Startup Policy 2019

 Students’ Start-up Policy

 

Purpose of this policy is to promote Student Startups.

 

NITIE’s mission is at least 10 student startups every year to emerge

 

 

 

June  2019  Version – 2

 

    

 

 


NITIE Students’ Start-Up Policy

1. PREAMBLE :

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) was set up by the Government of India in 1963, with the assistance from United Nations Development Program through the International Labour Organization. The main objective for establishment of NITIE was to have a national training institute of the highest possible standard of technical competence that can function as the main centre of all Indian training in industrial engineering.

 

Appropriate to changing socio economic environments NITIE is interested to focus on ‘ UDYAMA PRAGATI in addition to its current motto of  UDYOG PRAGATHI.

 

NITIE has already initiated steps in this direction. An example of this is Curriculum redesign, Creation of centres for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Incubation  at NITIE. Further, a IP policy  is also in place.

NITIE  Mumbai  V I S I O N ..

Minimum of TEN STUDENT STARTUPS every year !

 

2. Student Start-Up Policy Objectives

Inspiration in writing this policy document is derived from  Start-Up Policy AICTE – 2016. Further, this policy is prepared in line with the central government policies  such as   STARTUP INDIA, STAND UP INDIA, DIGITAL INDIA, SWACH BHARATH, MAKE IN INDIA  etc.

  • Help students experience and live enterprising as part of regular learning so as to emerge entrepreneurial individuals
  • Vision to use start-up  as a pedagogical tool so as to  develop  K S As among the students  
  • Help the students to create  and realise real economic value  by leveraging every  learning effort, time, talent and ingenuity that they in-puted  for academic learning through the process of  systematically collecting, collating and connecting and creation of value
  • To help the students to retrieve and redeem a part of their learning expenses that they incurred by monetising their student start-ups

3.  Curriculum  and Pedagogy

Pedagogy that will be in vogue at NITIE shall be in support of Kolb’s level -5 learning objective like creating. Towards this, active learning methods, real world problem solving methods,  field visits, off campus site visits etc shall be encouraged as part of curricula learning. 

Idea workshops, Boot campus, Escalator pitches, and Start-up festivals will be organised periodically

NITIE will encourage students to work their  summer, six months and  final field projects as Start-Up projects. With this we at NITIE believe that  when learning is enterprise it transforms learners as intra and or entrepreneurial

A systematic assessment and evaluation of students start-up learning  will be incorporated by adopting  methods such as Milestone Based Continuing Internal Evaluation (AICTE Startup Policy 2017) .

NITIE will help its faculty to effect necessary changes in the existing courses, announce new courses and adopt new pedagogies  to promote the student startups.

4.  Funding of the Student Startups 

Considering the students as initiators of startups, NITIE shall encourage ‘low and no capital’ student startups. In other words it is recognised that  students will avail the faculty knowledge captial and students’ efforts  and social capital of all  student fraternity, and locational advantage of NITIE in Mumbai metropolies.

Further, NITIE will seek from its alumni  financial, and mentoring support to current students by extending  Capital ships.

5. Allowing  start-ups by students

NTIE is happy to direct its students to launch and operate their startups. NITIE will be extending necessary administrative approvals and permits to its students to launch their startups.  Towards this, NITIE shall issue necessary certificates viz., No Objection certificates, Student address certificates  for registration of their startups etc.

NITIE will also encourage its students to avail the necessary facilities  available on campus  centers like  NITIE Center for Student Startups, AMCE lab, Innovation Center,  Mind to Market Lab, NITIE Incubation facility

6. Incentives, Exemptions and Concessions Student Starters

a)    NITIE  shall  announce limited financial incentives to  NITIE Student Startups. Towards this, NITIE will create annual fund of  Rs 50 lakhs ( in words fifty lakhs) every year Financial incentives to student entrepreneurs will be offered out of this fund. This fund will be administered as per the Institute rules and regulations.

 

b)    Student Starters will be extended concessions and exemptions like attending  Pre Placement talks, relaxation in attendance rules,

 

c)    Student Startups are allowed to avail various physical facilitates, computing facilities, network facilities, laboratories,  available in various centers at NITIE.

 

d)    NITIE Deferred Placement Policy will also be available for the students who would like to avail it.

 

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Annexure 1 : Rich Startup Ecosystem that exists at NITIE for startups 

 

NITIE has promising startup ecosystem on many different counts.

·      Several centers are contributing to startup ecosystem at NITIE They are NCSE, Mind to Market, Incubation Center, Innovation center etc.

·      Academic support to startups is also available from unique Curriculum and Pedagogy that is practiced at NITIE

·      Various field and industry projects undertaken by the NITIE Students are coming as great help to prospective entrepreneurs out of NITIE Alumni – Summer intern projects, Final year field project,  Six months projects  is again a plus point for startup ecosystem

·      Deferred Placement Policy in place for the last 5 years help to reduce  the  perceived risk if any associated with startups

·      Stock of NITIE allumni entrepreneurs are inspirers of new startups on campus. Ex. Lal10, FreekaaMaal, 5 Elements, Matic network, Vaave,

·      Integrated working of various  NITIE Centers  developed over the years as support to upcoming startups

·      There are alumni who extend mentoring and funding support to the student startups . There are plans by alum to seedfund some of the startups. There are also plan to support startups by offering Capital – Ships to the students.

 


 

Annexure 2 : Criteria for awarding the financial Incentive to student entrepreneurs

 

·      Brief description of student startup

·      Details of partners and rationale for team members

·      What curricular  objectives  the startup will support ?

·      Details of Enterprise mentors 

·      Amount of investment made ? and mode of using the funds ?

·      Details of funding raised   Ex. Angels, family and friends ? and use of funds ?

·      What are the enterprise mile stones  so far achieved ? Submit the proof .

- Legal entity creation, Startup website made,  Minimum Viable Product / Service in place, Business Model validated,  turnover achieved, customers and repeat customers

·      If student has undertaken a summer enterprise project ? Yes / No

·      If student has undertaken a final enterprise project  ? Yes / No

·      If  student  is interested to avail  Deferred Placement Policy ? Yes / No

·      Details of the academic assignments made out of any student startup ?

·      Details of the formal agreements executed with the vendors and suppliers

·      Profile of customers and repeat customers if any

·      Agreements and or NDAs signed for startup.. No. and Details ?

·      Any IPRs earned ? Any logos and trademarks registered ?

·      Employees working for  enterprise ? Their job roles and who are they

·      Organogram of the startup

·      MOOCs  certifications done by the students related to entrepreneurship ?

·      B Plans and competitions if any won

·      Startup  future plans ?

·      What is the valuation of the startup – with proper reasoning  

·      How the financial grant will make a difference  - What will it allow startup to do that the startup at present could not do without the financial support ?

·      What do you expect to be the impact of the financial grant  on the startup ?

Feedback on the drafts

Appreciate your detailed effort in crafting this policy for NITIE. I found it well written and user-friendly. Since you deeply know the existing and potential entrepreneurial possibilities at NITIE, I am sure you have made this policy keeping NITIE students at the center.   My best wishes !  Dr. Sanjay Inamdar ..AICTE, Innovation Council

 

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