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 micro-propagation, molecular breeding or marker assisted selection,
genetic engineering and GM crops, molecular diagnostic Tools, soil Health
and Digital Agricutlture; 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 sub domains
- 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 emphasis on Green & Sustainable Technology,
Synthetic Biology, Green Chemistry, Green Formulations, Reducing Carbon
Footprint etc.
Award prize
AWARDS for Student Teams:
- Total Cash Prizes upto 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
programme
- Mentorship by key industry
leaders
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for Student Teams:
- Students currently in a
graduate, post graduate or PhD program.
- Students must apply as a team
of four, should identify one member as the team leader.
- Team Leader should be the
main/primary applicant.
- All student team members should
have 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 post doc,
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
Post Date - 10-Sep-2020