Promoted By
RISE Foundation IISER is hosted and promoted by IISER Kolkata.
IISER Kolkata, is a premier institute of higher learning, functioning under the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. It is an Institute of National Importance with a proven track record of academic and research credentials. The institute is dedicated to teaching and research in a totally integrated manner, with state-of-the-art research and high-quality education in interdisciplinary sciences, thus nurturing, both, curiosity and creativity.
With DST-NIDHI, IISER Kolkata aims to encourage a culture of entrepreneurship among its faculty, staff, students and Higher Educational Institutes (HEIs) in Eastern India by leveraging their scientific talent and innovations.
Supported By
RISE Foundation IISER is Supported by DST-NIDHI
National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups. The programme would work in line with the national priorities and goals and its focus would be to build an innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem with an objective of socio-economic development through wealth and job creation.
