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Driving Innovation and Entrepreneurship

…Centre for Advancing and Launching

Enterprises

CrAdLE (Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises), EDII's dedicated
Technology Business Incubator initiated in the year 2016 has been guiding,
supporting and mentoring more than 143 startups. The incubator is supported and
catalyzed by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
(NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. CrAdLE aims
at fostering technology and knowledge based entrepreneurial startups in
manufacturing, food processing, renewable energy and healthcare domain. Some of
the significant activities during October and November include:

On October 5th, 2025, CrAdLE was honoured with the 'Innovative Incubator
On October 5th, 2025, CrAdLE was
Impact Award' for the year 2025 by the World STEM & Robotics Olympiad (WSRO)
at India's biggest robotics competition held at Vigyan Bhavan, Science City, in
honoured with the 'Innovative Incubator
Impact Award' for the year 2025 by the
association with the Department of Science & Technology (DST). Further adding to
World STEM & Robotics Olympiad (WSRO)
the achievements, Mr. Dhruv Patel, Incubation Manager at CrAdLE-EDII, was
individually honoured with the 'Startup Evangelist of the Year 2025' award. These
at India's biggest robotics competition held
at Vigyan Bhavan, Science City, in
achievements reflect CrAdLE's commitment to supporting startups and Mr. Dhruv
association with the Department of Science
Patel's dedication to guiding and empowering startups.
& Technology (DST). Further adding to the
achievements, Mr. Dhruv Patel, Incubation
Manager at CrAdLE-EDII, was honoured
with the 'Startup Evangelist of the Year
2025' award.

On October 27th, 2025, a delegation from
MII Foundation, represented by Prof. Ram
Bansal and Ms. Khushbu Pandey, visited the
EDII-CrAdLE Incubation Centre. The
purpose of the visit was to explore avenues
for collaboration and innovation-driven
growth within the startup ecosystem.

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