Social Enterprises : Technology Startups, Entrepreneurs

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Typical criteria for qualifying for discounts under the “Social enterprises” category:

Typical criteria	Comments
Company must have a commercial business model	Sole proprietorship or private limited companies Customer-driven revenue model
Nature of problems being addressed by company	Problems that if solved will produce significantly positive social impact, and/or Problems that if solved will produce significantly positive environmental impact
Beneficiaries of company’s products & services	Marginalized, under-served sections of society; typically those who have limited ability to pay for products and services or have limited access Significant enhancement in quality of life, productivity, upward mobility of the economically weaker sections of the society
Nature of proposed solution	Knowledge/ science/ technology intensive Typically, frugally engineered products and services
Some other indicators	Investment from established social venture funds Benevolent pricing

Notes:

Criteria are subject to change from time to time.
The final decision on eligibility for discounts under this category rests with the Venture Center.

Events ( Calendar)

(20 May 2010) 8th NCL Innovations Seminar: Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan

(30 Dec 2009) NCL - University of Toronto Workshop on Accelerating Innovation

(30 Nov 2009) RSC-CSIR Chemical Sciences Innovation Symposium

(1 Oct 2009) 7th NCL Innovations Seminar: Dr. Gopakumar G. Nair

Announcements

(05 Aug 2010) Accelerated Commercialisation of Technology and InnoVation (ACTIV) workshops

(27 Apr 2010) Press Release: Soft launch of IP Facilitation Center for MSMEs

(26 Apr 2010) Soft launch of "Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre" (IPFACE)

(15 Apr 2010) Note to press on Mr. S. Basu

In the news

(March 29,2010, Indian Express)National Chemical Lab's mentor programme for children till August (PDF, 302 Kb)

(February 13,2010, ET-NOW)Venture Center and two of our incubatees featured on ET-NOW

(January 22,2010, IE/TOI/ET)Scientific Support for Technology Entrepreneurs

(January 11,2010,IE/TOI/Sakal) Science Talks for School Students (PDF, 444 Kb)