SSIP

Coordinator: Dr. M. M. Jani

The Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP) is developed by Government of Gujarat for providing assistance to Startups/Innovation. Under this scheme, any individual/group of individuals having innovative idea/Concept will be eligible and/or Universities/education institutions, Incubation Centre/ PSUs/ R&D Institutions/ Private and other establishments will be eligible as an institution to support and mentor to innovators as approved by Committee. Startups in an economy's technology sectors is an important indicator of technological performance for several reasons.

Bahauddin Science College is one of the institutes recognized by the Government of Gujarat for effective implementation of SSIP.

Key Objectives of SSIP

The SSIP aims to create an integrated, state-wide, university-based innovation ecosystem to support innovations and ideas of young students and provide conducive environment for optimum harnessing of their creative pursuit.

1. Developing student centric Innovation and Preincubation Ecosystem for Students (IPIES)
2. Creating environment for creativity to flourish and an end-to-end support system in educational institutions to allow ample support to ideas for better execution
3. Build internal capacity of educational institutions and key components of the innovation ecosystem to enable deployed processes to make sustainable impact at scale
4. Create pathways for mind to market by harnessing and handholding projects/ research/ innovation/ ideas of students in Gujarat
5. Creating and facilitating sectoral and regional innovation efforts in state around educational institutions
6. Create a common platform to showcase, support and upscale innovations for motivating stakeholders as well as for an opportunity to create value for money and value for many
7. Leverage public system initiatives at state and central level, academia, industries and by other ecosystem stakeholders / domain experts and institutions to make an inclusive effort