Archive · 11 Sep 2026
IIM Calcutta, Army Institute Partner on Bengal Startups
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Army Institute of Management Kolkata have agreed to work together.
Their goal is to help more people create new businesses in West Bengal.
They signed this agreement on September 8, 2026.
They want to build a stronger support system for startups and inventors.
A special Maker Bhavan may be created at the Army Institute campus if the Department of Science and Technology approves it.
The facility could have a laboratory, shared work areas and meeting rooms.
Students and new entrepreneurs may receive mentoring, training and opportunities to meet companies and investors.
The two institutions will also search for promising startup ideas and help develop them.
The partnership is intended to help students become creators of businesses, not only managers of existing companies.
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Army Institute of Management Kolkata signed an MoU on September 8, 2026.
The partnership aims to strengthen entrepreneurship, innovation and startup development in West Bengal.
A proposed DST NIDHI Maker Bhavan at the AIMK campus would include fabrication facilities, co-working spaces and meeting rooms.
The institutions plan co-incubation programmes, mentor clinics, startup scouting, innovation challenges and industry interactions.
AIMK will identify startups and innovators, while IIMCIP will provide incubation support, mentorship, market connections and potential funding access.
- Who
- IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Army Institute of Management Kolkata.
- What
- They signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on entrepreneurship, innovation, incubation and startup development.
- When
- September 8, 2026.
- Where
- West Bengal, with the proposed Maker Bhavan at the Army Institute of Management Kolkata campus.
- Why
- To create stronger startup support, connect academic learning with enterprise creation and develop an innovation ecosystem.
- Partner institutions
- IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Army Institute of Management Kolkata
- Agreement
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Signing date
- September 8, 2026
- Proposed facility
- DST NIDHI Maker Bhavan
- Proposed campus space
- Approximately 3,500 to 5,000 square feet at the AIMK campus
- Planned infrastructure
- Fabrication laboratory, startup co-working spaces and meeting rooms
- Planned programmes
- Co-incubation, mentor clinics, startup scouting, innovation challenges and industry engagement