Assam down town University is organizing TIDE 2.0 IDEATHON on March 23 and 24, 2021.
Assam down town University’s Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation cell- down town Venture Labs, in October 2019, entered into an MoU with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for implementation of the TIDE 2.0 (Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs) scheme.
The basic purpose of the event, IDEATHON is to promote tech startups of the Northeastern region.
The event is being organised on March 23-24, 2021, in association with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, Assam Startup-The Nest and is sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt of India.
Individuals / Startups who wish to participate in the event can apply with the details by visiting the official website of Adtu – www.adtu.in.
The last date for submitting applications is March 20, 2021.
Registration can be done by providing a detailed synopsis about the innovation/ business plan/ model in pdf format and a presentation in ppt/pptx format which is non mandatory.
An expert committee shall examine the proposals and the shortlisted candidates after screening and evaluation shall be called for participating in TIDE 2.0 IDEATHON for the final pitch presentation, read an AdtU statement.
Assam down town University is the only University in the Northeastern region to have been selected for the scheme among other higher educational Institutions all over India.
“We believe this will go a long way in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among youths and provide an excellent opportunity for innovators and nascent stage startups to showcase their mettle and take their innovation and business ideas to the next level” said the organisers.
The scheme TIDE 2.0 is launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for strengthening around 2000 start-ups in selected areas of national concern by leveraging emerging technologies and empowering incubation centres. The primary objective of the scheme is to promote tech entrepreneurship through financial and technical support to start-ups engaged in supporting ICT startups using technologies such as IOT, AI, Blockchain, Robotics etc. in eight pre-identified sectors of societal relevance. The scheme has provision for providing grants of Rs.4 Lacs and Rs.7Lacs to two startups (EiRs-at Ideation Stage) and two startups (with PoC) every year.
