PROGRAMME

TePP Phase I (innovation incubation):
1.Micro Technopreneurship Support(TS)
(Max support Rs 0.75 lakhs)

2.TePP Project Fund (TPF)
(Max support Rs 15 lakhs)
 

ELIGIBILITY

Any independent innovator testing radically
new ideas with computer generated models.


Any independent innovator/ start-up firm for
developing function proving prototypes.
 

TePP Phase II(enterprise incubation):
1.Supplementary TePP Fund (STF)
(max support Rs 7.50 lakhs)

2.Seamless scale-up support (S3T)
(max support Rs 45 lakhs)
 


Successful TePP innovators of TePP Phase-I
for licensing technology to a third party.

Successful TePP innovators of TePP Phase-I
for starting own enterprise.
 

1. TePP is a common programme of DSIR and TIFAC (DST).
2. The application blank appropriate to the category may be downloaded from the link 'TePP Application Forms ' or from the DSIR Website: http://www.dsir.nic.in/
3. Innovators are encouraged to submit proposals through the TUC,Technopark, TePP Outreach Centre. The TUC will provide counseling and mentoring, and if needed incubation facilities. There will be no counseling sessions in DSIR/TIFAC.
4. dot.com start-ups are not supported under TePP but start-ups with innovative delivery models of S&T to rural beneficiaries are eligible for support.
5. Innovators are advised to protect their intellectual property rights by submitting provisional application before revealing details in application, essential for evaluation. For approved projects, subsequent patenting costs including international patenting in two countries are eligible for support.
6. Proposals of grass root innovators and school children are supported under NIF and not TePP.
7. Faculty research and student projects are not supported under TePP, but faculty start-ups and student entrepreneurs are eligible provided they possess technology commercialization rights.
8. Canvassing in any form is liable for summarily rejection of the application.
9. The decision of the Ministry will be final. No correspondence shall be entertained on the proposals rejected
Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP Program)
About the programme:
Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) is a novel support mechanism - initiated jointly by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to tap the innovative potential of entrepreneurial citizens of India. The objective is to promote individual innovators through support mechanism at various stages to become technology based entrepreneurs (Technopreneurs).
Technopark is one of the Outreach Centres of DSIR (TTUC) for selection and evaluation of genuine Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Country. DSIR has recognised Technopark as their TUC during 2007 and in this very short span of time two of our Incubatees got sizable TePP funding. TORQUE was sanctioned Rs.8 lakhs and Velozita was sanctioned Rs.12 lakhs. This funding helps these incubatees to kick start their product development and commercialization process. Both TORQUE and Velozita are ventures started by Engineering Students from College of Engineering, Trivandrum and Sree Chithra Thirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum. Other incubatees like Sooryakiran Bioinformatics, Divx Medical and Software Technologies, Light Logics etc. are also expecting to get the TePP funding from DSIR. We have presented their cases in the last TSC meeting but the decision is yet to be taken. Our plan is to get the DSIR Innovation funding (TePP Funding) for all the TBI Incubatees so that their success rate can increase.
Technopark TUC has a pool of technical experts, the Technology Angels” from in and around Trivandrum, who are willing to advice the Innovators all the time on need based basis. The Mentors are not only Technical Experts, but also Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, lawyers, Management Experts, Professional Managers, Doctors, HR Consultants etc. In certain cases the incubatees are being charged nominally. This will give the innovators immense motivation to go forward with their ideas.
Who are covered:
Any innovative Indian say a Student, Engineer, Scientist, Artisan, Housewife etc. The individual must have an innovative idea/project, which has the potential of commercial utility and/or societal absorption.Technopark is conducting counselling sessions every Wednesday for the young innovators.
What supports are available:
The financial support available at various stages of innovation value chain are.
Technopreneurship (TS) support upto Rs. 75,000/-. This is for micro budget innovation and is given as initial support to prepare the innovator to work out their initial ideas to the point where they can be considered for TPF.
TePP Project Fund (TPF) support limited upto Rs. 15.00 Lakh for each project. The applicant can be individual innovator or start-up firms. The proposals may include plan to convert an original idea/invention/know-how into working prototypes/process and/or demonstrate novel delivery models to take S&T innovations to rural India.
Supplementary TePP support to successful TePP innovators upto Rs. 7.50 Lakh. The support is for TePP innovators that have developed product/process at concept proving stage for facilitating technology transfer to entrepreneurs. Activities supported are patent filling, testing / validation, building improved prototype / design, preparing technology transfer document etc.
Seamless scale-up support upto Rs. 45.00 Lakh through technology business incubation exercise for selected product/process.
Projects that are NOT covered:
  • Generic proposals on software development.
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  • Proposals for patenting only
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  • Basic scientific research projects with no immediate commercial entity
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  • Projects of academic nature (student projects and/or research projects).
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    For More Details:
    Contact Technopark TePP Outreach Centre at

    K C Chandrasekharan Nair
    Chief Finance Officer & Co-ordinator- New Initiatives
    Technopark, Trivandrum 695 581
    Kerala India
    Ph: +91-471-2700222 Fax : +91-471-2700171
    E-Mail: kccnair@technopark.org