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Partner Incubator for Open Innovation

Forge empowers Government, Industry and Academia to exploit strategic opportunities through Innovation powered by Digital, AI and Robotics. By combining futuristic Technology and future-ready Talent, we help our Partners achieve enterprise excellence outcomes and business growth goals, through co-creation with startups.

FORGE.Factory

A dedicated physical space that supports multidisciplinary innovations by offering access to tech resources, networking and objective reviews.

FORGE.FOUNDRY

A structured process of managing co-creation between established players and new entrants to accelerate industrial technologies and to nurture high growth companies.

Making Open Innovation happen.

The use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation. Once open innovation is adapted, the organization's boundaries become permeable and that allows combining the company resources with the external co-operators.
The way forward for private & public actors to solve real global challenges.

Innovation.Programs

iCAMP

An opportunity for non-stop ideation, hacking , designing Minimum Usable Prototype.

iTINKER

A series of multiple workshops that embed an approach to learning tech skills by designing and building prototypes.

iMENTOR

A 3-day residential program organised for up-skilling educators.

PROTOSEM

Graduate Diploma in Hardware/AIoT Product Design and Engineering.

How does FORGE make Open Innovation happen?

Forge bridges the resources of industry and government with young minds' creativity and agility under the direction of established entrepreneurs and academia.
Open Innovation

Kovai

Kovai

Chennai

Chennai

Hosur

Hosur

FORGE.Stations

Setup in multiple industrial complexes across major economic corridors, Forge Stations are CoEs that promote innovation focused on specific technologies to address the needs of local sectors and to create new high growth enterprises

A Community of Success Stories

Forge, within 4 years of its inception, has become a prolific partner incubator for several regional and national level initiatives. Apart from boosting the economic growth of local sectors, Forge has also nurtured and accelerated several innovations that have social and environmental dividends.

ISPINE: Accessible health for women

Wildlife360, Smart Animal Monitoring

Helping stroke patients recover safely and lead a normal life

Organisations
that trust Forge.

"Forge has helped me to approach challenges in a more scientific way. Now I am able to valuate ideas based on an objective outlook instead of mere emotional attractions.

— Unnikrishnan, participant of Schneider Electric Innovation Challenge

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Robert Bosch
Schneider Electric
MHRD
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#3 Athipalayam Road, Chinnavedampatti,
Coimbatore 641049.
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