NATIONAL BIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (NBEC)

Eligibility for Student Teams:

1. Students currently in a graduate, postgraduate, or Ph.D. program.
2. Students must apply as a team of four, should identify one member as the team leader.
3. Team Leader should be the main/primary applicant.
4. All student team members should have a valid student ID.
5. All applicants and team members should be citizens of India.
6. If students have already formed a company, the company should not be more than 2 years old at the time of applying
7. Idea should be a Deep tech Life Science-based idea Eligibility for Start-Ups/Individuals:
8. Companies include start-ups, MSMEs, and other large companies
9. Individuals can be post-doc, faculty, scientist, working professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs
10. For companies, the company should be registered in India and majority ownership should be Indian
11. Individual Applicants should be citizens of India
12. Idea should be a Deep tech Life Science-based idea

No Separate Application or Fee is Required to get the scholarship, it will be automatically considered, once you enrolled for the program.

1. NBEC 2024 campaign will reach out to students, entrepreneurs, Individuals, start-ups and established companies across India.
2. All applications will be received online, only through the NBEC Portal. An administrative check of all applications will be done to ensure that applications are complete and all necessary requirements are met, and will also be screened for originality of the idea (disqualified from the competition if idea is found to be copied), clarity of articulation, whether the idea has deep science based biotechnology component, and whether the idea is predominantly an academic research idea as opposed to a business idea.
3. NBEC will consist of four rounds spread over four to six months starting from March.
4. Applications that have been received online will go through admin check and due diligence Round 1: External Assessment where a panel of domain experts from industry, academia, and investor community will review the proposals and shortlist the top promising ideas. Round 2: Regional Rounds where the shortlisted applicants from Round 1 will be invited to make a presentation to a Jury Panel. The jury will select the topmost business ideas in this round. Round 3: Pre-final: The selected applicants from Round 2 will attend this year's entrepreneurship development boot camp and intense mentoring sessions over 2 days. At the end of the boot camp, these applicants will make their business plan presentation before a Pre-Final Jury Panel. Round 4: Grand Finale: The applicants shortlisted from the Pre-Final round will pitch before a Grand Jury which will select winners of NBEC.

1. First All the application form will be evaluated.
2. After evaluation, eligible candidates will be shortlisted for the scholarship.
3. Shortlisting of candidates will be done by authorities. Other Info Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) is a not-for-profit organization mandated to enable cutting-edge life science research and innovation, and promote life science entrepreneurship. It is India’s premier innovation and technology hub as well as one of the largest and most thriving life sciences incubators in the country. C-CAMP has directly funded, incubated and mentored over 150 start-ups over the last few years and is connected to about 1000 startups and entrepreneurs across the country in healthcare, agriculture and environment. C-CAMP is a Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India supported initiative. It is also a part of the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster, BLiSC. Find more details on www.ccamp.res.in