Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
A programme by Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute
The campus centre that BETF sits under and that manages the university's NewGen IEDC grant.
At a glance
| Best for | Founders and students looking for the campus body that runs incubation, prototyping and the grant work |
|---|---|
| Format | In person |
About Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Abdul Kalam Centre is the umbrella the university puts over its startup work. BETF operates as a hub under it, it manages the institute's DST NewGen IEDC grant, and the startups the university writes up are described as incubated at the centre. Its published team is a dean, a research associate and a research scientist.
The university also names a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development, CIED, in the same breath, described as supporting student and faculty entrepreneurs with infrastructure, mentorship and funding, and an Innovation and Startup Promotion Cell said to run pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration programmes in defence, electric mobility, healthcare and deep technology. Neither has a page, an eligibility statement or an intake of its own, so the centre and BETF are the parts you can actually act on.
How to apply: the centre publishes no contact of its own. Write to the university at contact@drmgrdu.ac.in.
Where to apply
Other Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute programmes
- Incubation at Benz Emerge Technology Foundation (BETF)The university's Section 8 incubator, open on paper to outside founders as well as students, with no published application route.
- DST NewGen IEDCA Department of Science and Technology grant for student innovators, which the university's own pages describe as running 2017 to 2022.
- Entrepreneurship Development CentreThe university's older entrepreneurship cell, offering electives and awareness workshops to enrolled students; its published activity log stops in 2013.