The Research Innovation and Scientific Entrepreneurship (RISE) Foundation IISER

The Research Innovation and Scientific Entrepreneurship (RISE) Foundation IISER – set up on the IISER Kolkata campus – will act as a nodal hub to enhance entrepreneurship in the eastern and north-eastern part of India, thereby creating new job opportunities and strengthening the economy of the region. RISE has received generous Funding from NIDHI-TBI scheme of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and IISER Kolkata for developing state-of-the art facilities to foster entrepreneurship.

Our MISSION is to serve as a key entity for revenue generation for the entire region with adequate leveraging of intellectual property from IISER Kolkata and other higher educational and research institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas.

Our VISION is to exploit the high quality research being carried out at IISER Kolkata and nearby institutes for creating and nurturing an innovation ecosystem. In addition, we also intend to provide management training, business consulting, assistance in business plan creation and networking opportunities for the incubatees, so as to ensure business viability and the eventual success of start-ups that the centre will help nurture.

Board of Directors

Prof. Sourav Pal, Chairperson

Prof. Ayan Banerjee

Prof. Swadhin Mandal

Prof. Sayam Sen Gupta