Nodal Agencies are reputed institutions / organizations, which shall evaluate applications of Startups for recognition under Startup Odisha and for availing monetary incentives once recognised. Besides evaluation, Nodal agencies shall play a crucial role in development of entrepreneurial ecosystem by acting as mentors to Startups and providing feedback where necessary.
Introduction
In order to avail the benefits announced in the Startup Odisha initiative, an entity would be required to be recognised as a Startup. To this effect, it would be required to submit an application online along with a note on innovation. All such registering entities application’s need to be carefully reviewed by an expert committee hosted under the Nodal Agency. As per the policy “Nodal Agency shall mean reputed Government as well as other institutions/ organizations as approved by the Startup Council as Nodal Agencies for certifying Startups.”
- Applications of Startups for their recognition and
- The merit of the Startup applications for monetary grants.
- Startup Recognition: One-time fee of Rs. 1,500 per application
- Monetary Grant Application: One-time fee of Rs. 5,000 per application, which shall also include the periodic review of startups’ performance.
The bill for the fee payable to the nodal agency will be auto generated by the system on a monthly basis and will be paid after due diligence by the Startup Secretariat directly in the Bank A/c of the Nodal Agency.
Selection of Nodal Agency will be on invitation basis only with the approval of Startup Council. The selected Nodal Agency will however have to fill up simple details
| Sl.No. | Institute | Nodal Officer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Institute of Fashion Technology | Dr Binaya Jena | binaya.jena@nift.ac.in |
| 2 | Software Technology Park of India | Mr S.R. Patra | saurjya.patra@stpi.in |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar | Dr. Akhilesh Bharve | akhilesh@iitbbs.ac.in |
| 4 | Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology | Dr.S. Mishra | mkkcaet@gmail.com |
| 5 | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | Dr R. K. Panda | rkpanda@nitrkl.ac.in |
| 6 | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar | Dr. S M Mustakim | mustakim@immt.res.in |
| 7 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar-TBI | Namrata Mishra | namrata@kiitincubator.in |
| 8 | Centurion University, Bhubaneswar | Dr Anurag | anurag@cutm.ac.in |
| 9 | Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar | Arpita Jena | arpitaj@xub.edu.in |
| 10 | Sri Sri University, Cuttack | S K Abdul Wasim | abdul.wsrisriuniversity.edu.in |
| 11 | Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition (IHM), Bhubaneswar | Dr. Sharada Ghosh | principal@ihmbbs.org |
| 12 | National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur | Bhagabati Patnaik | bhagabati@nist.edu |
| 13 | ICAR – National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack | Dr G.A.K Kumar | gak.kumar26@gmail.com |
| 14 | Cttc (Innovation And Incubation Centre), Bhubaneswar | Mr. Rajan | ipr@cttc.gov.in |
| 15 | Institute Of Life Sciences (ILS) | Ms. Nivedita Jena | nivedita@ils.res.in |