About this Event

Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) is STPI’s comprehensive incubation scheme which has a vision to drive the rise of India as a Software Product Nation so as to make India a global player in development, production and supply of Innovative, Efficient and Secure Software Products thus facilitating the growth across the entire spectrum of ICT sector as envisioned in the National Policy on Software Products (NPSP) – 2019.

NGIS has a vision to promote & support innovative start-ups working towards software product development (including embedded electronics) through a synergized pan-India approach. NGIS has been launched from 12 Tier-II locations across India viz. Agartala, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mohali, Patna & Vijayawada for supporting startups across India.

NextGen Start-up Challenge Contest (CHUNAUTI – Challenge Hunt Under NGIS for Advanced Uninhibited Technology Intervention) is a series of online under NGIS.

CHUNAUTI 5.0, the call for application, is looking to identify and support promising startups working towards building products/solutions in Emerging Tech.

Mr. Ishu Agrawal
Deputy Director and Officer In-Charge at STPI, Rourkela

Mr. Ishu Agrawal is working as Deputy Director and Officer In-Charge at STPI Rourkela, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. He is presently handling multiple departments/activities i.e supporting startups at various stages, PMC services, EXIM, Data communication services, VAPT audit and others. Further, he has more than 14 years of rich experience in diversified fields related to Research, Academics, Government policies, supporting Industry and Start-ups. level.

He holds B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) from AKTU Lucknow and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Jabalpur. He has also qualified various national level exams like NTSE, GATE, UGC NET and published several International and national research papers in reputed journal and conferences.