IIT Kanpur to support Covid-hit small and medium businesses, start-ups

Technopark@iitk is keen to scale up the model to reach out to more MSMEs and start-ups

With the Covid-19 headwinds hitting hard the commercial and industrial sector, especially the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has decided to support the small and medium businesses facing the unfolding challenges of the pandemic.

The IIT Kanpur has created a business resource platform titled, Technopark@iitk, to allow the beleaguered MSMEs to leverage the Institute’s research & development (R&D) strengths.

Under the Technopark@iitk, the Institute has designed an ‘Affiliate Membership Model’ to provide a gateway to the MSMEs to access its deep seated R&D infrastructure. The primary goal of the model is to