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Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH
Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH also referred to as AIC-BIMTECH.

AIC-BIMTECH is one of North India's leading sector-agnostic business incubators in Greater Noida (Delhi NCR), aimingGreater Noida (Delhi NCR), which aims to create economic and social impact through entrepreneurship. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is a Government of India endeavor to promote the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, driven by Niti Aayog. AIM supports the establishment of new incubation centres called Atal Incubation Centres. In January 2018, AIM selected the Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) to set up the Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH) for turning the vision of the Atal Innovation Mission into reality. The Institute was one of the first ten selections out of the 3658 first-round applicants. AIC-BIMTECH is a sector agnostic business incubator driven by Atal Innovation Mission to create high-class incubation facilities with suitable infrastructure in terms of capital equipment and operating facilities. Built over a total area of 16,500 sqft, it also offers a facility of co-working and co-living space to its incubatees. It is coupled with the availability of sector-wise experts for mentoring the startups to become successful entrepreneurs and enterprises.

DIRECTOR
Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi obtained a master' Degree in Commerce and Doctorate in Business Management from Agra University, Agra. Dr. Chaturvedi has more than three decades of experience in teaching, research, and administration. As former Director in All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi, a statutory body under MHRD, Government of India, he has been associated with the formulation of policies, planning, regulation, and control of Management Education as well as other disciplines under technical education. While working with the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and the Board of Studies in Management of AICTE, he contributed in the application of various quality concepts in Management Education. Dr. Chaturvedi joined Birla Institute of Management Technology, New Delhia as Director in 1999. Under his leadership, BIMTECH has launched postgraduate programs in insurance, retailing, entrepreneurship, and international business and forged linkages with 20 B-schools of USA, Canada, UK, France, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Tanzania. Because of its multifaceted growth, the institute has been consistently ranked among top 15 B-schools in the country by reputed magazines like Business Today, Outlook and The Telegraph. Dr. Chaturvedi is Editor-in-chief of four reputed refereed journals – “Business Perspective”, The Journal of Insurance & Risk Management and the Indian Retail Review. He is also member of the governing bodies of several institutions of higher learning across the country. In 2007, Dr. Chaturvedi has been conferred Honorary Professorship by the St. Stevan University of Hungary, which is a leading state-run university of the country. He is regularly invited by leading electronic channels and financial news papers to present his views on contemporary issues. In the year 2005, he has taken an initiative to form “Education Promotion Society of India”, a national platform of eminent educationists, education service providers and edu-entrepreneurs.

DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
During the last two years, the pandemic has devastated the economy everywhere. However, start-ups have done mostly well worldwide, including in India. The number of unicorns has increased in India more than in any other country. Ed-Tech, Fin-Tech, Agri-Tech, and HealthTech have suddenly arrived at the centre stage in the economy. Why have these contrary trends emerged in the economy, and why has the global pandemic been able to facilitate one of the most exciting growth trajectories for innovation, entrepreneurship, and risk-taking? These issues need in depth research for future planning in India. Atal Incubation Centre-BIMTECH (AIC-B), the incubator which is run under CIED, started its journey on January 20, 2018, and now it is almost 4+ years old. Within this short time, it has grown and is now well recognized as one of the most vibrant, dynamic, and resilient incubators in Indian Higher Education. It is heartening to go through its annual progress report, which speaks volumes about its leadership and teamwork. Start-up entrepreneurship has surely changed the landscape of the Indian economy. For years, we have seen brightest minds migrating nabroad in search of greener pastures. But now the trends have started changing. The initiatives of the Indian government spurred the growth of start-ups through the gateways of various schemes and initiatives of both union and state governments. Fueled by a conducive environment created by cumulative opportunitithe es, Indian start-ups ecosystem finally reaped fruits in the form of 100 Unicorns by 2nd quarter of 2022. However, Indian leaps in bounds in start-ups didn’t come in isolation. There has been a slow shift in the Indian entrepreneurial paradigm. The remarkable rise of women entrepreneurs as the fastest growing category at India and worldwide levels added fire to the wings of economic development. Today, women entrepreneurs account for a third of the business operations worldwide in formal set up. The steady rise and their contribution is bound to create a ripple effect, surpassing different layers of society, classes and also to the generations to come. The contemporary outcomes are self-explanatory that investing in women implies promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The buzz of creating disruption can live up to its full narrative only if we are able to bridge the gaps of the ecosystem, be it gender disparity, technology divide or between haves or have not and we, at BIMTECH, are trying to do our part in reducing such inequalities. AIC-B has created programs like ‘SAMBHAV’ which helps persons with disabilities (PWD) to support and grow their ventures. I am very optimistic about the future growth of our incubator. AICBIMTECH is constantly scanning the Indian and global incubation sectors to discover new opportunities. There will be some challenges in working upon those opportunities. The post-pandemic geopolitical situation is full of surprises. Still, one thing is sure the Indian economy is destined to become the fastest growing economy in the world within a couple of years. In that scenario, AIC-BIMTECH will have ample scope to jump into the next orbit.