TePP Screening Committee

Composition

Chairman

• Dr H S Maiti, Former Director, CGCRI, Kolkata

Members

• Prof S R Kale, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
• Dr A K Chakrabarti, Former Advisor, DIT, New Delhi
• Director, CMTI/NTTF, Bangalore
• Representative of Gujarat Capital Limited / SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd.
• Representative of MSME, New Delhi
• Representative of NABARD, Mumbai

Member Secretary

• Dr. P. K. Dutta, Scientist-E, DSIR, New Delhi

Tenure

Till 31/03/2012

Frequency

Quarterly

Terms of Reference

• To provide guidance in evaluation and benchmarking of novel ideas/proposals
• To recommend techno-economically viable innovative proposals for funding under TePP (Pre-evaluated by TUCs)
• To provide expert comments regarding IPR issues of proposals
• To recommend further financial support/project extension/short-closure of the projects, if required
• To review and monitor the progress of activities of TePP Outreach Centres (TUCs)
• To recommend evaluated micro-budget proposals received through TUCs
• To suggest models/mechanisms for expanding TePP in scope and contents and any other policy issues for transforming Innovators into Technopreneurs