TePP Screening Committee

Scope

• To screen, evaluate and recommend all proposals for funding under TePP,

• Nominate Technology Angels to the panel,

• Select TePP Prototyping centres on panel,

• To take a holistic view of the proposal at the initial stage to facilitate transformation of innovators to entrepreneurs,

• An user perspective of innovation to be taken, supporting technically novel ideas as well as low cost options and better delivery models. 

• Micro budget innovations and properly evaluated proposals coming from TUCs can be recommended by TSC without reappraisal.

• Proposals of grass root innovators, herbal products (of grass root innovators), school children projects are outside purview of TePP ( they will be taken by NIF),

• Identify and recommend new activities to make TePP accessible to most eligible innovators, carry out screening & evaluation with time limits and manage TePP Network to meet the end objective of transforming Innovators’ into `Technopreneurs’.

Composition

    Chairman

• Prof (Dr) C Amarnath, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    Members

• Dr A S Rao, Scientist-G , DSIR, New Delhi

• Shri R Saha, Scientist-G, Patent Facilitating Centre (PFC), Technology Information, Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi

• Prof M Suresh Rao, Chairperson, Entrepreneurship Centre, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

• Prof Anil K Gupta, Vice-Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation (NIF),Ahmedabad

• Prof (Ms) Santosh Satya, Centre for Rural Development & Technology (CRDT), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

• Prof V Chandrasekar, Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED), Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

• Ms Snehlata Kumar, IAS, Executive Director, Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), New Delhi

• Shri Sanjay Singh, Scientist-F, TIFAC, New Delhi

• Dr Anil Wali, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation &r Technology Transfer (FITT), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi

• Shri A K Goel, IAS, Director, Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), New Delhi

• Shri G S Menon, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumbai

• Shri Mahesh Krovvidi, National Design Business Incubator (NDBI), National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad

• Dr G V Ramaraju, Principal Research Director, Media Asia Lab, New Delhi

• Shri Rahul Upadhyaya, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad

• Dr Madhu Kumar Mehta, Nirma Labs, Ahmedabad

• Dr K Narayana Rao, Member Secretary, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi

• Dr O P Agarwal, Emeritus Scientist, CSIR, New Delhi

    Invited Members

• Shri Mahendra Sharma, DS (F), DSIR, New Delhi

• Shri Rajeev Karwal, Consultant, NIF and Founder Director, Milagrow Business, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions (P) Ltd, Gurgaon

    Member Secretary

• Shri Mukesh Mathur, Scientist-SD & Member Secretary, TePP (TIFAC), New Delhi

• Dr. P. K. Dutta, Scientist-D  & Member-Secretary, TePP (DSIR), New Delhi

Expenditure

The expenditure on account of TA/DA and honorarium will be paid by DSIR and TIFAC alternatively. 

Last Updated: October 30, 2009