Mission
Facilitate new age entrepreneurial pursuits of youth that focus on innovative applications for wealth generation, employment creation and global competition.
icreate is an independent centre and facilitates "Next Generation Entrepreneurship" that blends creativity, innovation, engineering, product design and leverages emerging technologies to evolve out-of-the-box applications.
The primary goal of the Centre is to create a large quantity of quality entrepreneurs. Towards this objective, it aims to seed a new ethos wherein people will understand and encourage entrepreneurship as a preferred career option. The Centre also engages with the government to help evolve enabling policies.
Vision
Be an ecosystem devoted to promote growth of entrepreneurial capital which leverages innovations and technology.
Such enterprises will not only create rapid growth resulting into wealth generation for self and society but also contribute to employment generation.
The incubated projects are encouraged to set up their companies in Gujarat, which would create clusters of high-tech companies and contribute to the growth of Gujarat's overall economy.
The Centre also plans to tie-up with similar institutions/ incubators around the globe and network with their resources, mentors and educators.
Advisory Board
Chairman
Mr. Dilip Shanghvi
Chairman of the Advisory Board Founder & MD Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Members
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Mr. Harsh Mariwala
Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board Chairman, Marico Limited, Mumbai
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Mr. K. Venkataramanan
Chairman, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, Mumbai
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Mr. Tulsi Tanti
Founder & Chairman, Suzlon Energy, Pune
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Dr. Sudarshan Maini
Founder & Chairman, Maini Group, Bengaluru
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Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati
Columbia University, New York, USA
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Mr. Uday Kotak
Executive VC & MD Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai
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Dr. Harry Yuklea
Director, International School, Peres Academic Center, Israel
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Mr. Jyoti Sagar
Founder & Chairman, J. Sagar Associates, New Delhi
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Mr. Harkesh Kumar Mittal
Adviser, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)
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Mr. Karl Mehta
Founder & CEO, EdCast Inc. Venture Partner, Menlo Ventures
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Ms. Sulajja Firodia Motwani
Vice Chairperson, Kinetic Engineering
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Dr. Ashish Gupta
Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Helion Venture Partners
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Dr. Madhu Mehta
Chief Mentor Emeritus
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Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy
Chairman Emeritus Founding Team Member, Infosys
Member SECRETARY
Mr. Parag Amin
Chief Mentor, iCreate. Inventor and a Serial Entrepreneur, Philadelphia, USA
Permanent Invitees : Members of Board of Directors of GFEE, and Founding Team members
The Eco System
The Centre is a one-stop shop that provides access to money, mentors & markets
The Approach
Driven by a holistic approach, icreate offers end-to-end solutions to entrepreneurs.
GROOMING
Programs to groom potential candidates. Also generate and convert business ideas to develop viable business/incubation plans to create new technology ventures.
INCUBATION
Facilitate the incubation of the business idea and convert the idea into a feasible concept to develop it and acquire initial customers. This will involve funding also.
MENTORING
Guide and share the efforts of creating new ventures with the potential entrepreneurs.
NETWORKING
For adding value to each phase of the venture creation process right from idea generation to venture creation.
ANGEL FUNDING
Provide early stage and seed funding to gain better valuation for the start-ups before a venture capitalist enters.
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An understanding ethos - Joy in helping others succeed
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Global linkages
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Inspiring environment for extra ordinary efforts
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Fiercely competitive yet supportive environment
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Nurture ideas, experimentation & cross-breeding
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Seamlessly blend complimentary talents to co-create
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Building required sensitivities
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Global outlook in ambition, approach & relevance
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Enable latent talent to succeed
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Encourage out-of-the-box thinking
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Solving real problems for real benefits
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Learning environment that facilitates multi-disciplinary exposure
icreate has been set up under the dynamic leadership of Shri Narendra Modi, honourable Prime Minister of India
The Board
Chairman
Mr. Manoj Kumar Das, IAS
Principal Secretary, Industries & Mines Department, Govt. of Gujarat
Mr. Arunkumar Solanki
IAS, MD, GMDC
Mr. Bhadresh Mehta
Vice President, Finance and CFO at Symphony Limited
Mr. S. B. Dangayach
Managing Director, Sintex
Prof. B. H. Jajoo
Adjunct Faculty Former Professor & Dean, IIM - Ahmedabad
Mr. Parag Amin
Chief Mentor, iCreate. Inventor and a Serial Entrepreneur, Philadelphia, USA
Mr. K. Thyagrajan
Mentopreneur & Visiting Faculty
Dr. Madhu Mehta
Chief Mentor Emeritus
Founding Team
Late Prof. N. V. Vasani
Former Director General, Nirma University
Prof. B. H. Jajoo
Adjunct Faculty, Former Professor & Dean, IIM - Ahmedabad
Mr. Parag Amin
Chief Mentor, iCreate. Inventor and a Serial Entrepreneur, Philadelphia, USA
Mr. K. Thyagrajan
Mentopreneur & Visiting Faculty
Mr. M. C. Gupta
Company Secretary and Visiting Faculty
Dr. Anil H. Kumar
Librarian & Head NICMAN, IIM - Ahmedabad
Dr. Madhu Mehta
Chief Mentor Emeritus
Past Members of the Board
Late Prof. N. V. Vasani
Former Director General, Nirma University
Prof. Sudhir K. Jain
Director, IIT Gandhinagar
Mr. V. S. Gadhvi
Former MD, GMDC Ltd.
Interest Areas
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Information Technology
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Electronics
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Biotechnology
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Nano Technology
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Robotics
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Non-conventional Energy - Green
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Bio-medical Equipment & Devices
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Agro & Food Processing
Projects would often overlap more than one domain as new "real life commercial" projects will start exploiting technologies from multiple domains. Going by this trend, the Centre will periodically review, drop and add new sectors.
Team
Anupama Rathore
Lead - Strategic Alliance and Interim Head - Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
anupama.rathore@icreate.org.in
institutional alliances
Technion University, Israel
IIT Gandhinagar
CIIE Initiatives, IIM Ahmedabad
CIPET, Chennai
IndextB & Swedish Chamber of Commerce
Gujarat Technological University
FICCI
Gujarat Venture Finance Limited
