National Innovation & Startup Policy

The National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) 2019 was launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development on 11 September 2019. The policy intends to guide Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to promote students’ and faculty-driven innovations & startups. The policy will be instrumental in leveraging the potential of student’s problem solving & entrepreneurial mind-set and promoting strong intra and inter-institutional partnerships.

NISP 2019 for students and faculty of HEIs will enable the institutes to actively engage students, faculties, and staff in innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities. This framework will also facilitate the Ministry of Human Resource Development in bringing uniformity across HEIs in terms of Intellectual Property ownership management, technology licensing, and institutional Startup policy, thus enabling the creation of robust innovation and Start up ecosystem across all HEIs.