The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE) has instituted the annual National Entrepreneurship Awards to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship across the country. These premier awards seek to recognise and honour entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship ecosystem builders for their outstanding efforts.
A total of 24 awards will be presented to Young Entrepreneurs below the age of 30 years* (18 awards) and Entrepreneurship ecosystem builders including organizations/ individuals (6 Recognition Awards).
Each winner will get prize money of Rs. 10 lakh (organisations) and Rs. 5 lakh (enterprises/ individuals), a trophy and a certificate. Details along with the Application/ Nomination Form are available on www.neas.gov.in. The call for applications is open till 30th Sept 2017.
*35 years for SC/ST/PwD
About FITT
FITT is a society registered under the Society Registration Act 1861. The organisation – set up by and at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is mandated with the tasks of fetching economic value addition to the academic resources viz. research results, faculty expertise and the specialized equipment / facilities. This is slated for achievement by appropriate academia-industry-government interactions. As part of these activities, FITT engages into contract research, consulting activities, promoting/supporting/nurturing innovations and entrepreneurship development- leveraging primarily the academic resources at IIT Delhi. Set up in the year 1992, FITT has undertaken/ accomplished various tasks/ projects/ incubation/ knowledge dissemination by partnering/ networking with various stakeholders – both in the national and international domain.
