National Award for Technology Start-ups

On 25th May 1998, the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced that 11th May would henceforth be celebrated as Technology Day. TDB instituted the ‘National Award for the successful commercialization of Indigenous Technology’ to be awarded every year on the Technology Day. The objective is to forge powerful partnerships and proactively facilitate interactions and networking between Industry, National Laboratories, Academic Institutions, Scientists, Technocrats and Specialists, to gain entry into global market. This new category of Awards for Technology Start-ups was introduced by TDB from the year 2017. It aims to encourage and promote Technology Start-ups for development of promising new technologies having potential for commercialization. A cash prize of Rs. 15 Lakh and trophy is awarded.