STPI is in the process of opening 21 plus Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in emerging technologies across the country. Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has soft launched Center of Excellence in “IoT OpenLab” at Bengaluru in association with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India and in partnership with Arrow Electronics on 3rd December 2019.

The CoE will present a huge opportunity for startups in a hyper-connected world to build innovative IoT products and solutions. IoT OpenLab will focus on creating a robust ecosystem in a collaborative model to nurture startups and drive R&D, innovation & product development in IoT focused on sectors like Defence, Aeronautics, Industrial, Agriculture, Health, Automotive and Education etc.

The CoE will be supported by IESA & TiE (Industry Association Partners) to provide network opportunities to startups, PES Institute of Technology and RV College of Engineering (Academic Partners) to provide academic expertise & mentoring to the startups and Cyber Media & Forum Synergy (VC/Angel Partners) to provide funding access & opportunities to the startups. The industry partnership covers Intel, NXP, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, STM, TE Connectivity, Onsemi, Kyocera, Analog Devices, Silicon Labs, Molex, Vishay, Microchip, and Infineon.
The IoT OpenLab will offer the services to physical and virtual incubation startups. The startups may apply under one of the two models, Complete Package (CP) model and Associate Membership (AM) model.

More information on this can be obtained from http://iotopenlab.stpi.in/

Interested startups can apply through following link: https://bit.ly/34LSfnr

Last date for submission of applications is 31st January ,2020.