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

Mr. Harsh Mariwala

Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board Chairman, Marico Limited, Mumbai
Mr. K. Venkataramanan

Chairman, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, Mumbai
Mr. Tulsi Tanti

Founder & Chairman, Suzlon Energy, Pune
Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati

Columbia University, New York, USA
Mr. Uday Kotak

Executive VC & MD Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai
Dr. Harry Yuklea

Director, International School, Peres Academic Center, Israel
Mr. Jyoti Sagar

Founder & Chairman, J. Sagar Associates, New Delhi
Mr. Harkesh Kumar Mittal

Adviser, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)

Mr. Karl Mehta

Founder & CEO, EdCast Inc. Venture Partner, Menlo Ventures
Ms. Sulajja Firodia Motwani

Vice Chairperson, Kinetic Engineering
Dr. Ashish Gupta

Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Helion Venture Partners
Dr. Madhu Mehta

Chief Mentor Emeritus
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. S. B. Dangayach

Independent Director, GMDC

Mr. Nitin Shukla

Independent Director, GMDC

Dr. Rahul Gupta

Industries Commissioner

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

Late 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

Late Dr. Anil H. Kumar

Librarian & Head NICMAN, IIM - Ahmedabad

Prof. Sudhir K. Jain

Director, IIT Gandhinagar

Mr. V. S. Gadhvi

Former MD, GMDC Ltd.

Interest Areas

Information Technology
Electronics
Biotechnology
Nano Technology
Robotics
Non-conventional Energy - Green
Bio-medical Equipment & Devices
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.