The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur, has signed a CSR Agreement with AWEIL - Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, extending CSR grant support to promote and incubate new technology, knowledge, and innovation-based startups at IIT Kanpur. 

The MoU was signed between Prof. Ankush Sharma, Professor-in-charge, SIIC IIT Kanpur, and Shri Rajesh Choudhary, Chairman & Managing Director, AW&EIL, Ordinance Factory, one of the seven (7) new Defence PSUs formed by converting the Ordnance Factory Board into fully Government-owned Enterprises. 

Speaking on this collaboration, Prof. Ankush Sharma said, “The partnership between SIIC and AW&EIL is expected to produce a powerful synergistic effect that draws on the expertise and resources of both organizations to nurture startups focused on cutting-edge technology at IIT Kanpur".