IBAC
West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has established Bengal Innovation and Business Acceleration Centre (B-IBAC) in August 2018. It is a model acceleration, incubation centre and education program to support innovators, technology, start-ups, enterprises, and existing businesses which have the potential to grow, scale and contribute to the economy of the state of West Bengal. Bengal IBAC has partnered with the best institution from global innovation, entrepreneurship, and start-up domains – like IC2, University of Texas, Austin, USA, India Innovation Partners (IIP), USA ( Associated with University of North Texas , UNCTAD- Empretec India Foundation (EIF) to support all the entrepreneurs from state of West Bengal.
Vision
Providing businesses, the expertise, connects and resources to nurture, scale and expand.
Mission
Building a better business ecosystem for early stage entrepreneurs from the state of West Bengal.
Objective
The objective of the B-IBAC is to engage with businesses for their respective
technology/business evaluation and growth in business, having measurable growth
outcomes. Furthermore, to support their business expansion in domestic and emerging
markets B-IBAC will work closely with the exporters of West Bengal to expand.
IBAC aims to support business with Innovative solutions:
- Innovation in existing Business
- Backing Business with Solutions
- Accelerating existing Business
- Committed to foster excellence
Since its inception, the centre has successfully completed 6 cohorts with 240+ companies from different sectors such as chemicals, leather, healthcare, agriculture & allied sectors, IT & Technology, foundry, food, Jute and cotton, home and office décor, fashion jewellery, education, engineering, design manufacturing and many more.
A dedicated website, www.ibacwb.in has been launched to welcome all the interested applicants to register for the program online. A brief outline and seminars on B-IBAC are also mentioned on the website.
Interested applicants can also visit the IBAC Centre at WBIIDC, DJ 10, Sector II, Salt Lake 700091 write to us at info@ibacwb.in .
For IBAC related queries, please contact
Ms. Praheli Dhar Chowdhuri
Officer-on-Special-Duty
Email:- praheli.dhar@wbidc.com
Contact:- 033-2255-3727