Apex body for Rural Development to Host Rural Innovators Startup Conclave in September

The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) would host the 3rd edition of Rural Innovators Startup Conclave (RISC) on September 27-28 at the Institute campus at Rajendranagar Hyderabad.

The two-day conclave would serve as a platform to showcase a wide array of budding entrepreneurs, rural innovators and aspirant startups to demonstrate their design ideas, innovations, technologies, pitch, and get an opportunity to receive learning and mentoring support, the
NIRDPR said in a release.

Being introduced in the memory of late President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, RISC-2019 seeks to provide a platform to innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations and connect them with potential funding and network support, it said.

The themes of the conclave are Agriculture & Allied Activities, Green Energy Solution, Waste to Wealth, Health & Elderly Care, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Sustainable Housing, and Sustainable Livelihood, it said.

[blockquote footer=""]The best innovations and startups identified on the occasion would be awarded cash prizes of one lakh rupees for startups and fifty thousand rupees for innovators, besides a fellowship for one-year to participate in tailor-made workshops on themes such as design, packaging, marketing, to be organized by NIRDPR.[/blockquote]

"Humongous problems which are plaguing the rural areas can only be addressed by constant infusion of innovations and technologies focused on mitigating these issues.

The RISC programme aims to provide critical support to innovators from rural areas who know these issues better than anyone else to work towards addressing these challenges," W R Reddy, Director General, NIRDPR,said. PTI SJR

NIRDPR To Help 120 Rural Startups, Innovators Raise Funds

Hyderabad-based National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) with its upcoming event -- Rural Innovation and Startup Conclave (RISC) 2017 -- aims to create networking opportunity with incubators, mentors and funding agencies. NIRDPR has received around 200 applications from startups and innovators and of them some 120 will get a chance to showcase their innovations. These startups will get a platform to pitch in front of investors and raise funding to scale up.

Nasscom’s 10,000 Startups Programme will collaborate with NIRDPR to extend its support.

NIRDPR launched RISC because of the fact that Indian startups are mostly IT based and cater to urban services, and innovation and technology diffusion for rural development is the need of the hour.

RISC2017, which is being held in its campus at Hyderabad on March 23 and 24, will feature RISC awards under six domain areas: agriculture and allied, green energy technologies, drinking water, health and sanitation, waste to wealth , sustainable housing and other livelihoods.

Dr W R Reddy, director general, NIRDPR, told Telangana Today, “We will provide cash prizes to these startups and will help them grow with needed support. Those who will not get funding support can still get mentorship and linkage with other stakeholders through NIRDPR. If they need technical support, we can connect them to IITs and T-Hub for IT support."

"We have also got institutions that can give specific guidance to startups in food processing and agriculture. These companies can get incubation support," he added.

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