The BIG Idea Challenge
A programme by Trec Step (Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College – Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park)
A business-model contest for students and young professionals run with Young Indians (CII); closed, with its last stated entry deadline at the end of December 2017.
At a glance
| Best for | Students and young professionals — closed since 2017 |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea |
| Format | In person |
| Run with | Young Indians (Yi), Confederation of Indian Industry, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India |
About The BIG Idea Challenge
Listed here because founders still search for it and because it shows the kind of outreach TREC-STEP runs: this contest is closed and has not been repeated on the site. TREC-STEP organised it with Young Indians, part of the Confederation of Indian Industry, with support from the Department of Science and Technology, after running an Ideathon and a Venture Challenge among NIT Tiruchirappalli students. It was planned to reach around twenty science, engineering and management institutions.
Shortlisted finalists pitched their business ideas to investors, the incubation community and entrepreneurs, and winners were to be felicitated at the YUTRY 2018 entrepreneurship conference with prizes and certificates. Entrants were offered mentoring, seed support and incubation services. There were two categories: students, and non-students as Category II, whose last stated submission date was 31 December 2017. The page is no longer linked from the site's navigation.
Where to apply
Other Trec Step programmes
- Incubation at TREC-STEPResidency-based incubation on TREC-STEP's Tiruchirappalli campus, bundled into five named support packages.
- DSIR Technopreneur Promotion Programme (TePP) innovation fundAn innovation fund that takes an individual innovator's idea to a working prototype; TREC-STEP says the programme is being renewed by DSIR, so it is not open.
- Seed incubation fund (Technology Development Board and NSTEDB)Seed capital for innovative ventures based on TREC-STEP's premises, given either as equity or as a loan.
- BEACON IndiaAn announced climate innovation incubation programme approved by the Green Climate Fund board in October 2025; it has no application route on the site yet.