IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation (https://www.pravartak.org.in/) is a section 08 Company housing the Technology Innovation Hub on Sensors, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems. The company is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and hosted by Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM).
IITM Pravartak call for proposals under PRomotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring technology entrepreneurS (PRAYAS) Scheme.The scope of PRAYAS is to support Idea to Prototype (by attracting a number of youth who demonstrates problem-solving zeal and abilities to work on new innovation-based start-ups) and aims to address gaps in the very early-stage idea/proof of concept.
Pravartak funds projects in the following areas: