DAVV Incubation Centre

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Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) Indore is established in 1964. It is the only state university of Madhya Pradesh to be accredited with “A plus” grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). It caters rural, tribal, backward and industrialized regions of Madhya Pradesh. University have 33 teaching departments and centers which caters about 10,000 students and about 2,80,000 students of 265 affiliated colleges spread in seven district of Madhya Pradesh. The 33 teaching departments and centers of DAVV offer undergraduate, post-graduate and research programs. All schools/institutes have complete academic autonomy and flexibility. The university has about 300 faculty members entrusted with the task of imparting education to the students in the UTD. University has UGC Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Kaushal Kendra for offering vocational programs and short term certificate courses which aimes at skill development. The university has a research and innovation eco-sysyem with seven departments under different phases of UGC-SAP, two under DST-FIST, one by DBT and three departments clubbed into CPEP. The University strives to foster creativity and strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region. Towards this DAVV established an incubation center named ‘Atal Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (ACIIE)’ in 2018. The center is successfully enriching entrepreneurship ecosystem of the region by scouting and nurturing the innovative ideas by conducting various training programs, boot camps, hackathons and startup conclave. Nearly 40 such programs have been organised per year in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. It organises an annual event the E-Summit to bring forward the entrepreneurial talent of the students. The entrepreneurial spirits among the university students and faculty has been duly recognised when, recently, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi approved the establishment of inclusive-Technology Based Incubator (i-TBI) at the University. Under this program, grants worth Rs five crores are available for the innovation and entrepreneurship related initiatives. ACIIE also provides shared space of about 10,000 sq.ft. to different startups for their working and also provides workshop facilities, business assistance, mentorship and technical tools for their learning. University also provides a limited funding to startups for their nurturing. Along with this the University is having MoUs’ with different companies like M/s Scinecetech Technologies Pvt Ltd. Indore, M/s VMware, Bangalore, M/s ZS Associates, Bangalore, Indore Biotech, Indore and Tech Racers, Indore which provide their assistantship and guidance to startup time to time.

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