NISP Startup Policy
The National Innovation and Startup Policy 2019 for students and faculty in HEIs was launched by Former Minister of Education, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on 11th September 2019 at AICTE, New Delhi.
This policy intends to guide HEIs for promoting students’ driven innovations & start-ups and to engage the students and faculty in innovation and start up activities in campus.
The policy aims at enabling HEIs to build, streamline and strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in campus and will be instrumental in leveraging the potential of student’s creative problem solving and entrepreneurial mind-set.
It also promotes a strong intra and interinstitutional partnership with ecosystem enablers and different stakeholders at regional, national and international level.
The policy is being implemented by MoE’s Innovation Cell and in coordination with AICTE, UGC, state/UT governments and universities. Implementation of policy has been undertaken for quick adoption by HEIs.
The present policy is a way forward to the earlier version of AICTE’s Start-up Policy which was launched in the year 2016 to complement the Startup Action Plan under the Startup India and Stand up India Program launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
National Innovation and Startup Policy 2019
Components of Guiding Framework
The National Innovation and Startup Policy laid down a guiding framework for HEIs and highlights various important and practical aspects of promoting and supporting innovation, technology commercialization and startups in an academic setup.
HEIs Strategies & Governance for Promoting Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Creating Innovation Pipeline and Pathways for Entrepreneurs
Building Organizational Capacity, Human Resources and Incentives to support and promote innovative and entrepreneurial activities
Collaboration, Co-creation, Business Relationship and Knowledge Exchange within campus and among ecosystem enablers
Norms for Faculty & Students Driven Innovations and Startups
Incentivizing Students for Entrepreneurship and Startup pursuits
Incentivizing Faculty and Staff for Entrepreneurship and Startup pursuits
Incubation & Pre-incubation support and facility creation in HEIs
IP ownership rights for technologies development and transfer in HEIs
Pedagogy and Learning Interventions for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development
Entrepreneurial Performance Impact Assessment
NISP Framework
The policy provides a structured framework for strengthening innovation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization and startup activities within Higher Education Institutions.
For More Details
Visit the official National Innovation and Startup Policy portal.