Ideation Innovation & Incubation (I-3) Foundation
Ideation Innovation & Incubation (I-3) Foundation (I3F), a section 8 company is an umbrella organization at IIT (BHU), Varanasi for fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem and nurturing start-ups. It provide ‘Start to Scale’ support for entrepreneurship and facilitates research activities to convert into commercial ventures..
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June 11,2025
A successful Round Table Session was held at the I-3 Foundation, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, with Shri Sanjiv, JS, DPIIT, joined by our Directors, Prof. Rajnesh Tyagi, Prof. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay, and Prof. Manoj Kumar Meshram. Our incubated startups (10–15 in number) engaged in an insightful dialogue on challenges, policy frameworks, and collaboration opportunities. Shri Sanjiv […]
April 11,2025
Our 2-day workshop “Startup Insight: Lab to Market Innovation”, held on April 10–11, 2025, brought together passionate minds to explore how research can be transformed into impactful startups. Hosted by Ideation Innovation & Incubation Foundation (I3F) and Joint Incubation Centre (JIC), IIT (BHU), in collaboration with Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre (GDC), IIT Madras, the event featured stimulating […]
March 19,2025
Mr. M. Subramanian, Chief Marketing Officer of the Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre (GDC) of IIT Madras, visited the I-3 Foundation at IIT (BHU) on March 19, 2025, to gain insights of the incubator ecosystem at IIT(BHU), Varanasi. NITI Aayog has appointed GDC to conduct a study on the “Incubator Ecosystem for Indian Higher Education”. During his visit, […]