New Announcements

  • 08
    Mar 2024
    SIDBI Seed Fund Programme at CDIIC
    Dear Startups, Warm greetings from CDIIC! We at CDIIC are delighted to share that we have signed an MoU with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) with a view to support the growth of the start-up eco system. CDIIC is collaborating with SIDBI for the successful execution of the SIDBI Seed Fund Programme at CDIIC and has issued a quantum of seed fund for assisting the startups to scale up their business activities. We are inviting applications from startups to avail this seed fund support. Interested startups are welcome to apply. Each selected startup will receive seed money ranging from 10 lakhs to 50 lakhs depending upon the ask. Selection process: 1. The applied startup will go through a financial and legal due diligence process. 2. After which, the shortlisted startups would be invited to a pitching session in the presence of an Investment Committee (IC). 3. The Investment Committee will review the startups and recommend the eligible ones to SIDBI with an endorsement of the quantum of fund to be awarded to each selected startup. 4. The awarded startups are required to submit their progress reports, audited accounts, etc. periodically for smooth functioning of the Programme. The selected startups will receive mentoring and handholding support as well as technical support and other need based support from the subject matter experts at CDIIC. Interested startups can apply at: https://bit.ly/3TfJgXh Last date to apply to the Programme is 08/03/2024.read more
  • 08
    Mar 2024
    5th EDITION STARTUP SEARCH - CALL FOR STARTUPS
    APPLY FOR OUR 5TH EDITION OF STARTUP SEARCH PROGRAM & RECEIVE ACCESS TO: - Defence Network & Monitoring - Technology Support for Product - Development & Manufacturing - Expert Advisory Services - Seed Fund Support from SIDBI & AIMread more

Events

  • 04
    Mar 2024
    VIRTUAL VENDOR INTERACTION MEET WITH INDIA OPTEL LIMITED (IOL)
    Dear Sir / Madam, Warm Greetings from CDIIC – CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre - Defence Innovation Hub. CDIIC – DIH is conducting a virtual vendor interaction meet with India Optel Limited (IOL) on 4th March 2024 (Monday) from 4 p. m to 5 p. m. Mr. Raghav Gupta, DGM from IOL will brief the participants on the list of products for indigenization. The copy of the invitation is attached for your reference. Interested members are requested to register their participation using the below link Registration Link: http://bit.ly/48wNazt (In case the link does not open on clicking, kindly copy and paste the same on your search engine) We request the members to make use of the same. Thanks and Regards, Dr. B. Vinodh Kumar CEO - CDIIC CODISSIA | G.D. Naidu Towers |Huzur Road | Coimbatore - 641018 Phone: +91 422 2221582 / 2222409 | info@cdiic.in | www.cdiic.in read more

CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre (CDIIC)

CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre (CDIIC) is a not-for-profit Section 8 company established under the Companies Act, 2013 on 10th January, 2019 by its founding association – CODISSIA (The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It is supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

Coimbatore is one of the five nodal points of the Southern Corridor identified for the development of the Defence Sector. CDIIC is the first Defence Innovation Hub to be set up in India, following the announcement of the Defence Innovation Organisation set up under iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence). CDIIC is also one of the Atal Incubation Centres established under the Atal Innovation Mission.

CDIIC is a key contributor to the Southern Defence Corridor while also enabling the MSMEs of this region to become import substitution partners to the armed forces in future. It is in line with the Start- up India Movement of the Government of India, to nurture the start-ups and handhold them till they graduate.

CDIIC extends the needed support to start-ups in terms of incubation of their ideas through mentors and institutions, thereby helping them to graduate. This will be instrumental in developing many new entrepreneurs who in-turn would set up their own industries generating employment opportunities to many. CDIIC has commenced its operations in 2019 and has established communications with various vendors, members of MSMEs/SMEs, the DPSUs and the three forces – Army, Navy and Air Force.

Our mission

Our Mission will be to achieve this through effective utilisation of CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Incubation Centre, combined with support from Defence Innovation Organisation, Atal Innovation Mission, academic institutions of repute, mentors and MSMEs of this region.

Our vision

i. To develop Coimbatore region into a leading Defence Manufacturing Hub within the next 10 years and become import substitution partners to the Defence Forces.

ii. To ensure that at least 36 start-ups graduate from the Incubation Centre over a period of 5 years.

CDIIC has the following as its main objectives:

Defence Innovation Centre

  • Identifying requirement of Defence Forces and Defence PSUs.
  • Mapping capabilities of MSMEs in and around Coimbatore.
  • Analysing the assistance required by the MSMEs and incubating their ideas.
  • Creating necessary infrastructure to innovate, develop and test the products and services developed by MSMEs, needed for the Defence Establishments.
  • Create linkages with educational institutions having technical expertise to design new products.

Atal Incubation Centre

  • Supporting innovative technology-based startup enterprises in India.
  • Establish a high-class incubation facility, including but not limited to: (a) suitable physical infrastructure and operating facilities, and (b) affiliations with sectoral experts.
  • Enable support ecosystem for incubated startups, including but not limited to: mentoring, planning, organizing events, lab facilities, regulatory guidance, etc.
  • Provide preference in support to startups or innovators that have applications / impact in the core sectors of the economy (e.g. agriculture, healthcare, clean energy and sustainable technologies, education, housing, transportation, Cyber security, IOT, Robotics and AI, water and sanitation, etc.)
  • Encourage innovation in the Indian ecosystem, through activities such as, but not limited to, (a) awareness workshops, (b) training and capacity building, (c) mentoring support, to early stage startup enterprises.
  • Encourage creation of new technologies and intellectual property.
  • To support and carry out any other activity relevant to promotion and incubation of startups in the country.

CDIIC – Platform

Incubation

CDIIC will provide a start-up friendly eco system and provide them an ideal platform for start-ups / Young Entrepreneurs become a successful venture with domain specific mentoring, handholding and funding.

Pre Incubation

Selection of Right Potentials

  • Ideation
  • Makeathon
  • Hacathon
  • Workshops
  • Selection of Marketable Idea
  • Mentoring
  • POC
  • Company Registration

Incubation

Incubation of Right Products

  • Mentoring
  • Business plan
  • Technology Development
  • Team Development
  • Market Viable prototype
  • IPR
  • Seed Fund

Acceleration

Acceleration of Business

  • Business strategy
  • Finance Support
  • Organizational Growth
  • Product positioning
  • Product promotions
  • Business Networking
  • Graduation from Incubation Center

Indigenization

To handhold the products developed at CDIIC Incubation Center needs to be made financially stable for graduation as successful venture & The products developed under Indigenization has to be successfully integrated into our Defence forces as an import substitution.

Support at CDIIC

  • Requirement Coordination & Project Management for Indigenization between All Defence Forces, DPSUs & Reginal MSME's
  • Memberships, News Letters and Events to Outreach messages to all CDIIC members of our Defence corridor
  • Incubation Center - Working space for creating Ecosystem for startup
  • Networking with Defence Units, Other Industrial bodies, Academic Institutions, Industries, VC and Funding agencies
  • Training and Development - Incubators and Skill Development
  • Engineering Services - Indigenization with available resources.
  • CDIIC — Catalyzing innovation in Global and Defence Applications
  • CDIIC — Synergizing with Startup, MSMEs. Defence forces and DPSUs
  • CDIIC—India’s First Defence Innovation Hub Coordinating Indigenization effort taken by Government under Make in India with MSMEs / Startups

CODISSIA – Parent Organisation of CDIIC

CODISSIA - The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association - is one of the largest Association for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India, having come a long way since its inception in the year 1969, with about 40 members, today CODISSIA is having more than 6600 members from different sectors. CODISSIA is celebrating its Golden Jubilee Year with NABET Accreditation.

CODISSIA has been consistently organizing Entrepreneur Development Program on all Fridays, since the past 40 years, without any break. It gives counselling to budding as well as existing entrepreneurs, provides necessary hand holding, assist them in getting loans, suggests ways and means to successfully market their product, monitor their progress, and rests only after they get stabilized. All these services are extended Free of Cost by senior and successful members of CODISSIA who devote their time, knowledge and expertise to ensure that these budding entrepreneurs graduate.

The Make in India call of the government of India, fuelled the thought of venturing into Defence indigenization, which formed the basis of setting up of a Defence Innovation Centre at Coimbatore. CODISSIA took the lead and showcased its manufacturing capability at all possible avenues to the Armed Forces and also to the DPSUs. In addition, about 2000 members of CODISSIA propose to join hands and form one single integrator company which will bid for defence supplies. Once the order is bagged, its members would pitch in to manufacture the said component / product and supply to the defence forces. This will not only ensure adequacy of manufacturing prowess but also result in huge savings in terms of foreign exchange, through import substitution.

On 10th Jan 2019, because of CODISSIA’s sincere and consistent efforts, and following the announcement of CODISSIA Defence Innovation Centre by the then Hon. Raksha Mantri Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, gave birth to CDIIC.

CODISSIA was proudly awarded the Nation’s first “CODISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre” supported by Innovations for Defence excellence (iDEX) and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).

Parent Organization