IIT Guwahati starts innovation, design, entrepreneurship bootcamp programme

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has started a five-day residential bootcamp programme on Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE) from today, June 22. The five-day bootcamp programme will continue till June 26 and is being jointly organized by the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC).

The programme, as per an IIT Guwahati statement, is intended for the innovator students, teachers, and faculty members of higher education institutes and schools to get intense experiential training on design thinking, product design, ergonomics, business modeling, and enterprise planning.

Speaking during the inaugural session of the programme today, Parameswar K. Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, said: “IIT Guwahati is proud to be a part of this essential activity to promote entrepreneurial culture in our country. We welcome AICTE and MIC’s primary objective of supporting young innovators to shape their innovative ideas to turn them into entrepreneurs.”

The participants will get experiential training on designing thinking and its strategies, product design and engineering, ergonomics in product design and development, building sustainable business models, value propositions, and international markets, among others.

Another key highlight, the statement added, this bootcamp will be the mentoring and pitching rounds where the participants will have the opportunity to pitch their ideas for potential mentoring support from the institute.

The appreciation certificate will be provided to the top five pitch ideas by the innovators and the participation certificates will be provided to all participants. All the certificates will be jointly given by AICTE and IIT Guwahati.

Speaking about the immersive experience for the participants being offered by IIT Guwahati, Deepak Sharma, Faculty Co-ordinator, IIT Guwahati, said, “Lecture sessions, activities, leadership talks, sessions on product design pitching and pitch presentations are planned throughout the five days of the program. Moreover, the participants will get the opportunity to experience the vibrant environment of the campus and also, to interact with IIT faculty members and students.”

Jointly organized by AICTE and MIC, the IDE Bootcamp program is simultaneously being organized in six different parts of the country with a total of around 1800 participants shortlisted by AICTE. IIT Guwahati is one of the host institutes hosting around 230 innovators and budding entrepreneurs.