Energy Challenge Partners

The Scheuch Family Foundation is sponsoring the Global Energy Challenge through an investment in ennovent's Sustainable Enterprise Fund. Scheuch Family Foundation is an Austrian Foundation set up by the company founder of Scheuch - Technology for Clean Air ( www.scheuch.com). Besides other objectives, the foundation assists initiatives with social and environmental missions in Austria and worldwide. With the investment in ennovent's Sustainable Enterprise Fund, the foundation tries to link entrepreneurship and the support for sustainable development in developing countries.

GVEP International (Global Village Energy Partnership) is an NGO working to accelerate and improve access to clean energy among poor populations in developing countries. It supports innovation in design, technology and business models that have the potential to increase access to renewable energy, improve energy efficiency or to increase the productive use of energy.

The HEDON Household Energy Network is an international forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector. HEDON is a market leader networking and knowledge sharing platform for practitioners in energy access and sustainability working in developing countries. It has a constantly growing membership of more than 3700 active members.

Since 1954, the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) has been actively promoting the science, technology, policy and education for advancing renewable energy and its practical applications. ISES is a multi-faceted, global membership organisation with individual and corporate members in more than 110 and Sections in over 50 countries. As a UN accredited NGO, ISES is future-oriented global network with a simple and urgent vision: "Rapid transition to a renewable energy world".

RE News India is a trusted source of quality content for India business news and upcoming opportunities for the renewable energy industry. If your business is targeting renewable energy products or services in India, you will find useful information on RE News India. The subjects presently covered are focused on Solar / Wind / Hydro / Biomass / Biofuel & Geothermal Energy further supported by India Business News, Upcoming Business opportunities, Useful Links, Tender News, Job Alert & Business Offers.

TiE was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. There are currently more than 11,000 members and over 2,500 charter members in 53 chapters across 12 countries. TiE’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, and education. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs. TiE Bangalore was founded in 1999 and is currently the second largest chapter globally after TiE SV with over 1100 members and 10 sponsors.

Since inception in 2001, Villgro has been single mindedly spotting and grooming innovations that have rural benefits. Villgro’s uniqueness lies in the spectrum of its offerings providing the entire bouquet of services required to take an idea to the market. By virtue of its extremely well organized network, Villgro provides an idea with the best chance of getting to rural markets. Villgro’s journey that has impacted more than 3.5 lakh lives so far. A journey that has spawned and continues to fuel a nationwide movement that envisions a prosperous rural India.

IIM Ahmedabad, India’s top management institute, set up CIIE with the Gujarat Government and the Department of Science and Technology's support. The Center actively commercializes innovations through a nationwide business plan competition (Anveshan) and a technology-based pre-incubation program (iAccelerator). In collaboration with the Ministry of Renewable Energy, the latest initiative is to identify and incubate ideas in clean energy.

The TU/WU Entrepreneurship Center Vienna (EC Vienna) is a joint initiative of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU Wien). The EC Vienna aims to promote the commercial use of scientific research in start-ups as well as in innovation projects of established companies. Activities of the EC Vienna include international case-study competitions, entrepreneurship education for students and the support of innovative technology start-ups in the CENTROPE region. Since 2007, the EC Vienna is also offering a Professional MBA for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, focusing on the combination of technological excellence and managerial realization for people operating at the gateway between technology and economy.

The Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E&I) is one of the leading institutes of the WU - Vienna University of Economics and Business. The mission of the E&I Institute is to provide excellent teaching and research in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. E&I constantly aims to generate impact for all its stakeholders and pursues more than 50 cooperation projects with innovative businesses in its student courses per year - ranging from start-up business planning to lead user projects. The E&I Institute was awarded several times for outstanding teaching and research by the university as well as by the success of its entrepreneurial students, who have founded more than 70 business start-ups over the past seven years.

The Institute for Management Science at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) is one of eight institutions belonging to  the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. It consists of four departments, which do research in the areas of ergonomics and organisation,  finance and controlling, industrial engineering and logistics as well as industrial organization and innovation management. Co-operations with other institutes at the TU Vienna as well as other universities are forced - the aim of the institute is to fulfill the mission of the TU Vienna to provide technology for people by developing scientific excellence and wide-ranging competence for the students.

NSRCEL is IIM Bangalore's world-class centre of excellence for seeding, nurturing and promoting entrepreneurship. Through a structured mentoring process, the Center supports the entrepreneur from the idea stage to making the company investment-ready in a time span of 18 months. It has successfully incubated many companies mentored by renowned faculty with international consulting and business experience.

SINE is a technology business incubator hosted by India's premier technology institute, IIT Bombay. An early adopter of incubation, SINE provides a support system for early stage technology start-ups with a capacity of 17 companies incubated at a time. The global network support of investors, experts, mentors, industry professionals, and alumni makes the survival rate of start-ups significantly higher. This makes it a role model for technology-based incubation in academic institutions across India.

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