UPES Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UCIE aims to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Uttarakhand and empower the existing stakeholders by providing them a network to share/discuss/leverage areas of common interest. This is achieved by conducting a series of events with its network, comprising the local community, state government departments, NGOs, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and the PHD Chamber of Commerce by providing information about UCIE and its activities. This facilitates mutual cooperation and growth of entrepreneurship in the Uttarakhand region, invariably resulting in increased business, data bases, foreign investors and export opportunities.

• Create a conducive and professional environment for entrepreneurial activities
• Provide resources to aspiring entrepreneurs to start their companies
• Impart mentoring services to young businesses
• Help in financing businesses
• Provide R&D infrastructure for innovation-based start-ups
• Assist in commercialisation of intellectual property
• Provide consultancy in business planning, market research and corporate development
• Generate business opportunities in the area of renewable energy and green technology
• Develop strong alliances with regional businesses and technology communities through incubation programs

UCIE provides a platform to students, aspiring entrepreneurs, technology start-ups as well as lab-stage innovations to flourish. It promotes critical thinking which is not constrained by resources so one can become an entrepreneur or a successful corporate professional. UCIE encourages talent and innovation by giving opportunities to the potential change-makers, thereby contributing towards bringing a social and economic transformation.

Facilities Institutional support

• Faculty
• Student

Expertise

• Access to our Mentors
• Access to Services
• Access to UPES Academic Experts

Individual Support

• Emerging Entrepreneurs
• Professionals
• Students
• Start-ups

How UCIE Helps Inculcate an entrepreneurial mindset, develop knowledge & skills

• Creative, out-of-the-box thinking, not constrained by resources
• Knowledge and skills relevant to venture creation

So you can be

• Future entrepreneurs
• Highly sought after successful entrepreneurial employees

UCIE is a member of UBI Global, this provides Centre a unique opportunity to understand, explore and visualize the state and impact of India's incubation ecosystem in a more efficient way. This also helps in sharing global incubation best practices and insights and nurtures a network within Centre’s own ecosystem.

UCIE primarily works with focus on following three parameters and their sub-constituents to improve and evaluate operational and strategic effectiveness:

Value for Ecosystem

• Economy Enhancement
• Talent retention

Value for Clients

• Competence development
• Access to funds
• Access to network

Attractiveness of the Incubator

• Program Attractiveness
• Post incubation performance

UCIE aims to build an Entrepreneurial ecosystem in Uttarakhand to strengthen the existing stakeholders by providing them a network to share/discuss/leverage areas of common interest. This would invariably result in valuable help in a short period of time there by economic cooperation in the future. UCIE conducts a series of events with network of local community, Departments of State Government, NGOs, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), PHD Chamber of Commerce by providing information about UCIE and its activities to build mutually enriching cooperation and growth of entrepreneurship in Uttarakhand region. This Entrepreneurial ecosystem will also establish contacts with other programs supporting business, data bases, foreign investors and export opportunities.

Centre is currently working with 32 Incubatee organizations; of which 3 are Pvt. Ltd. entities, one is LLP and One Incubatee organization’s registration as a trust is under process. Ms. Pramiti Upadhyay, Founder of SOCH (an incubatee organization) has been selected as one of the honorary for Prestigious Laureate Here for Good Award. In last semester of academic year 2016-17; 532 students of 8 B. Tech Programs and 4 BBA Programs were taught Venture Ideation though LNO Portal as a pilot project.

For the next academic year Centre would be educating 2936 young students the basic concepts of Entrepreneurship through online courses. This will include all second year students of 32 B. Tech Programs of College of Engineering Studies, 14 BBA Programs of School of Business, 5 Programs of School of Law and 2 Programs of School of Design .

As the Centre moves further and starts playing a pivotal role in building startup ecosystem in Uttarakhand region, it would be working as Knowledge Partner with JumpStart; Jumpstart is the first co-working hub and incubator in the private sector in Uttarakhand located in the heart of Dehradun.

The university helps innovative start-ups with incubation services like Networking Activities, Marketing Help, Training for Developing Presentation Skills, Links to Strategic Partners, Expert Advice, Broad Business Training Programs, and more.

Start-ups require research of the industry growth pattern, competitors, problems, challenges, and other relevant market information. UCIE, therefore, supports the young entrepreneurs by providing research-based analytical insights. Conferences are held for young entrepreneurs in order to share knowledge on industry trends and innovation on the whole.

The workshops developed by UCIE are framed around businesses and involve academic researchers and professionals from the industry. The workshops are organised to provide basic understanding of what it takes to commercialize and thrive in the market. Supported by the faculty of UPES and industry experts, these workshops cover a wide variety of topics, viz. industry analysis, technical feasibility study, market feasibility, demand forecasting, financial feasibility study, and strategy development. The theoretical knowledge is enhanced by the industry experts and entrepreneurs, who also share their personal experiences with the participants.