From lab to market: Helping startups take flight

India’S PREMIER Institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, has started playing a crucial role in bringing together deeptech startups and academia to jointly develop futuristic technologies in a time-bound manner. The institute’s incubation division, Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID), is the facilitator here. “Deep science startups need substantial support as they work to move from the lab to commercialising their ideas,” says CS Murali, chairman—Entrepreneurship cell, FSID, IISc. “As an incubator, we facilitate the connections to the startups to academia where faculty members can provide deep technical mentoring, access to lab, equipment etc.