BRIDGE - Building Regional Innovation Ecosystems through disciplined, grounded entrepreneurship
Principal Investigator
IITM
Objective
- BRIDGE connects aspiring founders in I&E-underserved regions to IIT Madras's full innovation stack — providing a validated curriculum (DE), a live digital platform (Traktor), structured mentorship, and a formal incubation pathway at their own institution.
Description
- BRIDGE is built on an already-operational national I&E ecosystem — not a promise of future capability. Pan-India grassroots discovery engine with 600+ universities engaged and a repeatable annual cycle since 2017. RuTAG, PALS alumni-led network reaches 50+ partner colleges for last-mile pre-incubation. RTBI: dedicated rural incubator. KISEM: multi-IIT national delivery model for scale. Founders-in-Residence, EIR cohort, Minor stream — the institutional and technology spine.
Impact
- Projected outcomes across BRIDGE's three-phase build-out over 5 years: 50,000+ Founders discovered. 600+ Ventures incubated. 5,000+ Direct jobs created. 36 States and UTs reached.
Budget in Lakhs
2000.00
Duration
3 Years