Arifa Institute of Technology

Which route fits

• For early-stage product work that needs funding for prototyping, apply to the Innovation Voucher Program.
• For incubation support, contact the council first; its contact page and the institute's contact details are the published ways in.

How applications work

• The IVP is applied for through the link on the council's IVP page.
• Check the council's site for the current intake, since the pages do not state a deadline.

Arifa Institute of Technology is a self-financing engineering institution in Esanoor, Keezhaiyur, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. The institute is approved by AICTE, New Delhi, and affiliated with Anna University, Chennai.

The institution was established in 2013 as Haji Sheik Ismail Engineering College and was relaunched in 2018 as Arifa Institute of Technology. Its engineering programmes are the B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and in Information Technology, and the B.E in Computer Science and Engineering, Cyber Security, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering. Postgraduate courses are an M.E in Computer Science and Engineering and an M.E in Industrial Safety and Engineering.

How the startup side works

The startup and innovation work runs through the Arifa Innovation & Incubation Council (AIIC), a separate council that serves students and entrepreneurs. The council describes its services as mentoring, training, networking, access to funding and incubation facilities. Its listed services are startup incubation, research and prototype labs, industry collaborations, workshops and hackathons, and student innovation clubs.

Programmes

The Innovation Voucher Program (IVP) is the council's funding route for early-stage work. It gives grant-in-aid support for prototyping and product development, and it is open to aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. The council's own pages describe it as a way to get past financial barriers in the early stages of product development.

Facilities

The council's pages list an Industry 4.0 lab and a 3D printing maker space, along with a Life Sciences lab and a makerspace. Its campus pages describe a meeting hall and a co-working area.

Scale

The council's own figures are self-reported and undated: 20+ startups incubated, 50+ mentors and 15+ partnerships.

Who runs it

The council's team page lists a chairman, directors, managers and advisers. The institute's president and promoter and its chairman give their messages on the institute site.