Boeing is committed to investing in the future of innovation by contributing to the robust startup ecosystem in India through collaborations and partnerships. With Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development (BUILD), Boeing works with the entire spectrum of the student-to-start-up community to help young minds of today to develop breakthrough ideas in India, for India, and for the world.
For BUILD 2024, Boeing India is partnering with SINE IIT Bombay to engage with innovators, such as you, to offer the necessary knowledge and expertise, helping refine and shape your ideas and pitches into products.
The BUILD program is open for students who are either graduating in 2025 or would have graduated. Early startup entrepreneurs at the pre-seed idea/conceptualization stage with no funding are invited to apply too.
Compete with your peers for a chance to travel to a Boeing site, present your idea to an eminent jury, and win ₹10 lakh as grant!
Do you have a cool idea, want to check if it has business potential and develop your investor pitch? Is your idea related to one of these themes?
If you have a start-up that is in the early stages (pre-seed / pre-revenue) and a recently graduated engineering student you can apply for the BUILD program.
For more information on the program and for any queries download the FAQs here – or reach out to 022-25767016
Riding on the success of the past editions, the Boeing University Innovation Leadership Development Program (BUILD) in its third edition attracted a record number of entries with more than 1200 ideas submitted by more than 2200 students and start-up participants from all over the country.
Following a stringent evaluation process, 75 shortlisted teams entered the regional boot camp, of which regional and national finalists received guidance from start-up ecosystem experts, incubator partners, and Boeing engineers to incubate ideas. Participants further received access to Boeing’s innovation ecosystem.
The seven winning teams are Abyom SpaceTech and Defence Pvt. Ltd. and Green Aero Propulsion Pvt. Ltd. from Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FIIT) – IIT Delhi, Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd. from Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) – IIT Bombay, dVerse Technologies Pvt. Ltd. from IIT Madras Incubation Cell, Backyard Creators Pvt. Ltd., BONV Technology Private Limited and Coratia Technologies Pvt. Ltd. from Technology Business Incubator (TBI) – KIIT, Bhubaneswar.
Each of these seven teams received INR 10 lakh as a financial grant, and their ideas covered solutions for community development, the defence and space industry, and sustainability.