The Biotechnology Young Entrepreneur Award (BYE) is a programme to promote commercialisation of bioscience ideas among graduate/post graduate students in Biotechnology and to encourage them to develop biotechnology entrepreneurship.
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Students who are pursuing post-graduate programmes (including integrated PG degree programmes), doctoral degrees, B.E. or B.Tech. in Biotechnology or in the area of life sciences related to biotechnology (bioinformatics/Molecular biology/microbiology/biochemistry/Genetics and/or related subjects) from universities/Institutes in the State of Kerala are eligible to apply.
✦ Required ◦ Optional
Applications are invited twice every year during January and June and are to be submitted online when notified. (Application form)
Scrutiny of the Application:
Step 01: An expert panel will evaluate the concept proposals and shortlist 15 teams. These 15 teams will attend a high-quality Entrepreneurship Workshop of 3-4 day’s duration that will familiarize them with matters related to starting a business venture like Business Plans, IP & Patenting Strategies, Raising Finance, Business Strategies and HR Practices, and other aspects of entrepreneurship development.
Step 02: After the workshop, each team may go back, consult among themselves and with their mentor, and develop a business plan based on their concept and learning experience from the workshop within 3 weeks after the workshop.
Step 03: Each team then will have to make a presentation to a panel of Experts. The panel will evaluate each of the business plans and identify three winning teams.
Note 01: The applicants should form a team of five students.
Note 02: At least three members in the team of five should be with a Life Science background and other members can be from disciplines other than life sciences/Biotechnology. The individual team member may or may not be from the same Institute/University.
Note 03: Each team should submit only one entry. A participant can be a member of only one team. Each team has to nominate a member as the team leader and may identify a mentor as a guide.
Note 04: The Proposals need to be submitted in the core areas of biotechnology which include: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Bio-energy, Biologicals and Applications, Bioprocess Engineering, Biosensors, Drug discovery & Development, Environment, Food, Medical Diagnostics/Devices, Nanobiology/Nanobiotechnology, Nutraceuticals, Vaccines and other related areas. The proposals could be either for a product, service or an application.
Note 05: Each team should submit a Concept Note in response to the notification, to the Chairman, Kerala Biotechnology Commission, KSCSTE, Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, TVPM–4.
Contact Details:
The Advisor Kerala Bio-Technology Commission
Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE),
Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 004
Telephone: (0471) 2548406, 2548259
E-mail: kbc.kscste@kerala.gov.in
