Hackathon which is being conducted to support Entrepreneurs and Startups working in areas of Societal importance through integration of new and emerging technologies to make scalable and sustainable products/solutions. Hackathon will be conducted over a duration of 7 days and includes Idea/Opportunity validation bootcamp for all shortlisted teams. Selected teams will be eligible for EIR program under TIDE 2.0
 
Themes: Smart City| Mobility |  Medtech | Traffic & Road safety | Natural language translations| Industry 4.0

Register at: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/tide-2-0-hackathon/
TVARIT Micro-Accelerators
Deeptech
- The stage-specific series of weekly mentoring sessions are on: Path2MVP - convert ideas into MVPs, Strategy Rejig- get strategy guidance to lay the path towards first customer and refine products through UI/UX.
TVARIT Micro-Accelerators
Medtech – Themed micro accelerators curated for Medtech & healthcare startups for outcome based mentoring sessions for Path to clinical trial , GTM strategy, Clinical Immersion.

Apply at:
https://cie.iiit.ac.in/tvarit-medtech-micro-accelerators/
Nidhi EIR – A Co-creation program, supported by DST GOI, for entrepreneurs with ideas with Deeptech requirements to leverage research output from IIITH Labs for social and commercial applications with vertical focus on and around
Focus Areas: Smart City| Mobility | Medtech |Traffic & Road safety |Natural language translations| Industry 4.0

Apply at : https://cie.iiit.ac.in/iiit-h-eir/
Tech Reset (Root Node) – A research connect for startups looking to validate technology(Robotics, Computer vision, NLP, ML etc.) through IIITH faculty and research labs.

Apply at: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/root-node/
AIC - IIITH Foundation's Virtual Incubation Program - A 3-month paid program for Social Entrepreneurs and startups with Boot Camps; mentoring sessions; Expert/ Domain Mentor from IIITH (for selected Startups), demo pitch, investor pitch, Access to events, 1 day a week can work from campus.

Apply at: https://tinyurl.com/y49b78tc
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Idea Validation Bootcamp - Ideas are easy to come by, the trick for an Entrepreneur lies in the execution. A 1-week Idea Validation Bootcamp to discuss, improvise and make your ideas work for you before you go headlong into your startups. Applications are closed now.
Grant Challenge – The Grant Challenge program by CIE-IIIT Hyderabad under TIDE 2.0 scheme will focus on bringing out these tech-preneurs working on technologies such as IoT, robotics, AI-ML, blockchain and others in the domains of Industry 4.0, Mobility, Digital Enterprises, Smart cities, Natural Language Translations, MedTech and helping tech-preneurs by CoCreating their product with research labs of IIIT-H.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpVwKkHvbmywZTF0TP7AsQr2umhIY3sIihAb8RSbrpiiaKmA/viewform
 
FireUp series with Mentors – After a well-received and successful series of 40+ founder interviews, CIE is bringing FireUp with Startup Mentors, as a part of Startup Gyan Blog series by CIE-IIITH  where we feature our Mentors, Investors and other stakeholders about their experiences acquired from Startup journeys followed by Q&A on various topics useful for startups and the community at large.

https://cie.iiit.ac.in/startup-gyan/
OJAS BioNEST at CIE IIITH in collaboration with IKP Knowledge Park(BIG Partner) and IIT MADRAS HTIC(Associate BIG Partner) announces GRANT WRITING CLINIC.

Join us for the bootcamp on writing a winning grant proposal.
Date: 12th August 2020, Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
 

Dr. Shirshendu Mukherjee - Mission Director- PMU- BIRAC
Dr.Viswanadham Duppatla- AVP- IKP Knowledge Park

Register at: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scuuorDwuGt2AKBquD7AcyJiVyTOQYfnW
Subscribe our Blog series to stay tuned to everything about and around Deeptech startups.  https://cie.iiit.ac.in/blog/
CIE IIITH IN NEWS
CIE@IIIT Hyderabad announces 11th Cohort of deeptech and 5th Cohort of medtech Accelerators. The 6-month deeptech accelerator programme is specially designed for early stage startups building products in the areas of Machine Learning, Image Processing, Robotics, AR/VR, NLP and other sub domains of AI.

Click here to read more: https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/cie-iiit-hyderabad-announces-11th-cohort-of-deeptech-and-5th-cohort-of-medtech-accelerators-824553808.html
CIE@IIIT Hyderabad announces 11th Cohort of deeptech and 5th Cohort of medtech Accelerators. The 6-month deeptech accelerator programme is specially designed for early stage startups building products in the areas of Machine Learning, Image Processing, Robotics, AR/VR, NLP and other sub domains of AI.

Click here to read more: https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/cie-iiit-hyderabad-announces-11th-cohort-of-deeptech-and-5th-cohort-of-medtech-accelerators-824553808.html
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