EIL EngSUI, the Startup India initiative by Engineers India Limited encourages possible innovation, disruption, and technological breakthroughs in the oil & gas sector. The objective of the scheme is to stimulate, foster, and enhance strategic research and innovation capabilities in the oil & gas industry. Startups giving innovative solutions in the field of energy are supported.
BENEFITS :
EIL intends to create an enabling system for promoting the “Start-Up India (SUI)” initiative through:-
Offering Intellectual support
Offering Infrastructural support
Offering Financial Support
EIL encourages Start-Ups to take up projects in the following areas, under this EngSUI program:
Developing capability to commercially manufacture and supply hardware for oil & gas technologies.
Developing new process/technology in areas of interest to the hydrocarbon sector
Information Technology (IT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) interventions of relevance to the hydrocarbon sector
Other Areas like: Lube packaging, Renewable energy and storage, Nanomaterials, Engineering plastic from petrochemicals product slate, Replacement of raw material/catalyst, Waste to energy, Health, Safety & Environment (HSE).
The funding is provided in identified Focus Areas, for its Start-up India initiative “EngSUI” under the following phases:
ENGSUI PROPOSALS |
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Phase-I (Innovation Challenge Grant) |
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Category-I: Proof of Concept/prototypes/Models- Maximum support is limited to Rs. 2 Lakhs per proposal or 100% of the total proposal cost whichever is lower |
Any resident Indian citizen including a student innovator can avail support to develop their novel idea into demonstrable models/prototypes. |
Category-II: Fabrication of working model/process know-how / testing & trial/patenting/technology transfer etc. (Innovation Incubation)- Maximum support is limited to Rs. 20 Lakhs per proposal or 100% of the total proposal cost whichever is lower. |
Any resident Indian citizen having innovative ideas |
Phase-II (Start-Up Proposals- Seed Fund) |
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Maximum support is limited to Rs. 1 Crores per proposal limited to 100% of the total proposal cost. The support may be provided for scaling up technology based innovations, including patenting/design registration/trademark registry/ technology transfer to develop a marketable product/process towards enterprise creation. |
Startup entities who have successfully demonstrated proof of concept with the support of any government institutions or agency. Valid DIPP/DPIIT Certificate |
Direct Equity Fund |
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A) Equity Funding through Host Institution (EF-HI): Maximum support is limited to Rs. 5 Crores per proposal. The direct equity fund may be provided for scaling up the Startup towards enterprise creation. |
Startup entities who have successfully demonstrated marketable product/process Valid DIPP/DPIIT Certificate |