The “way we’ve always done it” 
      isn’t always the way we should do it!
   Some key initiatives of GoI on 
         Innovation 
  • Focus on Innovation through political will and 
   public policy (NInC, STI Policy 2013)
  • Decade of Innovation 
  • International S&T Cooperation focused on 
   innovation and wealth creation
  • Various schemes/instruments to promote 
   innovation (TePP, SBIRI, TDDP, NMITLI, TDB,  
   GITA,TIDE, NIF)
   Focus of STI Policy – Special reference to TBIs 
      and science led entrepreneurship
  • Launching newer mechanisms for nurturing TBIs and 
   science led entrepreneurship
  • Orting STI driven entrepreneurship with viable and 
   highly scalable business models
  • Investing in young innovators and entrepreneurs 
   through education, training and mentoring
  • Promoting mechanisms such as “Small Idea Small 
   Money” and “Risk Idea Fund” to support Innovation 
   Incubators
         NSTEDB
         NSTEDB
      ESTABLISHED IN 1982
        TO PROMOTE 
      KNOWLEDGE BASED 
     TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN 
        ENTERPRISES
                  NSTEDB
  INSTITUTIONAL   CAPACITY      SUPPORT
   MECHANISMS      BUILDING     SERVICES
                               
   STED           EAC          PORTAL
                               
   IEDC           FDP          VIDEO
                               
   STEP           EDP          BUS PLAN
   TBI           TEDP