Explore how we help researchers take the plunge into entrepreneurship, by building a bridge from academia to industry, through this 1-week intense training camp.

All you need to know about the AIT India Camp

AIT is one of the most successful running partnerships, between the Indian and the Swiss governments implemented by DST (Department of Science and Technology, India) and SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland).

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Success Stories
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AIT in a nutshell

The mission of AIT is to help researchers, take the plunge into entrepreneurship, by building a bridge from academia to industry, through a 1-week intense training camp in India, followed by another week in Switzerland.

Who is AIT for?

Swiss and Indian researchers who are passionate about pursuing entrepreneurship.

How do researchers benefit from the AIT India Camp?

  • Knowledge Sessions – Experience the entrepreneurial journey through the eyes of established entrepreneurs and innovators. Sessions on market-strategy, patent-strategy, introduction to the indian market, etc.
  • Pitches – by the participants. Over and again, to different audiences, till you reach perfection. Final pitch serves as introduction to selected invited guests from industry.
  • One-to-one Connects – Ample opportunities to connect with the leading experts in the industry – domain-specific mentors, VCs, corporate R&D and business development heads.
  • Industry Immersion – visits to various accelerators/ incubators and tech-industries to watch entrepreneurship in action and hear from innovation experts.
The AIT programme gives “scientrepreneurs” the opportunity to test their idea in an international context at a very early stage. The success of the start-ups that came into being through AIT is impressive. Gaining the support of the Indian government proves the relevance of this instrument for Indo-Swiss cooperation in deep tech research. Keep up the good work!​
Mauro Moruzzi
​Head of International Relations / State Secretariat for Education,​ ​Research and Innovation, Switzerland

 

AIT in the news

The concept of AIT piqued the interest of many Swiss and Indian online media. Here’s how they summed up our AIT ’17 Camp:

Grand Finale of the AIT Program – startupticker.ch
Sie wollen die Welt erobern und starten einmal in Schlieren (German)- NZZ
Follow #AIT17India on Twitter to learn more about this one-week, intense training camp.
Watch videos from the previous editions of AIT.

 

Want to be part of AIT 2018? Talk to us…

AIT 2018 India camp is scheduled for the first week of December.

  • 2nd – 5th December in Bangalore
  • 6th – 7th December in Mumbai

Swiss researchers, reach Mr. Suraj Chawla (swissnex India) at  suraj.chawla@nullswissnexindia.org.
Indian researchers, reach Ms Vandana Vyas (SINE, IIT Bombay) at vandana@nullsineiitb.org.

 

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Success stories

Heelium
Catching up with our AIT 2017 alumni, Heelium
REMRETEch
Words from the winner of AIT 2018 Swiss Camp and Climate-Kick Grant
AIT - A transformative program for researchers
Stories from our 2017 batch...